- Imikhawulo emisha yeSydney COVID-19 izoqala ukusebenza namuhla.
- Izakhamizi zaseSydney zingahamba kuphela emakhaya zenze umsebenzi obalulekile, ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, imfundo noma ukuyothenga.
- Ukukhiya kusetshenzisiwe nasezifundeni eziningana ezizungeze iSydney.
Iziphathimandla zedolobha laseSydney zimemezele ukuthi leli dolobha selizoboshwa ngokuphelele amasonto amabili. Isimemezelo sokuvala umsebenzi silandela ukunwetshwa kwangaphambilini kwezindlela zokulwa ne-Covid-19 kwezinye izindawo ukuze kuqukethe ukuqubuka kokwehlukahlukana okubulalayo kwegciwane le-Delta.
Imikhawulo, eqala ukusebenza namuhla, isho Sydney abahlali bangashiya amakhaya kuphela ukuze benze umsebenzi obalulekile, ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, imfundo noma ukuyothenga. Iziphathimandla ziphikise ngokuthi izinyathelo ziyadingeka ukuze kunqandwe ukusabalala kokwehlukahlukana okuthelelanayo kweDelta. Sydney isivele iqophe amacala angama-80 axhunywe kuhlobo lwe-COVID-19.
"Yize singafuni ukuthwesa abanye ubunzima ngaphandle uma kudingeka, ngeshwa lesi yisimo lapho kufanele senze khona," kusho uNdunankulu waseNew South Wales uGladys Berejiklian.
Ukukhiya kusetshenzisiwe nasezifundeni eziningana ezizungeze iSydney. Umbuso osele uzoba nemikhawulo emibuthanweni yomphakathi futhi udinge amaski ngaphakathi.
Abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi enkabeni yedolobha, kanye nasemaphethelweni aseduze, bebevele bevaliwe ngoLwesihlanu, kepha izikhulu zinqume ukuthi kudingeka izindlela ezinqala zokunqanda okuhlukile.
Imikhawulo ebhekiswe kuqala igxekwe abanye ochwepheshe bezempilo, abafuna ukuthi kuvalwe idolobha ngokuphelele. Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, uBerejiklian uxwayise ngokuthi iSydney izongena “esigabeni esesabeka kakhulu kulo bhubhane” ngenxa yokusabalala kokwehluka kweDelta.
I-Australia isihambe kangcono kunezinye izizwe eziningi ekulweni neCovid-19, iqopha amacala angama-30,422 nokufa kwabantu abayi-910 selokhu kuqale inkinga yezempilo.
Izinyathelo eziqinile ziza njengoba amazwe amaningi emhlabeni wonke eqala ukubeka kabusha izinyathelo ze-COVID-19 phakathi kokukhathazeka ngokusabalala kokwehluka kweDelta, okubhekwa njengokutheleleka kakhulu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The lockdown announcement follows the earlier expansion of anti-Covid-19 measures in some areas in order to contain an outbreak of the deadly Delta variant of the virus.
- More than a million people in the city's downtown area, as well as nearby suburbs, were already put under lockdown on Friday, but officials decided that more stringent measures were necessary to rein in the variant.
- Izinyathelo eziqinile ziza njengoba amazwe amaningi emhlabeni wonke eqala ukubeka kabusha izinyathelo ze-COVID-19 phakathi kokukhathazeka ngokusabalala kokwehluka kweDelta, okubhekwa njengokutheleleka kakhulu.
