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ILondon ithatha isimo esidabukisayo ngoMsombuluko. UNdunankulu waseBrithani u-Boris Johnson uthe uzoqinisa imikhawulo ye-coronavirus ukunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-Omicron ehlukile uma kudingeka. UHANNAH MCKAY/REUTERS

Ungazibeki engcupheni yokuba lusizi, umphathi we-ejensi uthi unxusa ukuthi uhlale ekhaya njengoba intukuthelo ehlukile

I-World Health Organisation yeluleke abantu ukuthi bakhansele noma babambezele imibuthano yamaholide njengoba i-Omicron, uhlobo oluthathelana kakhulu lwe-COVID-19, lusabalala ngokushesha eYurophu nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba.

UMqondisi-Jikelele we-WHO uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ukhiphe lo mhlahlandlela engqungqutheleni yezindaba eGeneva ngoMsombuluko.

“Sonke siyagula ngenxa yalesi sifo. Sonke sifuna ukuchitha isikhathi nabangane nomndeni. Sonke sifuna ukubuyela kwesijwayelekile,” kusho yena. "Indlela esheshayo yokwenza lokhu ukuthi sonke abaholi nabantu ngabanye senze izinqumo ezinzima okufanele zenziwe ukuze sizivikele thina nabanye."

Uthe le mpendulo izosho ukuhoxiswa noma ukubambezeleka kwemicimbi kwezinye izimo.

"Kodwa umcimbi okhanseliwe ungcono kunempilo ekhanseliwe," kusho uTedros. "Kungcono ukukhansela manje bese ugubha kamuva kunokugubha manje futhi ube lusizi kamuva."

Amazwi akhe aqhamuke ngesikhathi amazwe amaningi e-Europe nakwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba ezama ukubhekana nalesi simo esibhebhetheka ngokushesha ngaphambi kwamaholide kaKhisimusi noNcibijane.

INetherlands ngeSonto ibeke ukuvalwa kwezwe lonke, okuhlala okungenani uJanuwari 14. Izitolo ezingabalulekile nezindawo zokungenisa izihambi kumele zivalwe futhi abantu banqunyelwe izivakashi ezimbili ezineminyaka eyi-13 noma ngaphezulu usuku ngalunye.

IGermany kulindeleke futhi ukuthi yethule imikhawulo emisha yokunciphisa ukuhlangana komphakathi kubantu abafinyelela kwabayi-10, ngemithetho eqinile yabantu abangagonyiwe. Izinyathelo ezintsha zizovala nama-nightclub.

NgeSonto, iJalimane iqinise izinyathelo kubahambi abavela e-United Kingdom, lapho ukutheleleka okusha kukhuphuka khona. Izinkampani zezindiza zivinjelwe ukuthwala izivakashi zase-UK eziya eJalimane, zithatha izakhamuzi zaseJalimane kuphela nezakhamuzi, abalingani bazo nezingane kanye nabagibeli bezokuthutha. Abafikayo abavela e-UK bazodinga ukuhlolwa kwe-PCR okunegethivu futhi kudingeke ukuthi bahlaliswe bodwa izinsuku eziyi-14 noma ngabe sebegonywe ngokugcwele.

I-France iphinde yathatha izinyathelo ezinzima kubahambi abavela e-UK.Kumelwe babe "nesizathu esicindezelayo" salolu hambo futhi babonise ukuhlolwa okungalungile okungaphansi kwamahora angu-24 ubudala futhi bahlukaniswe okungenani izinsuku ezimbili.

Izwe lase-UK libike amacala amasha angama-91,743 e-COVID-19 ngoMsombuluko, okuyisibalo sesibili esiphezulu nsuku zonke selokhu kwaqala lo bhubhane. Kulawo, angama-8,044 aqinisekisiwe amacala ahlukile e-Omicron, ngokusho kwe-UK Health Security Agency.

IBelgium kungenzeka imemezele izindlela ezintsha emhlanganweni weNational Consultative Committee ngoLwesithathu.

UNgqongqoshe Wezempilo ku-Federal uFrank Vandenbroucke uthe iziphathimandla "zicabanga kanzima" mayelana nokwenzeka kokuthatha izindlela zokuvala umnyango ezifana nalezo ezimenyezelwe ezweni elingumakhelwane iNetherlands.

Indoda ibheka esitolo esihlotshiselwe uKhisimusi ku-New Bond Street phakathi nokugqashuka kwesifo i-coronavirus (COVID-19) eLondon, eBrithani, Dec 21, 2021. [Isithombe/Ama-Ejensi]

Umuthi wokugoma wesi-5 ugunyaziwe

NgoMsombuluko, iKhomishini YaseYurophu inikeze imvume enemibandela yokuthengisa i-Nuvaxovid, umuthi wokugomela i-COVID-19 owenziwe yinkampani yase-US biotech iNovavax. Umuthi wokugoma wesihlanu ogunyazwe e-EU ngemuva kwalowo we-BioNTech ne-Pfizer, iModerna, i-AstraZeneca ne-Janssen Pharmaceutica.

Ikhomishini iphinde yamemezela ngeSonto ukuthi amalungu e-EU azothola imithamo eyengeziwe eyizigidi ezingama-20 yomuthi wokugomela i-Pfizer-BioNTech ngekota yokuqala ka-2022 ukulwa nalokhu okuhlukile.

U-Tedros ugcizelele ngoMsombuluko ukuthi i-Omicron isakazeka “ngokushesha kakhulu” kunokwehluka kwe-Delta.

Usosayensi Omkhulu we-WHO uSoumya Swaminathan uxwayise ngokuthi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuphetha ngokuthi i-Omicron ihlukile kancane, njengoba eminye imibiko iphakamisile. Uthe ucwaningo lokuqala lukhombisa ukuthi alizweli kakhulu emithini yokugoma esetshenziswa njengamanje ukulwa nalolu bhubhane.

U-Omicron, owabikwa okokuqala enyangeni edlule eNingizimu Afrika, usetholwe emazweni angama-89 kanti isibalo sabanesifo se-Omicron siphindeka kabili njalo ezinsukwini eziyi-1.5 kuya kweziyi-3 ezindaweni ezinokutheleleka komphakathi, kusho i-WHO ngoMgqibelo.

I-World Economic Forum izohlehlisa umhlangano wayo waminyaka yonke ka-2022 kusukela ngoJanuwari kuze kube sekuqaleni kwehlobo ngenxa yokukhathazeka okudalwe ukwahluka kwe-Omicron, kusho ngoMsombuluko.

Ama-ejensi anikele kule ndaba.