Abantu abangamashumi amahlanu anesixhenxe baswelekile kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-18,000 bafuna unyango esibhedlele ukusukela nge-29 kaJulayi, Japhan wagutyungelwa bubugxwayiba obungenasiphelo lushisa. Urhulumente ubhengeze amanani othusayo ngoLwesibini, eveza ukuba inani labantu abalaliswe esibhedlele liphindaphindeke kathathu ukusuka kwiveki ephelileyo.
Abo baneminyaka eyi-65 nangaphezulu babala i-54 yepesenti yetotali, kwaye kubantu be-18,347 abafuna unyango, i-729 yayineempawu ezinzima ezifuna ngaphezu kweeveki ezintathu zokunakekelwa kwezigulane. ITokyo yayinelona nani liphezulu labantu abalaliswe esibhedlele ngezigulana eziyi-1,857, ilandelwa yi-Aichi neSaitama.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Those aged 65 and older accounted for 54 percent of the total, and of the 18,347 people that sought treatment, 729 had severe symptoms that required more than three weeks of inpatient care.
- The government announced the startling figures on Tuesday, revealing that the number of people hospitalized has tripled from the previous week.
- Fifty-seven people have died and more than 18,000 have sought hospital treatment since July 29, when Japan was blanketed by an extreme and unrelenting heatwave.
