Ekhuluma nabezindaba ngesikhathi evakashele esibhedlela iMilton Keynes University Hospital, eBuckinghamshire, UNdunankulu waseBrithani u-Boris Johnsonn ithe "leli lizwe livulekele amabhizinisi, livulekele abahambi," ngenkathi imemezela ukuthi izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezigonyelwe i-COVID-19 maduze zizokwazi ukweqa izivivinyo ze-coronavirus lapho zifika eGreat Britain.
"Uzobona izinguquko ukuze abantu abafikayo bangabe besathatha izivivinyo ... uma begonywe kabili," kusho u-PM.
Johnson, osanda kuzithola esenkingeni yokulahlekelwa umsebenzi ohamba phambili ngemuva kwehlazo elithi 'Partygate', uthe, ngenxa "yezinqumo ezinzima" zikahulumeni wakhe kanye "namakholi amakhulu," UK lase liphenduke “umnotho nomphakathi ovuleke kunawo wonke eYurophu.”
Johnson ubelokhu ebhekene nokugxekwa okwandayo okuvela emphakathini, amalungu ePhalamende aphikisayo, kanye nozakwabo eqenjini lakhe, ngezinsolo zolwazi lwakhe noma ukuhlanganyela emaphathini angekho emthethweni abasebenzi base-Downing Street ngesikhathi kuvalwa i-COVID-2020 ngo-19.
Ngemuva kwalesi sihlava, u-Boris Johnson umemezele ukuthi cishe yonke imikhawulo ye-COVID-19 izochithwa eNgilandi, okubandakanya ukugqokwa imaski okuyimpoqo kanye nezeluleko zokusebenza ekhaya. Isisebenzi sikahulumeni esiphezulu u-Sue Gray uthweswe icala lokuqhuba uphenyo futhi uzoshicilela umbiko wakhe kuleli sonto.
UNdunankulu akazange alucacise usuku lolu shintsho oluzoqala ngalo ukusebenza futhi akazange anikeze eminye imininingwane. Nokho, uNobhala wezokuThutha uGrant Shapps kulindeleke ukuthi enze isitatimende ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Njengamanje, lapho ufika e- UK, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezigonywe ngokugcwele kudingeka zenze ukuhlolwa kokugeleza kwezinhlangothi ngaphambi kokuphela kosuku lwesibili, kuyilapho abantu abangagonyiwe kanye nalabo abanikezwa ama-jabs angagunyazwanga iziphathimandla zaseBrithani kufanele bahlole i-PCR kabili - olulodwa ngosuku lwesibili kanti olunye ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili - bese uvalelwa ehhotela.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Njengamanje, lapho befika e-UK, izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezigonywe ngokugcwele kudingeka ukuthi zihlole ukugeleza kwamanzi ngaphambi kokuphela kosuku lwesibili, kuyilapho abantu abangagonyiwe kanye nalawo ama-jabs alawulwayo angagunyaziwe iziphathimandla zaseBrithani kufanele bahlole i-PCR kabili - eyodwa. ngosuku lwesibili nangolunye ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili - bese uvalelwa yedwa ehhotela.
- Johnson, who has recently found himself on the verge of losing the top job in the wake of the ‘Partygate' scandal, said that, thanks to his government's “tough decisions” and “big calls,” the UK had become “the most open economy and society in Europe.
- Speaking to the media during today’s visit to Milton Keynes University Hospital, in Buckinghamshire, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that “this country is open for business, open for travelers,” while announcing that international visitors that are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon be able to skip coronavirus tests when they arrive in Great Britain.
