Uhulumeni waseJalimane ubesetshalele amalabhoratri ezimoto ayisishiyagalolunye ahamba ngezimoto, ashintshiwe ukuze asekele amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika emkhankasweni wawo wokulawula ukubhebhetheka kwesifo i-Covid-19 esifundeni.
Ama-laboratories ayisishiyagalolunye ahamba phambili anezinto zokuhlola ze-Coronavirus kuwo wonke amazwe e-EAC Partner ngenhloso yokuthola nokuphendula ezifweni ezithathelwanayo ezinjenge-COVID-19 ne-Ebola.
IGerman ibinikele kuleli sonto, izimoto ngebhange lazo lokuthuthukisa elizinze eFrankfurt iKfW. Amalabhorethri angomahamba nendlwana anezinto zokuhlola ezingama-5,400 ze-Covid-19 zamazwe ayisithupha angamalungu e-East African Community (EAC) okuyiTanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi neSouth Sudan.
UNobhala-Jikelele we-EAC uLiberat Mfumukeko uzitholile lezi zimoto wathi i-Partner State ngayinye izothola imoto efakwe ilebhu nemishini ye-ICT, kanye nakho konke okudingekayo kulabhorethri esebenza ngokugcwele enekhono lokwenza izivivinyo ze-Ebola kanye neCoronavirus ku ukwengeza kwamanye amagciwane.
Uthe ngaphezu kwama-Mobile Laboratories, iHhovisi likaNobhala le-EAC liphinde lahlinzeka ngamakhithi okuhlola i-COVID-19, iProduct Protective Equipment (PPE) okubandakanya amagilavu, i-gown, izibuko zemask, nezivikeli zezicathulo, nokunye okudliwayo emazweni ase-Partner States.
IKenya, iTanzania ne-Uganda baphakelwe izimoto ezimbili lilinye kanti amanye amazwe athola imoto eyodwa lilinye.
Ama-Mobile Laboratories ayehlonyiswe ngezinto zokusebenza zesimanje futhi akwazi ukuxilonga amagciwane amaningi ngaphezu kokunikeza imiphumela yeziguli ephephile, enembile futhi efike ngesikhathi ye-COVID-19, i-Ebola nezinye izifo ezibanga izifo.
Ihhovisi likanobhala we-EAC liqeqeshe ingqikithi yeziqu 18 Indawo Yelebhu Ochwepheshe kusuka emazweni ase-Partner angabaqeqeshi abanamakhono nabahlinzeki abaqeqeshiwe nabasebenzisi ekusebenzeni kwe-Mobile Laboratories ohlelweni lokunciphisa ukudluliswa kwegciwane le-Covid-19 lisuka kumuntu liye kumuntu.
Ngaphandle kokuxhasa ngezimali amakhithi okuxilonga i-EAC, iJalimane, ngeKfW ibixhase ngemali uhlelo olunzulu lokuqeqesha ochwepheshe belebhuthi ukuze bakhe amandla esifundeni ukuze kutholakale iCovid-19.
IJalimane ingumlingani ohamba phambili ekusekeleni amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika ngamaphrojekthi wezomnotho, ezenhlalo nezenhlalakahle.
