Njengokuba amanani oMzantsi Afrika kunye neeapos ze-COVID-19 zehla, ilizwe lavula imida yalo yomhlaba ngoMvulo, ubuncinci iindawo zokungena ezingama-20 ngoku zivuleleke kubahambi abasuka kumazwe angqongileyo, I-Associated Press ixele .

Isizwe esasitsala nzima sasikhe sayivalela yonke imida yaso ngoJan entsha 501Y.V2 eyahlukileyo , eyaqala ukufunyanwa apho ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, yaqala ukusasazeka. Phakathi kwemida esele ivuliwe yiLebombo neMozambiki, iBeitbridge kunye neZimbabwe, kunye nokuwela eLesotho, Botswana, Namibia, nase-Eswatini (eyayisakuba yiSwaziland).

Kwanangaphambi kokuba zivaliwe, kwakukudala kukho imicimbi ekunqamlezweni umda kusetyenziswa iimvavanyo zobuxoki ze-COVID-19. Umphathiswa wezasekhaya u-Aaron Motsoaledi uthe abo baneziqinisekiso ezingezizo bazokuvalwa ukungena eMzantsi Afrika iminyaka emihlanu ubuncinci. 'Sibongoza abahambi ukuba baqinisekise ukuba banawo onke amaxwebhu afunekayo okuhamba, kubandakanya novavanyo olusebenzayo lwe-COVID-19, xa befika kumagosa emida yethu, utshilo uMotsoaledi, ngokwe-AP.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uMzantsi Afrika unamatyala ayi-1,492,909 ee-COVID-19 kunye nokufa kwabantu abangama-48,094, ngokweedatha ezivela kwiZiko leMithombo likaJohn Hopkins Coronavirus . La manani amele ama-41% awo onke amatyala kwilizwekazi-uninzi lwezabelo zamazwe angama-54- ingxelo ye-AP, yongeza ukuba ngoMvulo, bekukho i-1,744 yosulelo olutsha kunye nokufa kwabantu abangama-78 kwiiyure ezingama-24 ezidlulileyo.

Ilizwe lizimisele ukuqala ngeedosi zalo zokuqala zokugonya uJohnson & Johnson kule veki, Reuters ixelwe .

UMzantsi Afrika ubunayo ngaphambili yayivula imida yayo yamazwe aphesheya ngoDisemba , ngethemba lokuqalisa ishishini lokuhamba. Ngelo xesha, ikwavale nolwandle lwayo oluninzi, ixesha elandisiweyo lokubuya, kunye nokuthengisa utywala okuncinci, kodwa ilizwe labona ukuvuseleleka okukhulu ekuqaleni kuka-2021, okukhokelela ekuvalweni kwemida yamva nje.