NguJoyce Zhou kunye noYew Lun Tian
IHONG KONG/BEIJING, nge-8 kaJan (Reuters) -Abahambi bagxalathelana ukuya e-China ngomoya, umhlaba kunye nolwandle ngeCawa, abaninzi belangazelela ukuhlangana kwakhona obekulindelwe, njengoko iBeijing ivule imida ebesele ivaliwe ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhani we-COVID-19.
Emva kweminyaka emithathu, ilizwe lase China lavula ulwandle kunye nokuwela umhlaba kunye neHong Kong kwaye yaphelisa imfuneko yokuba abahambi abangenayo bahlaliswe bodwa, kuchithwa intsika yokugqibela yomgaqo-nkqubo we-COVID-1.4 owawukhusele abantu base-China abazibhiliyoni ezisisi-1.4 kwintsholongwane kodwa wabasusa kwihlabathi liphela.
Ukunciphisa kwe-China kule nyanga idlulileyo yolona lawulo lungqongqo lwe-COVID lulandele uqhanqalazo oluyimbali ngokuchasene nomgaqo-nkqubo obandakanya ukuvavanywa rhoqo, imiqobo yokuhamba kunye nokuvalwa okukhulu okulonakalisa kakhulu uqoqosho lwesibini ngobukhulu.
Imigca emide eyenziwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya samazwe ngamazwe saseHong Kong kwiikhawunta zeenqwelo moya eziya kwizixeko ezibandakanya iBeijing, iTianjin kunye neXiamen. Amajelo eendaba aseHong Kong aqikelela ukuba amawaka ayenqumla.
“Ndonwabe kakhulu, ndonwabe kakhulu, ndichulumancile kakhulu. Andizange ndibabone abazali bam iminyaka emininzi,” watsho uTeresa Chow ongumhlali waseHong Kong njengoko yena nentlaninge yabahambi babelungiselela ukunqumla kwilizwe laseTshayina besuka kwindawo yokuhlola iLok Ma Chau yaseHong Kong.
“Abazali bam abaphilanga khange ndikwazi ukuphinda ndibabone naxa babenomhlaza wamathumbu, ndiyavuya kakhulu xa ndibuyela kubabona ngoku,” utshilo.
Abatyali-mali banethemba lokuba ukuvulwa kwakhona kuya kuvuselela uqoqosho lwe-17 yezigidigidi zeedola ezifumana ukukhula okucothayo malunga nesiqingatha senkulungwane. Kodwa ukuguqulwa komgaqo-nkqubo ngequbuliso kubangele igagasi elikhulu losulelo olugubungele izibhedlele ezithile kwaye lubangele ukuphazamiseka kweshishini.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-reopens-borders-final-farewell-zero-covid-2023-01-08
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-07-2023