UMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa usungule okusemthethweni ihlandla lesibili lohlelo lokuhlaba abantu ijekiseni yokuvikela iCovid 19, olweSinopharm Vaccination Program Phase 2, eVictoria Falls ngoLwesithathu.
Ekhuluma embuthanweni waseVictoria Falls, lapho ahle aqala yena ukuhlatshwa, uMnangagwa ukhuthaze uzulu ukuba azinikele ukuhlatshwa leli jekiseni ngoba liqakathekile ekuzivikeleni kuCovid-19.
Uqhubeke ethi abantu bengalaleli amanga asaballiswa ngabanye ngale ijekiseni njalo wahatha leli thuba lokubonga abahlatshwe kuhlandla lakuqala lalolu hlelo abagoqela abasebenza kwezempilakahle.
"Ngingcoma zonke izisebenzi eziqakathekileyo labezomvikela ngokusebenza gadalala ekulwisaneni lokumemetheka kweCovid-19 ezweni."
UMqondisi weChristian Allaince, uMfundisi Useni Sibanda ungcome uhlelo lokuhlaba abantu eVictoria Falls.
"Thina siyabonga kakhulu ngohlelo olwenziwe lamhlanje njalo kuqakathekile ukuthi inkokheli zelizwe abephambili ukuze akhuthaze abantu abanike isibindi. Njalo siyathokoza langokuphatheka kwenkokheli zenkolo ngoba sike sakhankasa ngakho kakhulu. Kuqakathekile njalo ukuba abantu bonke bathathe lelijekiseni ukuze inani labantu abayabe sebevikelekile kuleli gcikwane libephezulu umkhuhlane lo uncindezeleke."
Ihlandla lesibili lokuhlatshwa ijekiseni eyeCovid 19 Vaccine, eligoqela abafundisi, ababalisi, abemithethwandaba, abezomvikela, abagulayo labadala luqale ngeviki edluleyo.
Indawo zokuhlabela ijekiseni leSinopharm Vaccination eVictoria Falls zibalisa isibhedlela seVictoria Falls, Chinotimba Clinic, ZRP Camp Clinic leZimbabwe AIDS Project Clinic.
Idolobho leVictoria Falls lithole amajekiseni azinkulungwane ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa-70,000 aweSinopharm Vaccine, akhangelelwe ukuhlatshwa abantu abaleminyaka esukela kwelitshumi lathobaminwe mibili kusiya kwedlula amatshumi ayisithupha(18 – 65).
Umsekeli kamphathintambo wezempilakahle lokondliwa kwabantwa, uDokotela John Mangwiro uchaze ukuba izakhamizi zeVictoria Falls zizahlatshwa ukuze lapho izethekeli zifika bebe bevikelekile kubhubhano lweCovid-19.
embuthanweni waseVictoria Falls uMnangagwa unxuse inkokheli zamabandla enkozo zomanyano oweZimbabwe Council of Churches, iZimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference, Zimbabwe Indegenous Inter- Denominational Council of Churches, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe lenkokheli zamabandla ezombusazwe.
Abantu abangamatshumi amahlanu ekhulwini balahlekelwa yimisebenzi edolobheni leVictoria Falls kulandela ukuqhamuka kobhubhano lweCovid-19.
Kunje ngokutshona kwelanga layizolo besekuhlatshwe abantu abazinkulungwane ezingamatshumi edlula amane lane-44,135, ijekiseni yeCOVID-19 Sinopharm Vaccine eZimbabwe, kusukela ngenyanga edluleyo. Kuthi phakathi kwenkulungwane phose amatshumi amane-36,717, asebebanjwe beleCoronavirus, kusukisela nyakenye leli gcikwane liqhamuka elizweni, abazinkulungwane ezedlula amatshumi amathathu lane-34,447 babo, kungabagule basila. Abakhulelwe yilesi sifo bedlula inkulungwane eyodwa lengxenye-1,516.