I-WHO: Kudingeka ukugoma okungu-70% emhlabeni jikelele ukuqeda ubhubhane manje

Ekhuluma esithangamini sabezindaba eNingizimu Afrika namuhla, I-World Health Organization (WHO) UMqondisi-Jikelele uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus uthe okulindelwe ukuthi 'isigaba esibucayi' sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 sizobe siphelile "maphakathi nonyaka ngoJuni, Julayi" uma izinga lokugoma labantu emhlabeni lifinyelela ku-70%.

Ukweqa lowo mkhawulo wokugoma 'akuyona indaba yenhlanhla,' kodwa 'kuyindaba yokuzikhethela,' kusho uGhebreyesus, wengeza ngokuthi i-coronavirus 'ayikaqedwa ngathi' futhi isinqumo sokuhlanganisa izinsiza ukuhlangabezana naleyo nhloso "'kithi izandla.'

UGhebreyesus uthe 'imithamo engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10 ibinikezwe emhlabeni jikelele' eminyakeni emibili edlule kodwa 'impumelelo yesayensi' yokuthuthukiswa komgomo we-COVID-19 nokusatshalaliswa 'konakaliswe ukungalingani okukhulu ekufinyeleleni.'

Nakuba 'ngaphezu kwengxenye yabantu bomhlaba sebegonywe ngokugcwele,' uthe '84% yabantu Africa usazothola umthamo owodwa.' Ukugcwala kokukhiqizwa kokugoma 'emazweni ambalwa iningi lawo anemali ephezulu' yikhona okuyimbangela 'yalokhu kungalingani okuningi,' kugcizelela isikhulu se-WHO.

I-11% kuphela Ama-Afrika kubikwa ukuthi sebegonyiwe, okulenza libe yizwekazi elincane emhlabeni wonke eligonyelwe. Ngesonto eledlule, i WHOka- Africa Ihhovisi lithe isifunda sidinga ukukhulisa izinga lokugoma 'ngezikhathi eziyisithupha' ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalo WHOOkuhloswe ngu-70%.

Ukuze kufezwe lokho, uGhebreyesus wagcizelela 'isidingo esiphuthumayo sokwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwendawo kwemithi yokugoma' 'emazweni anemali engenayo ephansi naphakathi.' Uveze intuthuko yakamuva yomgomo wokuqala wezwekazi okhiqizwe kuleli we-mRNA COVID-19 - owenziwe kusetshenziswa ukulandelana kwesithombe seModerna - njengesinyathelo esithembisayo. Yakhiwe yi-Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines ngokusebenzisa iphrojekthi yokuhlola yokudlulisa ubuchwepheshe, isekelwa yi- WHO kanye nohlelo lwe-COVAX.

"Silindele ukuthi lo mgomo uhambisane nezimo ozosetshenziswa kuzo, ube nezingqinamba ezimbalwa zokugcina futhi ngentengo ephansi," kusho uGhebreyesus, wengeza ngokuthi isibhamu sizobe sesilungele ukuqala izivivinyo zomtholampilo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngonyaka, ukugunyazwa okulindeleke ngo-2024.