Intathelizindaba ezimbalwa koBulawayo zihlatshwe ijekiseni yokuzivikela emkhuhlaneni, eyeCovid 19 Vaccine. Ezihlatshiweyo intathelizindaba zithi ziyajabula kakhulu ngohlelo lolu ngoba zibona zizakwenelisa ukwehlisa amathuba okuqinelwa yiCovid 19.
U-Tanaka Mrerwa, oyintathelizindaba esebenzela inhlanganiso eye Centre for Innovation and Technology uthi ukubone kuqakathekile ukuthi ahlatshwe.
“Ngiqeda ukuhlathswa ukuthi ngivikeleke emkhuhlaneni we Covid. Ngibone ukuthi phezu kwendlela zokuthi ngiqgoke amamask lokusebenzisa amasanitiser kungcono njalo ukuthi ngihlatshwe. Abongi basazisile ukuthi nxa ngingaba lokugula ngemva kokuhlatshwa ngiphenduke kodwa nxa kungela kugula okulethwa yivaccine ngiphindele ukuzohlatshwa ngemva kwe 28 days.”
Enye njalo intathelizindaba yakoBulawayo uAbigail Khuphe usekela lokhu.
“Mina ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi ngihlabe ivaccine le eye Covid kodwa njengomuntu oxhumana kakhulu labantu nxa sidinga indaba. Ngakho ngibone ukuthi ukuhlabalokhu kungangivikela kuvikele lemuli yami. Ngiyazi ukuthi kubuhlungu kanjani ukubanjwa iCovid ngoba sengake ngayigula. Ngakho kungcono ukuthi ngihlale nje ngivikelekile.”
UDokotela Rodgers Magigo osebenzela koBulawayo uthi akala nkinga athe wazibona ngemva kokuhlatshwa.
“Engingakutsho yikuthi emzimbeni ngikahle, ngiphongulala ngisizwa ukuthi ngihlatshiwe engalweni. Ngivuke ngi right,ngaya emsebenzini ngatshona ngikahle lalamuhla ngo day 2 lokhe ngiqine saka. Ngiyakhuthaza abathandabuzayo ukuthi asimeni ukutshelana amanga ku social media lokulalela abakhuluma abangakwaziyo. Umhlaba wonke uyahlaba i Vaccine ngakho lathi akula okungasimisa njengelizwe leZimbabwe asambeni siyehlatshwa impilo zethu ziqhubeke kuhle.”
Isikhulumi sekhansili yakoBulawayo unkosikazi Nesisa Mpofu uchasisa ngokuthi kungani kuqakathekile ukuthi intathelizindaba zihlatshwe.
“Namhlanje ekuseni sibelamaJournalist abuye ukuzohlatshwa, ngoba labo bebalwa njengezisebenzi ezimqoka, ukuhlatshwa kwentathelizindaba kuqakathekile ngoba bazabhala mayelana leVaccine ngendlela ezafundisa uzulu ngoba kungcwele indaba ezingasoqiniso enkundleni zesocial media.”
Umqondisi wogatsha lwezempilakahle kumanisiphala wakoBulawayo, udokotela Edwin Sibanda, uthi abakahlanganisi inani lasebehlatshiwe lokhu lolu hlelo lusungulwe ngoMvulo weviki edluleyo. Izolo uthi baqhibe bengaphezu kwenkulungwane ezimbili kodwa inani leli lilakho ukukhuphuka ngemva kokuhlathswa kwentathelizindaba namuhla.
Ebuzwe ukuthi uhlelo lolu luzakwengezelelwa na, uDr Sibanda uthe amajekiseni ayanela ukuthi baqhubeke behlaba kodwa akukabi sobala ngoba kulezinye indleko ezidingakalayo ukuthi uhlelo luqhubekele phambili.
Ihlandla lakuqala lohlelo lolu likhangelelwe ukugqitshwa kusasa, ngoLwesithathu lapho okukhangelelwe ukuba kube sekuhlatshwe abantu abedlula inkulungwane eziyisithupha lengxenye(6,600), kuthi laba abahlabileyo baphinde njalo ngemva kwamalanga aphose afike inyanga(28 days).
