UMnyango wezeMpilo unxuse abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi bangakhohliswa izindaba ezingelona iqiniso ezinkundleni zokuxhumana eziluleka abantu ukuthi bagqoke imaski yobuso ngenxa ye-Covid-19 Omicron XBB ehlukahlukene. Okhulumela lo Mnyango uSandile Tshabalala uthe lo myalezo ungamanga futhi uvele okokuqala ngesikhathi lesi sifo sibhebhetheka kakhulu.
Uthi i-COVID-19 isalokhu ikhona eNingizimu Afrika emazingeni aphansi njengakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba.
Khona manjalo, uTshabalala uthi izwe lingena enkathini yomkhuhlane, futhi abantu bayelulekwa ukuthi bagonywe.
Uthi labo abanamasosha omzimba asengozini kumele baqikelele kakhulu.
“Kunamagciwane amathathu akhona njengamanje; i-respiratory syncytial virus, i-influenza virus kanye ne-Covid. Uma unezifo ezingelapheki futhi engalawuleki amathuba akho okuba nale mikhuhlane akufaka ezingeni lokufa.”
UTshabalala uthi la magciwane angasakazekela kwezinye izitho zomzimba.
“Sike sabona phambilini ukuthi umkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane abantu abangenwa wuwo uba mubi kakhulu njengoba kwesinye isikhathi uba nzima futhi uphazamise amaphaphu nokuphefumula kwakho futhi abantu badinga ukunakekelwa kwe-ICU.”