Uhulumeni waseRussia uvimbele izindiza ezivela eNingizimu Afrika, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Tanzania naseHong Kong ngesonto eledlule, ngemuva kokutholakala kwe-COVID-19 Omicron entsha.
Njengamanje, kukholakala kabanzi ukuthi uhlobo lwe-Omicron lwe-coronavirus kungenzeka ukuthi selilethwe eRussia yizivakashi ezibuya eGibhithe, isimangalo iziphathimandla zezempilo zaseRussia eziphikayo.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, amakhulukhulu abavakashi baseRussia abavaleleke phakathi Iningizimu Afrika, ayikwazi ukubuyela ekhaya ngenxa yokuvinjelwa cishe kwendawo yonke ezindizeni eziphuma esifundeni.
Ngokusho kwesikhungo sezindaba esiphethwe nguhulumeni waseRussia, izakhamizi zaseRussia ezingafinyelela ku-1,500 kungenzeka zisangene Iningizimu Afrika ngemuva kokuthi iMoscow imise kungazelelwe zonke izindiza zabagibeli eziya noma zisuka lapho ngenxa yokwesaba okusha kwe-COVID-19.
Ummeli-jikelele waseRussia eKapa uthe uzama ukuthola ezinye izindlela zokususa izakhamuzi zaseRussia, okungenzeka ukuthi kubandakanya nosizo lwezindiza zaseYurophu nezinye.
Ngokusho kwesiteshi se-consulate's Telegraph, abantu baseRussia abangafika kwabayi-15 bazokwazi ukundizela ekhaya ngendiza eqashiwe ngoDisemba 1.
“Ngokolwazi lwangaphambi kwesikhathi, indiza ebuyela ekhaya ngokwesekwa ngu Ama-Ethiopian Airlines izoqhutshwa ngo-December 3 emzileni waseKapa-Addis Ababa-Moscow,” inxusa liphinde leluleka. Imali yendiza kule ndiza yokuhweba izoncika enanini labagibeli ababhukhiwe.
Ngokweminye imithombo yezindaba, 'idlanzana' labantu baseRussia ezinsukwini ezisanda kwedlula bafulathele iNingizimu Afrika baya kwamanye amazwe ezwenikazi, lapho bengazama khona ukuqhubeka nohambo lwabo lokubuyela emakhaya.
Izinkampani zezindiza eziqhubeka nokundiza zisuka Iningizimu Afrika bakhuphule amanani abo okugibela, ngenxa yesidingo esikhulayo, kuyilapho abathwali base-European Union bephika ukugibela ezakhamuzini ezingezona eze-EU.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In the meantime, hundreds of Russian holidaymakers have been trapped in South Africa, unable to return home due to an almost universal ban on flights out of the region.
- According to Russian state-run news agency, up to 1,500 Russian citizens may still be in South Africa after Moscow abruptly halted all passenger flights to and from there over new COVID-19 strain fears.
- “According to early information, the repatriation flight with the support of Ethiopian Airlines will be carried out on December 3 on the Cape Town-Addis Ababa-Moscow route,”.
