- Abantu base-Australia baqhankqalaza izithintelo ezichasene ne-COVID.
- Uqhanqalazo lwaseSydney naseMelbourne lukhokelela kungquzulwano namapolisa.
- Uninzi lwabaqhankqalazi babanjwa.
Uqhanqalazo olunogonyamelo luqubuke namhlanje kwizixeko ezibini eziphambili zase-Australia. Imiboniso yangoMgqibelo emva kwemini eSydney naseMelbourne, ngamawaka abantu baseAustralia bekhalimela amanyathelo angqongqo e-anti-COVID-19, ii-coronavirus ezitshixwayo kunye nemiyalelo yokufika ngexesha, ukucula izivakalisi kunye nokuphakamisa imiqobo ethintela ukuthintelwa, ngokukhawuleza kwenyuka kwaba luqhankqalazo olushushu kunye nokungqubana namapolisa, athe aphendula ukutshiza ipepile, ukuvalwa kwendlela kunye nothotho lokubanjwa.
Iividiyo ezenza imijikelezo kwi-Intanethi zibonise izihlwele zenza indlela yazo eMelbourne, ngamanye amaxesha zingqubana nobukho bamapolisa obunzima obumiselwe ukuthintela umngcelele. Isipreyi sepepile sakhutshwa kubabonisi bephendula.
Abantu abaliqela babanjwa eSydney, apho kwavakala enye indoda ikhwaza isithi “kutheni nindibamba nje?” ngelixa wayetsalwa ngamagosa.
Phambi koqhankqalazo, amapolisa abhengeza umgaqo-nkqubo wokunganyamezeli nakuphi na uqhankqalazo eSydney, usekela-khomishinala wamapolisa waseNew South Wales, uMal Lanyon esithi, ngamagosa ayi-1,400 azakusetyenziselwa loo njongo. U-Lanyon wanyanzelisa ukuba, "ayisiyiyo eyokuyeka ukuthetha ngokukhululekileyo, kodwa ikukunqanda ukusasazeka kwintsholongwane," ngelixa umphathiswa wamapolisa wombuso uDavid Elliott walumkisa abaqhankqalazi ukuba bajongane "nomkhosi opheleleyo we NSW."
Ukongeza kokuthunyelwa kwamapolisa amakhulu, abasemagunyeni bayalela ukuba iinkonzo zokukhwela abantu zingabakhweli eSydney's Central Business District, ngelixa oololiwe bengazukuma kwizikhululo ezithile esixekweni, ngokweengxelo zalapha. Izithintelo zamapolisa ziye zabonwa eSydney, iinzame zokuvala izitrato ezinkulu kuqhanqalazo.
Iidemos ziza kungekudala emva kokuba amagosa eNew South Wales ebhengeze ukwanda kwe-COVID-19 ngolwesiHlanu, emiselwe ukubeka phantse isiqingatha se SydneyAbahlali abazizigidi ezi-5 phantsi kwexesha lokufika ebusuku kude kube phakathi ku-Septemba. Umyalelo ofanayo sele usele eMelbourne, okuthetha ngaphezulu kwekota OstreliyaInani labemi liya kuhlala liphantsi kwezithintelo zokutshixwa kwezitshixo, ezifuna ukuba abahlali bahlale emakhaya ngaphandle kwezimbalwa.
Inkulumbuso ye-NSW uGladys Berejiklian uthe intshukumo iyafuneka ukucothisa ukusasazeka kwe-Delta eyahlukileyo, ethe yaqhubela phambili imeko kwilizwe liphela. Ixele ukuba ngo-825 usulelo olufunyenwe apha ekhaya ngoMgqibelo, ukonyuka okubalulekileyo ukusuka kuma-644 afunyenwe kusuku olungaphambi kwalolo.
Umbuso waseVictoria, apho iMelbourne ikhoyo, usebenze ngcono kwezi veki zidlulileyo, nangona iqala ukubona imeko, inika ingxelo ngama-61 ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-24 ezidlulileyo, ukusuka kuma-57 kwiintsuku ezimbini ezidlulileyo. IVictoria yabetha phezulu ngo-Agasti ophelileyo, xa yabona lonke ixesha lokuphakama kwama-687 kusulelo olunye ngosuku.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A similar order is already in place in Melbourne, meaning more than a quarter of Australia's population will remain under lockdown restrictions, which require residents to stay at home with a few exceptions.
- The state of Victoria, where Melbourne is located, has fared much better in recent weeks, though is beginning to see an uptick in cases, reporting 61 over the last 24 hours, up from 57 the last two days.
- The demos come soon after officials in New South Wales announced an extended COVID-19 lockdown on Friday, set to put nearly half of Sydney's 5 million residents under a nightly curfew until mid-September.
