Riaan Umqondisi weWorld Health Organisation (WHO) umemezele ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi “uyabathemba” abantu Ubhubhane lwe-covid-19 izophela ngo-2023.
UMqondisi-Jikelele uDkt. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ubeke la mazwi ezintathelini esithangamini nabezindaba eGeneva.
“Impela sisesimweni esingcono kakhulu manje kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi ngesikhathi sodlame,” kusho uDkt. Ghebreyesus.
Ubalule ukuthi emasontweni amane edlule, isibalo samasonto onke sokufa kwabantu okubikiwe sehlile kunakuqala ngaphambi kokuthi kumenyezelwe lolu bhubhane ngoMashi 2020.
ABANTU ABADALA BAMELANA IMIGOMO ENINGI, KHETHA ESIKHUNDLENI ‘SOKWELAPHA NGENDALO,’ KUSHO UMBIKO.
“Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi kulo nyaka, sizokwazi ukusho ukuthi i-COVID-19 isiphelile njengesimo esiphuthumayo sezempilo yomphakathi esikhathaza amazwe ngamazwe,” engeza.
Amacala e-COVID-19 nokufa kuyaqhubeka kwehle emhlabeni jikelele.
UMqondisi-Jikelele weWorld Health Organisation (WHO) uTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus umemezele ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi “uyaqiniseka” ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 luzophela ngo-2023. (iStock)
Kusukela ngoMashi 6, ukufa kwamasonto onke kumi ku-5,048 emhlabeni jikelele.
Lokho ukwehla okungaphezulu kwama-26% kusukela ngesonto eledlule – futhi kwehle kusuka eqoqweni eliphakeme lokufa kwabantu abayi-102,000 ngoJanuwari 2021, ngedatha ngayinye evela ku-WHO.
Amacala amasonto onke e-COVID-19 ehlele ku-812,255 emhlabeni jikelele, ukwehla okungama-21.65% ngesonto eledlule. Bafinyelele ezigidini ezingama-44.3 ngoDisemba 2022.
“Ngesonto eledlule, bekusenabantu abangaphezu kuka-5,000 abashonile.”
E-US, kusukela ngoMashi 15, amacala amasonto onke ehle afinyelela ku-149,955, ngemuva kokufika ezigidini ezi-5.6 ngoJanuwari 19, 2022, ngedatha evela kuCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ukufa kwamasonto onke ezweni bekuku-1,706, kwehle kusukela kunani eliphakeme labangu-23,478 ngoJanuwari 13, 2021 kanye nokunye ukuhlinzwa kwabangu-17,357 ngoFebhuwari 2, 2022.
‘Asikabi lapho’
Kodwa-ke, naphezu kokubikezela kwayo okuhle, i-WHO ayikakakulungeli ukumemezela ukuphela kwalolu bhubhane ngalesi sikhathi esifanele.
“Asikabi lapho. Ngesonto eledlule, kubikwe ukuthi bangaphezu kuka-5,000 abantu abashonile,” kusho uDkt. Ghebreyesus ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isithangami.
“Lezo zi-5,000 eziningi kakhulu zesifo esingavinjelwa futhi selashwe.”
E-US, kusukela ngoMashi 15, amacala amasonto onke ehle afika ku-149,955, ngemuva kokukhuphuka afinyelela ezigidini ezi-5.6 ngoJan. 19, 2022. (iStock)
UDkt. Ghebreyesus uphinde wagcizelela isidingo sokunquma ukuthi ubhubhane lwaqala kanjani.
“NgeSonto eledlule, i-WHO yaziswe ngemininingwane eshicilelwe kusizindalwazi se-GISAID ngasekupheleni kukaJanuwari, yaphinde yehliswa muva nje,” kusho yena.
“Idatha evela ku- Isikhungo SaseShayina Sokulawula Nokuvimbela Izifoihlobene namasampula athathwe emakethe yase-Huanan e-Wuhan ngo-2020.”
UDkt. Ghebreyesus uthe nakuba le datha inganikezi “impendulo eqondile” kumsuka walo bhubhane, lonke ulwazi lubalulekile ekufinyeleleni lowo mgomo.
“Le datha kungenzeka – futhi kufanele ngabe – yabiwe eminyakeni emithathu edlule,” eqhubeka. “Siyaqhubeka nokucela iChina ukuthi iveze obala ekwabelaneni ngemininingwane, futhi yenze uphenyo oludingekayo futhi yabelane ngemiphumela. Ukuqonda ukuthi lolu bhubhane lwaqala kanjani kusalokhu kuyisibopho sokuziphatha nesayensi.”
“Impela sisesimweni esingcono kakhulu manje kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi ngesikhathi sodlame.”
UDkt. Marc Siegel, uprofesa wezokwelapha e- I-NYU Langone Medical Center eNew York City kanye nomnikeli wezokwelapha weFox News, kule mpelasonto ukuthi ungabaza ukungabaza kwe-WHO ukukhombisa ukuphela kwezimo eziphuthumayo zamazwe omhlaba yize isibalo sokufa kwe-COVID masonto onke siphansi kunobhubhane lwangaphambi kobhubhane.
Amacala e-COVID-19 amasonto onke kanye nokufa bekulokhu kwehle njalo e-US nasemhlabeni jikelele. (iStock)
“Ngaphansi kwethonya elinamandla laseChina, izenzo zobuholi be-WHO beziguquguquka kakhulu, zabambezela ukuyibiza ngokuthi ubhubhane cishe izinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kokusabalala kakhulu futhi yehluleka ukwenza iChina ivuleleke futhi iphumele obala ngemvelaphi,” kusho uDkt. Siegel etshela uFox. News Digital engxoxweni.
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