Umkhuhlane weCoronavirus COVID-19 usubulele umuntu wesithathu eZimbabwe.
Uhlangothi lukahulumende olubona ngezempilakahle luthi umuntu lo ubhubhele eWilkins Hospital ngesikhathi ekhangelwe ngudokotela labanye esibhedlela lesi eHarare.
Umbiko owethulwe luhlangothi lolu uveza ukuthi umuntu obhubhileyo ngowesilisa obekhathazwa ngeminye imikhuhlane.
“Ubaba lo obehlala eHarare ubeleminyaka engamatshumi amahlanu. Uke wethekelela kwele Bhilithane mhlaka 21 kuMbimbitho. Uthe esefike ekhaya watshengisa ukuthi engaba lomkhuhlane lo lobanje kade kunganeno. Wabikela uhlangothi olubona ngezomkhuhlane lo lokunye olwe COVID-19 Rapid Response Team mhla zinye kuMabasa. Wahlolwa njalo kwathathwa okunye emzimbeni wakhe kusenzelwa ukuthi kuyehlolisiswa. Ngelanga elilandelayo, watholakala elomkhuhlane weCOVID-19 ngesikhathi evele elokunye okumhluphayo.”
Uhlangothi lolu luthi undoda lo wayekhangelwe ngabezimpilakahle esendlini yakhe kodwa ukugula kwamkhulela wacina ehajiswa eWilkins Hospital lapho abhubhele khona ngoLwesithathu.
Kuthiwa uzangcwatshwa kulandelwa iziqondiso zomthetho wePublic Health Act ovumela ukuthi umuntu angcwatshwe kumahola ambalwa esanda kubhubha njalo kube labantu abalutshwana lapho angcwatshelwa khona.
Ukubhubha kwakhe kulandela ukudlula emhlabeni kweyinye indoda ephelele eMater Dei Hospital koBulawayo ingakabi lolwazi lokuthi inhlolisiso yalokhu okwathathwa emzimbeni wakhe kuzaveza ukuthi ubulewe yini. Uhlangothi lukahulumende olubona ngezempilakahleluthi ubulewe ngumkhuhlane weCOVID-19.
Abantu bahlolwa luhlangothi lukahulumende olweNational Microbiology Reference Laboratory ukuba balomkhuhlane weCOVID-19 kumbe hatshi. Okunye kwalokhu kuhlolisiswa kwele South Africa.
Okwamanje kulabantu abalithumi lanye asebetholakale belomkhuhlane lo eZimbabwe.