Ilizwe leZimbabwe lizavalwa ngci kusasa kulandela isinqumo esethulwe nguhulumende kaMongameli Emmerson Mnangagwa othi uzama ukuvmba ukumemetheka komkhuhlane weCoronavirus COVID-19 elizweni okulomuntu oyedwa osebulewe ngumkhuhlane lo.
Banengi abantu emadolobheni abadinga ukudla, imali lokunye okumele bekuthenge kungakamiswa ukuhamba kukazulu kusesatshwa ukuthi lingakhuphuka inani labantu abangaba lomkhuhlane weCoronavirus elizweni lapho okulabayisikhombisa asebebanjwe ngumkhuhlane lo. Omunye wabo ubhubhe ngeviki ephelileyo.
Isikhulumeli samapholisa, uSenior Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, uthi amapholisa aseqalisile ukuya ezigabeni ezitshiyeneyo ukwenzela ukuvimba labo abazangena emigwaqweni okungekho emthethweni. Uhulumende uthi abanye abazavunyelwa ukuhambahamba ngabezempilakahle, abalungisa umlilo kagetsi, abatshayela amabhasi eZimbabwe United Passenger Company labathengisa ezitolo.
UMnu. Energy Mutodi, umsekeli womphathintambo wohlangothi lwezokwethula imibiko, uthi lentathelizindaba zizavunyelwa ukusebenza ngesikhathi kuvinjwe indawo zonke elizweni.
UMnu. Prince Dubeko Sibanda, okubandla leMDC elikhokhelwa nguMnu. Nelson Chamisa, uthi abantu badinga ukudla okwamanje lokunye okumele bakusebenzise ngesikhathi kuvinjwe zonke indawo elizweni.
Uphinde wathi kukhanya engani uzulu uyakwazi ukuthi umkhuhlane lo uyabulala ngakho-ke abantu bakhangelelwe ukuthi bazalandela okufunwa nguhulumende.
UMnu. Dingumuzi Phuthi, omele iBulilima West edale lephalamende ekubandla leZanu PF, uthi kumele abantu balandele okwethulwe nguhulumende.
Uthi abantu akumelanga bethuke ngoba zinengi indawo ezizabezivuliwe. Loba bekhala abanye abantu elizweni, uMnu. Melusi Sibanda uthi uzagcina abantwana endlini ukwenzela ukuthi bengabi lomkhuhlane weCoronavirus.
“Ngizabe ngibatshela ukuba bengahambahambi emzini. Kunzima ukwenqabela lumkhuhlane nxa ungahlasela abantwana. Abami abantwana ngizakube ngilabo ngekhaya, sisidla lokho esilakho. Umkhuhlane lo mubi sizalalela inkokheli.”
UNkosikazi Nomathemba Ncube, ofundisa koBulawayo, uthi abantu babambe owangaphansi ngokuvalwa kwelizwe.
Uthi kwephula inhliziyo ukuthi abantwana kabakwazi ukuthi benzeni.
Inhlanganiso ebona ngezempilakahle eyeWorld Health Organization ithi umemetheka okumangalisayo umkhuhlane weCoronavirus COVID-19 emhlabeni jikelele okulabantu abafika phose inkhulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisikhombisa - 678,720 abagula umkhuhlane lo. Usubulele abedlula inkulungwane ezingamatshumu amabili - 31,700