- Ityala lokuqala le-coronavirus kwilali yeOlimpiki linike ingxelo ngexesha lovavanyo.
- Kwangoko, umthunywa waseNigeria okwiminyaka yama-60 waba lundwendwe lokuqala kwimidlalo ebelaliswe esibhedlele nge-COVID-19.
- Abasemagunyeni bazama nokufumana umntu ophethe iintsimbi eUganda, owayengabonisi vavanyo lwe-COVID-19 kwaye wanyamalala kwigumbi lakhe lasehotele.
The Imidlalo yeOlimpiki yaseTokyo yowama-2020 Amagosa abhengeze ukuba ityala lokuqala le-COVID-19 lixeliwe kwilali yeOlimpiki eTokyo, eJapan kwiintsuku nje ezisixhenxe phambi komhla wokuvulwa kwemidlalo. Umnyhadala ucwangciselwe ukuqala nge-23 kaJulayi kwaye umiselwe ukubanjwa ngaphandle kwababukeli kwaye phantsi kwemigaqo engqongqo yezempilo.
"Yayilityala lokuqala elalini elalixeliwe ngexesha lovavanyo," utshilo uMasa Takaya, isithethi sekomiti eququzelelayo, utshilo namhlanje.
Tokyo 2020 Umphathi omkhulu u-Toshiro Muto uqinisekisile ukuba umntu osulelekileyo ngumntu wasemzini othatha inxaxheba ekuhleleni le midlalo. Ubuzwe bomntu abuzange butyhilwe, ngenxa yemicimbi yabucala.
Imithombo yeendaba yaseJapan ikwaxelile ukuba umthunywa waseNigeria okwiminyaka yama-60 waba lundwendwe lokuqala kwimidlalo ebelaliswe esibhedlele nge-COVID-19. Umntu wavavanyelwa intsholongwane kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ngoLwesine kwaye wangeniswa esibhedlele.
Abasemagunyeni baseJapan bazama nokukhangela umntu ophethe iintsimbi waseUganda oneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, uJulius Ssekitoleko, owayengabonisi ngovavanyo lwe-COVID-19 kwaye waduka ehotele yakhe e-Izumisano, e-Osaka, izolo. Kuxelwe ukuba ushiye inqaku esithi akafuni ukubuyela eUganda.
Imidlalo, irhoxisiwe kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19 wehlabathi, ucwangciselwe ukubanjwa ngaphandle kwababukeli nangaphantsi kwemigaqo engqongqo yezempilo phakathi kukaJulayi 23 no-Agasti 8.
I-Tokyo imiselwe ukuhlala phantsi kwemeko yonxunguphalo ngexesha letonamenti ngenxa yokunyuka kosulelo. Ikomkhulu laseJapan linike ingxelo yamatyala amatsha ayi-1,271 izolo, ibiyimini yesithathu ethe ngqo apho ukunyuka kwemihla ngemihla kudubule i-1,000 edlulileyo.
Iqela labaqhankqalazi lihambile labadlula kwindawo yeOlimpiki eTokyo ngolwe-Sihlanu, befuna ukuba iMidlalo irhoxiswe.
Ezonaovoti zakutshanje zikazwelonke zibonise ukuba uninzi lwabantu baseJapan banqwenela ukuba iMidlalo irhoxiswe okanye imiswe, nge-78% yabaphenduli besithi bayayichasa le Midlalo ibisenzeka nangona ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ungagqitywanga.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Japanese authorities are also trying to locate a 20-year-old Ugandan weightlifter, Julius Ssekitoleko, who was a no-show for a COVID-19 test and went missing from his hotel in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, yesterday.
- The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officials announced that the first COVID-19 case has been reported in the Olympic Village in Tokyo, Japan just seven days before the games opening date.
- Tokyo is set to remain under a state of emergency for the duration of the tournament due to the rise in infections.
