Urhulumente waseRussia uye wavala iinqwelomoya ezisuka eMzantsi Afrika, eBotswana, eLesotho, eNamibia, eZimbabwe, eMozambique, eMadagascar, eSwaziland, eTanzania naseHong Kong kwiveki ephelileyo, emva kokufunyanwa kolunye uhlobo olutsha lwe-COVID-19 Omicron.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, kukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba, uhlobo lwe-Omicron yekoronavirus isenokuba sele iziswe eRashiya ngabakhenkethi ababuya e-Egypt, ibango elikhanyelwa ngabasemagunyeni bezempilo baseRussia.
Okwangoku, amakhulukhulu abantu baseRashiya abeza kwiholide baye bavaleleka Mzantsi Afrika, ayikwazi ukubuyela ekhaya ngenxa yokuvalwa kweenqwelomoya eziphuma kulo mmandla.
Ngokwe-arhente yeendaba eqhutywa ngurhulumente waseRussia, bafikelela kwi-1,500 abemi baseRussia abasenokungena Mzantsi Afrika emva kokuba iMoscow imise ngequbuliso zonke iinqwelomoya zabakhweli ukuya nokusuka apho ngenxa yoloyiko olutsha lwe-COVID-19.
Ummeli-jikelele wase-Russia eKapa uthe uzama ukufumana ezinye iindlela zokufuduka kwabemi baseRashiya, mhlawumbi okubandakanya uncedo oluvela eYurophu kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya zangaphandle.
Ngokwejelo leTelegram ye-consulate, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-15 abantu baseRussia baya kukwazi ukubhabha bagoduke ngenqwelo moya nge-1 kaDisemba.
“Ngokolwazi lwakwangoko, inqwelomoya yokubuyela ekhaya ngenkxaso ye Airlines yaseTopiya iza kuqhutywa nge-3 kaDisemba kwindlela yaseKapa-eAddis Ababa ukuya eMoscow,” lo mmeli naye wacebisa. Ixabiso lenqwelomoya kule nqwelomoya yorhwebo iya kuxhomekeka kwinani labakhweli ababhukisiweyo.
Ngokutsho kweminye imithombo yeendaba, 'amashumi aliqela' abemi baseRussia kwezi ntsuku zidlulileyo baye bawushiya uMzantsi Afrika besiya kwamanye amazwe kwilizwekazi, apho banokuzama ukuqhubeka nohambo lwabo lokubuyela ekhaya.
Iinqwelomoya eziqhubeka nokubhabha ukusuka Mzantsi Afrika banyusile imali yokukhwela, ngenxa yemfuno emandla, ngelixa abathwali abasekwe kwi-European Union besala ukukhwela kubemi abangengabo abe-EU.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- In the meantime, hundreds of Russian holidaymakers have been trapped in South Africa, unable to return home due to an almost universal ban on flights out of the region.
- According to Russian state-run news agency, up to 1,500 Russian citizens may still be in South Africa after Moscow abruptly halted all passenger flights to and from there over new COVID-19 strain fears.
- “According to early information, the repatriation flight with the support of Ethiopian Airlines will be carried out on December 3 on the Cape Town-Addis Ababa-Moscow route,”.
