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UBHUBHANE lwesifo seCovid-19 oluhlasele e-India selufinyelele KwaZulu-Natal laseGauteng, njengoba kukhona abatholakale ukuthi sebelalo.
I-National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) ikuqinisekisile ukuthi kutholakale abantu abane abaleCovid-19 edlange e-India, okuvela ukuthi bebevakatshela kuleliya lizwe. Ababili ngabaseGauteng, ababili kube ngabaKwaZulu-Natal okutholakale ukuthi balegcikwane i-B.1.617.2.
I-World Health Organisation (WHO) ithe iB.1.617.2 idlange kakhulu e-India. Abagulayo bahlaliswe ngabodwana ngokulandela imigomo yeCovid-19 futhi kubhekwa abantu akade bexhumana labo.
I-NICD ibuye yathola abantu abaleCovid-19 yohlobo lweB.1.1.7, edlange e-Europe laseNorth America, kwabayisitshiyagalombili eWestern Cape, ababili eGauteng loyedwa KwaZulu-Natal.
USolwazi Adrian Puren onguMqondisi osabambile weNICD, uthe akubamangazi ukuthi lezi zinhlobo zeCovid-19 sezifikile kuleli, waqinisekisa ukuthi bazokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuqonda kabanzi ngazo.
UDkt Michelle Groome oyiNhloko yophiko lwePublic Health Surveillance and Response kwiNICD, uthe basiqaphe ngeso lokhozi isimo futhi bazohlolwa bonke abaphuma kwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi abavela e-India.
UNgqongqotshe wezeMpilo kuzwelonke uDkt Zweli Mkhize, ucele abantu ukuthi bangatatazeli ngoba izinhlobo ezintsha zeCovid-19 zingaqubuka ezweni ngitsho abantu bengayanga kwamanye amazwe. Ucele abantu ukuthi baqhubeke ngokuzivikela kuCovid-19 ngokugqoka izifonyo, bangayi ezindaweni ezilabantu abanengi, bawatshe izandla futhi baqhelelane.
Uthe ukuvalwa kwemingcele kufanele kuhambisane locwaningo lwesayensi ukuze kuvikelwe lomnotho. Uveze ukuthi uhulumende uhlale elubheka ucwaningo futhi zizokwenziwa maduze izimemezelo ngodaba lwemingcele uma ikhabhinethi isixoxile.
