Umphakathi unxuswa ukuba ugomele umkhuhlane njengoba isikhathi somkhuhlane sonyaka ka-2026 siqale ngaphambi kwesikhathi obekulindelwe, okuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokwanda kwezifo zokuphefumula.
Ngokusho kwe-National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), isizini yomkhuhlane yaqala ngesonto lomhlaka-9 March.
“Isizini yomkhuhlane imenyezelwa lapho izinga lokuqapha elivela kwiNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) lidlula izinga elichaziwe lokuqala kwesizini futhi liqhubeka amasonto amabili alandelanayo,” kusho i-NICD.
OLUNYE UDABA: Kunxuswa umphakathi ukuba ugome njengoba kuqala isikhathi somkhuhlane
Njengoba ukusheshe kwesizini yomkhuhlane kungavamile, kuveza okwenzeka ngonyaka ka-2025, lapho isizini yaqala ngasekupheleni kukaMarch.
Isizini yokuphefumula ye-syncytial virus (RSV) ka-2026 nayo yaqala ngesonto elifanayo, okusho ukuthi izikhungo zokunakekelwa kwempilo zingabhekana nengcindezi eyengeziwe emasontweni azayo.
“Zombili izikhathi zomkhuhlane kanye nese-RSV ziqala ngesikhathi esifanayo okusho ukuthi odokotela bangabona ukwanda kweziguli ezinezifo zokuphefumula ezikhungweni zezokwelapha emasontweni azayo,” kusho i-NICD.
