Lanxa sokuhlatshwe abantu abedlula izigidi ezintathu lengxenye-3,7 million, ijekiseni lokuzivikela kuCovid 19, uhulumende uthi uzakwanelisa ukufikisa inani elidingakalayo lezigidi ezilitshumi – 10 million kusiyaphela lumnyaka ka 2021 ukuze ilizwe libe ngelivikelekileyo - i-Herd Immunity, njengokuthembisa kwakhe ekuqaleni kohlelo lolu lonyaka.
Okukhulunywa nguhulumende kuza kusaselokuthikaza kwabantu ukuyahlatshwa le ijekiseni njalo sekusele inyanga eyodwa nje ukuthi umnyaka uphele.
Umsekeli kamphathintambo wezempilakahle uDokotela John Mangwiro utshele intathelizindaba ukuthi zinengi indlela uhulumende azazisebenzisa ukukufeza lokho. Lokhu kugoqela ukuyahlaba ontanga ezikolo abaleminyaka esukela kwelitshumi lasithupha kusiya kwelitshumi lasikhombisa-16-17years.
"Ungakhangela abantu bakithi, inengi ngabasakhulayo, kungakho sizakuya kibo. Sizakuya ezikolweni, emabandleni ezokholo, ukuya ebantwini abadinga ukuhlatshwa leli jekiseni. Sizakube sikhona ezikolweni, zingakavalwa, ukuba leqiniso lokuthi sibahlabile. Imikhankaso njengalokho engikwenzayo, ukubayethekelela njalo sesihambise abantu bethu ngemota ama-mobile trucks ukuthi bangene emphakathini ukuze sihlabe labo abangakahlatshwa."
Esinye isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo, umnumzana Dumisani Moyo ukhuthaza uzulu ukuba asekela inhlelo zikahulumende ezinje.
"Ngoba lapha eZimbabwe i-Health situation yethu, lapha amekilinika langaphingaphi, asilungelanga ukuthi singalwisana layo leyo virus, ingasiqeda kakhulu okunye okwamagama. Sicela uhulumende enze lokho okumele kwenziwe ukuze lingamemetheki leligciwane njalo labantu benze lokho okumele bakwenze ukuze njalo bangalitholi. Okunje ngokuthi bangahlangani labantu, lapho okulabantu abanengi khona njalo bafake lawo ma-mask esisibona angani akusenziwa kakhulu ma sibona abantu e-town lapha, emabhasini."
Kodwa unkosikazi Patience Ngwenya waseHarare yena uthi lokhe engakalihlatshwa ngoba lokhu esesaba.
"Lento esizibonayo kuma WhatsApp lesizizwayo ukuthi, after kuma 3years, uyabe usutshwabhene iface, awusazali and nxa usahlatshwa laphana, ngizwa kuthiwa bathi ma ugula awuhlatshwa. Abakuhloli ukuthi ungaba ulomkhuhlane, abakubuzi ukuthi uyagula, bayakuhlaba kuphela."
Umfundisi Wyson Dutch webandla le United Evangelical Church uthi okwenza uzulu athikaze yikusilela kolwazi langendlela imikhankaso yeCOVID-19 ephathwa ngayo elizweni.
"Endaweni yokuthi lapho okwalomsotsha khona kwakumele kume udokotela, egqoke amagilovusi akhe, ele sepa, efundisa abantu ukuthi bageze njani izandla zabo kanye lokusetshenziswa kwe sanitiser, kalikwenzanga lokho. Abantu basala bengelalo ulwazi, asebekwazi yikuba ngingahlangana lepholisa, ngiyayigqoka kuhle leyo mask, engedlula, ngiyayehlisa. Kwakumele lolu lolwazi lutholakale yonke indawo. "