- I-Afrika ilungiselela iyeza lokugonya le-COVID-19
- Ukugonywa kwe-AstraZeneca / Oxford AZD1222 e-Afrika
- Idosi yokuqala ye-90 yezigidi kodwa yi-3% kuphela yabemi baseAfrika
- Yi-20% kuphela ye-Afrika ekulindeleke ukuba igonywe ngo-2021
I-WHO iyibeka njengeendaba ezilungileyo, enyanisweni, i-Afrika ibonakala ngathi ifumana intonga emfutshane xa kufikwa ekufumaneni iyeza lokugonya leCoronavirus.
Isithethi se Inqanawa Yezokhenketho yaseAfrikaNdicinga ukuba ezi ziindaba ezimbi kwilizwekazi kunye neendaba ezimbi kakhulu kuqoqosho lwezokhenketho kulo nyaka.
UMatshidiso Moeti, uMlawuli weNgingqi ye-WHO e-Afrika, uphawule ukuba ukuthunyelwa “linyathelo lokuqala elibaluleke kakhulu” ukuqinisekisa ukufikelela kwamazwe kwizitofu zokugonya.
“I-Afrika ibukele eminye imimandla iqala amaphulo okugonya e-COVID-19 asemacaleni ixesha elide. Oku kuqaliswa kokucwangciswa linyathelo lokuqala elibalulekileyo lokuqinisekisa ukuba ilizwekazi lifumana ukufikelela okulingeneyo kwizitofu zokugonya ”, utshilo uGqirha Moeti.
Ukukhutshwa kwesitofu sokugonya i-AstraZeneca / Oxford AZD1222 kuxhomekeke kwisitofu esidweliswe ukuba sisetyenziswe ngokungxamisekileyo yi-WHO, esijongisisa isitofu sokugonya kunye nesiphumo silindelwe kungekudala, ngokwe-arhente.
Phakathi kwesidingo sokunyuka kwezitofu ze-COVID-19, ukuthunyelwa kokugqibela kuya kusekelwa kumandla emveliso yabavelisi bezitofu kunye nokulungela kwamazwe, i-WHO yongeze, iqaphela ukuba amazwe awamkelayo kufuneka angenise ukugqitywa kwesizwe kunye nezicwangciso zokugonya ukufumana izitofu kwi-COVAX isibonelelo.
Idosi zokuqala ezingama-90 ezigidi ziya kuxhasa amazwe ukuba afumane iipesenti ezi-3 zabemi baseAfrika abadinga ukhuseleko, kubandakanya abasebenzi bezempilo kunye namanye amaqela abuthathaka kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2021.
Njengokuba umthamo wemveliso usonyuka kwaye izitofu ezininzi ziyafumaneka injongo kukugonya ubuncinci iipesenti ezingama-20 zabantu baseAfrika ngokunikezela ukuya kuthi ga kumthamo wezigidi ezingama-600 ngasekupheleni kowama-2021.
'Qingqa ukulungela'
Ugqirha Moeti ukwathe isibhengezo sivumela amazwe ase-Afrika ukuba enze uhlengahlengiso kwizicwangciso zabo ze-COVID-19 zokugonya kwaye wacela amazwe ukuba agqibe izicwangciso zabo zokugonya.
“Sikhuthaza amazwe ase-Afrika ukuba aqhubeke nokulungela kwaye agqibe izicwangciso zawo zokuhambisa isitofu kuzwelonke. Iinkqubo zolawulo, iinkqubo zekhonkco elibandayo kunye nezicwangciso zokuhambisa kufuneka zibekhona ukuqinisekisa ukuba izitofu zikhawuleziswa ngokukhuselekileyo kumazibuko okungena kuziso ”, wongeze watsho.
“Asinakukwazi ukuchitha idosi enye.”
Amanani ongezelelweyo
Ukuxhasa iinzame ze-COVAX, uManyano lwe-Afrika lukhusele iidosi zokugonya ezizigidi ezingama-670 zelizwekazi eziza kusiwa ngo-2021 nango-2022 njengamazwe afumana inkxaso-mali eyoneleyo, ngokwe-WHO.
Ukongeza, malunga ne-320,000 doses yeyeza lokugonya le-Pfizer-BioNTech, esele lifumene ukusetyenziswa okungxamisekileyo kwe-WHO, yabelwe amazwe amane ase-Afrika- iCabo Verde, iRwanda, uMzantsi Afrika, kunye neTunisia- ezinendawo yokugcina izinto kwaye zisasaza imithamo zisuswe. I-70 degrees Celsius, itshilo iarhente.
IZiko le COVAX
IZiko le-COVAX Global Vaccines Facility yintsika yokugonya ye-ACT-Accelerator, inyathelo elaphehlelelwa ngo-Epreli 2020 ukukhawulezisa uphuhliso lwamayeza okunyanga i-COVID-19 kwaye ifumaneke ebantwini kuyo yonke indawo.
Inyathelo lehlabathi likhokelwa yi-WHO; UGavi uManyano lokuTofa; kunye noMdibaniso woBuchule bokuLungiselela uBhubhane (i-CEPI). Isebenza ukuqinisekisa amazwe amaninzi ukuba ayasebenzisana ekuphuhliseni, ukuthengwa kunye nokwabiwa kwazo naziphi na izitofu ze-COVID-19.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukukhutshwa kwesitofu sokugonya i-AstraZeneca / Oxford AZD1222 kuxhomekeke kwisitofu esidweliswe ukuba sisetyenziswe ngokungxamisekileyo yi-WHO, esijongisisa isitofu sokugonya kunye nesiphumo silindelwe kungekudala, ngokwe-arhente.
- Africa is getting ready for the COVID-19 vaccineAstraZeneca/Oxford AZD1222 vaccine is rolling out in Africa The initial 90 million doses but only 3% of the African populationOnly 20% of Africa expected to be vaccinated in 2021 .
- Phakathi kwesidingo sokunyuka kwezitofu ze-COVID-19, ukuthunyelwa kokugqibela kuya kusekelwa kumandla emveliso yabavelisi bezitofu kunye nokulungela kwamazwe, i-WHO yongeze, iqaphela ukuba amazwe awamkelayo kufuneka angenise ukugqitywa kwesizwe kunye nezicwangciso zokugonya ukufumana izitofu kwi-COVAX isibonelelo.
