WHO: Okona kwehla kwexesha elide kusulelo lwe-COVID-19 e-Afrika

Usulelo lwe-COVID-19 lwehle ukusuka ngaphezulu kwe-308,000 yeemeko ngeveki ekuqaleni konyaka ukuya ngaphantsi kwe-20,000 kwiveki ephela nge-10 ku-Epreli.

Malunga ne-18,000 yamatyala kunye nokusweleka okungama-239 kwarekhodwa kwiveki ephelileyo, emele ukwehla okulinganayo kweepesenti ezingama-29 kunye neepesenti ezingama-37 xa kuthelekiswa neveki ephelileyo.

Ukwehla kwerekhodi, akukho kuphinda kuqale

Eli nqanaba lisezantsi losulelo alikaze libonwe ukusukela ngo-Epreli ka-2020, I-World Health Organization (WHO) watsho. Ukwehla kwexesha elide elidlulileyo kwakuphakathi kwe-1 Agasti kunye ne-10 Oktobha wonyaka ophelileyo.

Ngaphaya koko, alikho ilizwe lase-Afrika ngoku libona ukuvela kwakhona kwe-COVID-19, kuxa kukho ukonyuka kweepesenti ezingama-20 kumatyala kangangeeveki ezimbini ezilandelelanayo, kwaye ukonyuka kweveki ngeepesenti ngama-30 eepesenti ngaphezulu kwencopho yosulelo lweveki ephelileyo. .

Hlala ikhosi

Ngaphandle kokuhla kosulelo, kubalulekile ukuba amazwe ahlale eyiphaphele i-COVID-19, utshilo uMlawuli weNgingqi we-WHO e-Afrika, uGqr. Matshidiso Moeti.

Izizwe kufuneka zigcine imilinganiselo yokubeka iliso, kubandakanywa ukuqaphela ngokukhawuleza ukwahluka kweentsholongwane, ukomeleza uvavanyo kunye nokunyusa ugonyo.

“Ngeli ntsholongwane isajikeleza, umngcipheko wezinto ezintsha nezinokuthi zibe yingozi ngakumbi ezisakhulayo, kwaye amanyathelo okulawula ubhubhane abalulekile ekuphenduleni okusebenzayo kuqhaqho losulelo,” utshilo.

Isilumkiso sexesha elibandayo

I-WHO ikwalumkisile ngomngcipheko omkhulu wolunye usulelo njengoko ixesha elibandayo lisondela kwi-hemisphere esemazantsi, ukusuka ngoJuni ukuya ku-Agasti.

Ubhubhani wangaphambili ungene iAfrika ziye zadibana namaqondo obushushu asezantsi, abantu uninzi lwabo bahlala ezindlini kwaye bahlala bekwindawo ekungangeni moya ngazo kakuhle.

Ukwahluka okutsha kunokuba nefuthe ekuveleni kobhubhane, ngoku kunyaka wawo wesithathu.

Kutsha nje, imida emitsha engaphantsi yokwahluka kwe-Omicron ichongiwe eBotswana naseMzantsi Afrika. Iingcali zala mazwe ziqhuba uphando olongezelelekileyo ukuze zibone enoba ziyosulela ngakumbi kusini na okanye ziyingozi kusini na.

Iintlobo ezahlukeneyo, ezaziwa ngokuba yi-BA.4 kunye ne-BA.5, ziye zaqinisekiswa eBelgium, eDenmark, eJamani, nase-United Kingdom. I-WHO ithe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho “mahluko ubalulekileyo we-epidemiological” phakathi kwabo kunye nezinye ii-Omicron sub-lineages ezaziwayo.

Qwalasela iingozi

Njengoko usulelo lusihla e-Afrika, amazwe aliqela sele eqalisile ukwenza lula amanyathelo aphambili e-COVID-19, anjengokubekwa kweliso kunye nokuvalelwa yedwa, kunye nemilinganiselo yezempilo yoluntu kubandakanya ukunxiba imaski kunye nokuvalwa kweendibano ezinkulu.

I-WHO ibongoza oorhulumente ukuba bavavanye imingcipheko kunye neenzuzo zokunyenyiselwa la manyathelo, bekhumbula amandla eenkqubo zabo zempilo, ukunganyangeki kwabantu kwi-COVID-19, kunye nezinto eziphambili kwintlalo noqoqosho lwesizwe.

I-arhente iphinde yacebisa ukuba iisistim kufuneka zibekho ukubuyisela ngokukhawuleza amanyathelo ukuba imeko iba mandundu.