UNdunankulu waseNingizimu Korea uKim Boo-kyum umemezele ukuthi izwe lizoxegisa imigomo yalo yezempilo ye-COVID-19 kusukela ngoMsombuluko ozayo, yehlise yonke imingcele yokuncishiswa komphakathi, ngaphandle kwegunya lemaski elingaphakathi.
Lesi simemezelo siphawula okokuqala ngqa ukuthi izindlela eziningi zisuswe eSouth Korea selokhu kwaqala ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 eminyakeni emibili edlule.
Umkhawulo wabantu abayi-10 emibuthanweni yokuzijabulisa yangasese kanye nesikhathi sokubuya phakathi kwamabili ezindaweni zokudlela, ezitolo zekhofi nakwamanye amabhizinisi asendlini uzophela ngoMsombuluko, kusho uNdunankulu.
"I-Omicron [okuhlukile] ikhombise izimpawu zokuba buthakathaka kakhulu ngemuva kokukhuphuka okuphezulu ngesonto lesithathu likaMashi," kusho uKim namuhla.
"Njengoba isimo segciwane sizinzile futhi amandla ohlelo lwethu lwezokwelapha eqinisekiswa, uhulumeni [uthathe] isinqumo sokuphakamisa ngesibindi izindlela zokuphambanisa umphakathi."
Abantu kusazodingeka ukuthi bagqoke imaski endlini 'isikhathi eside esizayo,' wengeza, kodwa igunya lemaski langaphandle lingase liphakanyiswe emasontweni amabili uma ukuqubuka kuqhubeka kancane.
Imikhawulo enzima yokuncishiswa komphakathi ibibeke ubunzima obukhulu emabhizinisini amancane ezwe, futhi ukususwa kwawo kuwuphawu lokuthi impilo yaseNingizimu Korea ibuyela kwesijwayelekile.
Umthamo wabantu abangama-299 emicimbini eminingi yomphakathi neyangasese, kanye nomkhawulo wamandla angama-70% ezindlini zokukhulekela nawo uzokwehliswa.
Ubufakazi obuningi buphakamisa ukuthi ingozi yokudluliselwa ngaphandle iphansi kakhulu, futhi amazwe amaningi, kuhlanganise neNyakatho Melika kanye Europe, bathi imaski ayidingeki ngaphandle kubantu abagonyiwe.
Ukuhamba kuza ngemuva INingizimu Korea kubonakala sengathi idlule igagasi eliqhutshwa yi-Omicron, kanti amacala ansuku zonke ehla aze afike ngaphansi kwe-100,000 ngesonto eledlule, ehle esuka phezulu ngaphezu kuka-620,000 maphakathi no-March.
Bangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-86 abantu baseNingizimu Korea abayizigidi ezingama-51 asebegonywe ngokugcwele, kanti iningi labantu liphinde lathola i-booster shot.
ISouth Korea ikhipha ama-boosters esibili kubahlali abasengozini.
Cishe abantu abangama-20,000 eSouth Korea babulawa yigciwane le-COVID-19 - izinga lokufa elingu-0.13%, okungelinye laphansi kakhulu emhlabeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Imikhawulo enzima yokuncishiswa komphakathi ibibeke ubunzima obukhulu emabhizinisini amancane ezwe, futhi ukususwa kwawo kuwuphawu lokuthi impilo yaseNingizimu Korea ibuyela kwesijwayelekile.
- The move comes after South Korea appears to have passed the crest of an Omicron-driven wave, with daily cases falling to below 100,000 last week, down from a peak of more than 620,000 in mid-March.
- Umkhawulo wabantu abayi-10 emibuthanweni yokuzijabulisa yangasese kanye nesikhathi sokubuya phakathi kwamabili ezindaweni zokudlela, ezitolo zekhofi nakwamanye amabhizinisi asendlini uzophela ngoMsombuluko, kusho uNdunankulu.
