Kuyakubakho isiqabu seBrits ngeli xesha leKrisimesi, njengoko amazwe amane ase-UK evumelene ukunciphisa umda kunye nokuthintela ukumiselwa komlo wesibini Covid-19 indyikitya yesifo esisulelayo.
IsiNgesi, iScotland, isiWelsh kunye nabaseMantla eIrish bazise izithintelo zabo zokulwa nokusasazeka kwe-coronavirus, esele inesifo esosulele malunga ne-1.5 yezigidi kwaye yabulala ngaphezulu kwe-55,800 yabantu kwi-UK. Nangona kunjalo, kulandela iingxoxo phakathi kweenkokheli zaseNgilane, eScotland, eWales naseMantla e-Ireland ngoLwesibini, ngokuhlangeneyo bagqiba kwelokuba bazinze kwindlela efanayo yeholide ezayo.
Izithintelo ziya kuncitshiswa ukuvumela amakhaya amathathu ukuba ahlangane phantsi kophahla olunye kangangexesha leentsuku ezintlanu, ukusuka nge-23 kaDisemba ukuya nge-27 kaDisemba. Nangona kunjalo, indibano enjalo ivunyelwe kuphela ekhaya, hayi kwiindawo zokubuk 'iindwendwe okanye kwiindawo zokuzonwabisa.
Iinkokheli zivumile oko umphathiswa omkhulu wase-UK uMichael Gove akuchaze njenge "bubble yeKrisimesi" kuba "abantu bafuna ukuba nabantu babo ababathandayo kunye nabo basondeleyo kubo ngeyona holide ibalulekileyo enyakeni."
Umphathiswa wokuqala waseScotland uNicola Sturgeon uchaze ukuba olu tshintsho luza kuba "lolwexeshana" kwaye "lilinganiselwe," esongeza ukuba "uza kuqhubeka nokucela abantu ukuba baphazanyiswe."
INgilane kungokunje iphantsi kwenyanga yokutshixwa kwelizwe, okuthe kwabangela ukuba amashishini angabalulekanga avale kwaye anciphise ixesha abantu abalichitha ngaphandle. Emva kokuphelelwa kwayo kwiveki ezayo, iindawo ezahlukeneyo zelizwe ziya kujongana nezithintelo ezahlukileyo ezisekwe kwimeko yeCovid-19 yendawo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The leaders agreed to what senior UK cabinet minister Michael Gove described as a “Christmas bubble” because “people want to be with their loved-ones and those close to them for what is the most important holiday of the year.
- However, following talks between the leaders of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on Tuesday, they jointly decided to settle on a common approach for the upcoming festive period.
- There will be some holiday relief for the Brits this Christmas season, as UK’s four countries have concurred to ease the curbs and restrains enacted to combat the second wave of COVID-19 epidemic.
