I-US yesula umthetho ovimbela ukuhamba emazweni aseNingizimu Afrika, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique naseMalawi

I-White House imemezele namuhla ukuthi i-United States izosusa imingcele yayo yokuvakasha eNingizimu Afrika, iBotswana, iZimbabwe, iNamibia, iLesotho, i-Eswatini, iMozambique kanye neMalawi eyabekwa ngenyanga edlule kulandela ukutholakala kohlobo olusha lwe-COVID-19 Omicron.

NgoLwesibili olwedlule, uMongameli uBiden uthe "ucabanga ukuhlehlisa" imingcele yokuhamba, etshela izintatheli ukuthi "Ngizokhuluma nethimba lami ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo."

Imikhawulo izosuswa ngobusuku obandulela uNcibijane.

Ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba kwe-US okwavala cishe zonke izakhamizi ezingezona ezaseMelika, ezazisanda kufika eNingizimu Afrika, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique naseZimbabwe, kwagxekwa kakhulu I-World Health Organization (WHO) kanye nabaholi baseNingizimu Afrika njengabangasebenzi kahle nabalimaza kakhulu umnotho wendawo.

Amanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa ne-UK, abeke okufanayo imingcele yokuhamba emazweni aseningizimu ne-Afrika ngemuva kokutholwa kokuqala kohlobo lwe-Omicron. I-United Kingdom isuse imikhawulo yayo yokuhamba ngeledlule, ngenxa yokusatshalaliswa komphakathi kokuhluka okusha kwe-COVID-19 ezweni.

Isikhulu esiphezulu sezokuphatha e-US sithe ukuvinjelwa kohambo lwesikhashana "kuyifezile injongo yako," sengeza ngokuthi "kuthenge isikhathi sokuqonda isayensi, kwanikeza isikhathi sokuhlaziya okuhlukile."

Ngokusho kokhulumela i-White House uKevin Munoz, i-CDC ekugcineni iphakamise ukuthi kususwe imingcele ngenxa yenqubekelaphambili eyenziwe ochwepheshe bezempilo baseMelika ekuqondeni uhlobo lwe-Omicron, nangenxa yokuthi kungakanani ukuhluka okusha kwe-COVID-19 okusakazeke emhlabeni wonke.

Uhlobo lwe-Omicron lwegciwane le-COVID-19 manje lusabalala ngokushesha kulo lonke elase-United States.

Yize izifo eziqhamukayo kubantu abagonyiwe sezijwayelekile, azizange ziholele ekuguleni noma ezibhedlela, kodwa iningi lalabo abalaliswe esibhedlela aligonyiwe.

Ukusabalala okushesha kakhulu kohlobo olusha lwe-COVID-19, kanye nabantu abaningi ababuthana ezindlini ebusika, kubangele ukwanda okukhulu kokutheleleka.

Isilinganiso sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa samacala e-US COVID-19 sikhuphuke sadlula ku-160,000 kuleli sonto, ngokusho kwedatha evela eJohns Hopkins University. Lokho kungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwesilinganiso ekupheleni kukaNovemba.