Abathengisi base-US banciphisa ukuthengwa kovavanyo olutsha lwe-COVID-19 njengoko imfuno isanda

Isigebenga se-e-commerce sase-US Amazon Idize ngolwesiThathu ukuba inkampani kunye nabathengisi bayo banengxaki yokunqongophala kwezixhobo zovavanyo lwe-COVID-19 njengoko imfuno inyuka phakathi kokunyuka kwenani lamatyala amatsha ukusukela oko kwafunyaniswa ukwahluka kwe-Omicron, kunye nabantu abaninzi abahamba ngexesha leholide.

Amazon ibhengezwe namhlanje, ukuba ukuthengwa kwekhithi yovavanyo lwe-COVID-19 ngoku kuya kulinganiselwa kwi-10 ngomthengi ngamnye.

Izixhobo zokuvavanya ezithengiswa ngabathengisi nazo zivaliwe, nangona ezi zigqibo zenziwe ngabathengisi beqela lesithathu, Amazon sitsho. 

I-spike kuvavanyo lwasekhaya losulelo lwe-COVID-19 phakathi koloyiko lwe-Omicron lukhokelele kumatyathanga amakhulu evenkile yamayeza e-US. Walgreens kwaye CVS ukubeka iikepusi zokuthenga kwiikiti zovavanyo.

Walgreens ibhengezwe kule veki ukuba abathengi banqunyelwe kwiikiti zovavanyo ezine nganye, ngelixa CVS ithengwe kwisithandathu kumthengi ngamnye. 

Ukushokoxeka kwezixhobo zovavanyo ze-COVID-19 kulo lonke elase-US kukhokelele kuMongameli uJoe Biden kutshanje ukuba urhulumente wobumbano uza kutyala imali ekwenzeni izixhobo zovavanyo ezizizigidi ezingama-500 zifumaneke eluntwini. 

UMlawuli waMaziko aseMelika oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC) uRochelle Walensky ubongoze ukuzola kudliwanondlebe lwangoLwesithathu xa wayethetha ngolwahlulo lwamva nje lwe-coronavirus, athe unesantya "esikhawulezayo" sosulelo. 

“Sinazo izitofu zokugonya. Sinazo ezomelezayo, kwaye sinabo bonke ubunzululwazi obubonisa ungenelelo lothintelo njengokugquma ubuso kwindawo yangaphakathi umsebenzi wokunciphisa ukusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane,” utshilo uWalensky, esongeza ukuba “akukho mfuneko yokothuka.

Uhlobo lwe-Omicron lwentsholongwane ye-COVID-19 lwachongwa okokuqala zizazinzulu eMzantsi Afrika kwinyanga ephelileyo kwaye sele luqinisekisiwe kumazwe amaninzi, kubandakanya ne-US, apho iye yaba yeyona ndlela ibalaseleyo ye-coronavirus.