TERM |
PLAIN ENGLISH |
DEFINITION |
TRANSLATION |
TRANSLATION |
Anaphylaxis / Anaphylactic shock |
Allergic reaction |
A very extreme allergic reaction that can cause a shock to the body, and symptoms
can include skin rash, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing and shock. |
Ukuqubuka |
Ukuqubuka komzimba okumbi okungahlangahlanganisa umzimba, kubangele iratjhi,
ukuyabuka, ukuhlanza, ubudisi bokuphefumula kunye nokuvangana. |
Adverse events |
Adverse events |
Any health problem that happens after a shot or other vaccine. An adverse event
might be truly caused by a vaccine, or it might be pure coincidence. |
Umthelela omumbi |
Umraro wepilo ovela ngemva kokujova namkha kokuthatha umtjhoga. Kungenzeka ukuthi
kubangwe mtjhoga namkha kungathomana nje. |
Antibodies |
Antibodies |
Antibodies are proteins that our bodies make to fight a specific illness that
attacks our bodies. They are specialised soldiers that the body uses to fight every
illness differently. When a new virus like COVID-19 comes attacks us it take the
body a few days to create the soldier antibodies that can attack it. |
Ama-Antibodies |
Ama-Antibodies maphrotheyini enziwa mzimba wethu ukulwa nobulwelwe obuhlasela
imizimba yethu. Masotja womzimba akhethekileko asetjenziswa mizimba yethu ukulwa
namalwelwe ngendlela ehlukileko. Lokha ingogwana efana ne-COVID-19 nayisihlaselako,
kuthatha imizimba yethu amalanga ambalwa ukwakha amasotja angasivikela kiyo
ngokuyihlasela. |
Asymptomatic infection |
Asymptomatic |
An infection without symptoms; no signs of illness. |
Ukungabi namatshwayo |
Ubulwelwe obunganamatshwayo; ukungatjengisi amatshwayo wokugula. |
Bacteria |
Bacteria |
Bacteria, also called germs to small to see with the naked eye. Some bacteria are
good for you, while others can make you sick. |
Umulwana |
Umulwana, ekuyingogwana engabonakaliko ngamehlo. Eminye imilwana iwulungele umzimba
wakho kanti ke eminye ingakugulisa. |
Booster dose |
Booster dose |
An additional dose of a vaccine needed periodically to 'boost' the immune system.
|
Umthamo wokungezelela |
Umthamo omunye womtjhoga ongezelela ivikeleko namandla wamasotja womziba. |
Breaking News |
Breaking news |
New and important information |
Iindaba ezingenako |
Ilwazi elitjha neliqakathekileko. |
Chest Pain |
Chest pain |
When you feel pain in your chest or heart area |
Iinhlungu esifubeni |
Lokha mawuzwa iinhlungu esifubeni namkha magega nendawo yehliziyo. |
Clinical trial |
Clinical trial |
A clinical trial tests the effectiveness and safety of medications, vaccines or
medical devices by monitoring their effects on large groups of people. Clinical
trials have many steps, and only the last few involve testing medicines on human
beings. Clinical trial results are checked by independent experts. |
Ukulingelelwa |
Ukulingelela kuhlola ukusebenza nokuphepha kwemitjhoga, iinhlahla namkha
iinsetjenziswa zezepilo ngokuqalisisa ukusebenza kwazo eenqhemeni ezikulu zabantu.
Ukulingelelwa kwemitjhoga kunamagadango amanengi, begodu ngilawo ambalwa wokugcina
lapho ihlolwa ebantwini. Imiphumela yokulingelelwa ihlolwa zizazi ezizijameleko.
|
Communicable |
Communicable |
a disease that spreads from one person or animal to another. Some bacteria and
viruses can cause communicable diseases. Other diseases – that do not spread from
person to person, like diabetes or hypertension – are called ‘non-communicable’.
|
Thathelanako |
Ubulwelwe obuthelelana ukusuka emuntwini namkha esilwaneni ukuya komunye. Eminye
imilwana neengogwana zingabangela amalwelwe athathelanako. Amanye amalwelwe -
angarhatjhekiko hlangana nabantu, njengetjhukela namkha i-hypertension - abizwa
ngokuthi 'awathathelani'. |
Comorbidity |
Pre-existing disease |
Pre-existing diseases are conditions that a person has before getting another
disease . In the context of COVID-19 it refers to existing chronic diseases – like
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or hypertension, to name a few – that could put
people at a higher risk of developing complications if they are infected with the
Corona virus. |
Ubulwelwe obukhona |
Ubulwelwe obukhona ngilobu umuntu bekavele anabo ngaphambi kokutshwayeleka ngobunye.
Naziza ku-COVID-19, kukhulunywa ngobulwelwe obungumahlala-khona - njengobulwelwe
behliziyo, itjhukela namkha i-hypertension, hlangana nokhunye - okungakufaka abantu
engozini yokuba nemiraro yamaphilo nakungenzeka bona batshwayeleke ngengogwana
ye-Corona. |
Congregate settings |
Gatherings |
When many people come together at the same place and at the same time. E.g.:
parties, marches, schools, prisons, churches etc. |
Imibuthano |
Lokha abantu abanengi bahlanganyela endaweni yinye ngesikhathi esisodwa. Isibonelo:
amaphathi, imitjhagalo, iinkolo, amajele, amasondo, njalonjalo. |
Conspiracy Theory |
Fake news story |
Fake news stories are created to combined some facts and incorrect information to
create a story that will convince people that what is told to them by people in
authority like governments, healthcare workers and scientists is not true and will
hurt them. |
Indaba emamanga |
Iindaba ezimamanga zenziwa ngokuhlanganisa amaqiniso namanga ukwenza indaba
engabangela bona abantu bakholelwe ekutheni lokho abakutjelwa babantu abasemagunyeni
njengorhulumende, abasebenzi bezamaphilo kunye nabososayensi akusilo iqiniso begodu
kuzobalimaza. |
Contract |
Become infected |
To catch or develop a disease – you can become infected Covid-19, for example, by
breathing in the droplets of someone who is infected with the virus. |
Ukutshwayeleka |
Ukutshwayeleka namkha ukungenwa kugula - ungatshwayeleka nge-Covid-19, isibonelo,
ngokurhogela amathosana aphuma emuntwini otshwayeleke ngengogwana le. |
Contra-indications |
Medicines clash |
When a medicine, or medical process should not be used because it may be harmful to
that person because of pre-existing conditions or other medicine they are using.
|
Ukutjhayisana komtjhoga |
Lokha umtjhoga, namkha ikambiso yezepilo ingakafaneli ukusetjenziswa ngebanga
lokuthi ingalimaza umuntu loyo ngebanga lokuthi unobulwelwe anabo namkha kukhona
esinye isihlahla asisebenzisako. |
Control group |
Control group |
In any medical experiment or trial, scientists compare what happens when you give an
active medicine like a vaccine to one group to what would happen to a group if no
active medicine or vaccine was given was given to them. The group that did not
receive the active medicine are called the ‘control group’. |
Isiqhema selawulo |
Kwelinye nelinye ilingelelo lezamaphilo, abososayensi baqathanisa lokho okwenzeka
lokha nabanikela isiqhema esithileko omtjhoga nalokha okwenzeka kwesinye isiqhema
esingakanikelwa umtjhoga lowo. Isiqhema esingakanikelwa umtjhoga sibizwa ngesiqhema
selawulo. |
Coping |
Coping |
Being able to get through a difficult experience. |
Ukujamelana |
Ikghono lokuqalana nesikhathi esibudisi. |
Data |
Information |
Facts, evidence and statistics |
Ilwazi |
Amaqiniso, ubufakazi kunye neembalobalo. |
Depopulation |
Depopulation |
A process of intentionally trying to kills entire populations and communities to
have less people in the world. There is a lot of fake news that tries to convince
people that COVID-19 or vaccines are meant to kill people. |
Ukwehliswa kwesibalo sabantu |
Isenzo sokulinga ukubulala isitjhaba namkha umphakathi ngehloso yokwehlisa isibalo
sabantu ephasini. Kuneendaba ezinengi ezimamanga ezilinga ukwenza abantu ukuthi
bakhollwe ekutheni i-COVID-19 namkha imitjhoga yenzelwe ukubulala abantu. |
Depression |
Depression |
A mental health problem where a person feels very sad, tired, unable to cope and
have no energy for long periods of time. |
Isidandeleli |
Umraro wokugula komkhumbulo lapho umuntu azizwa khona adanile, adiniwe, angakghoni
ukuqalana nepilo namkha anganamdlandla. |
Diabetic |
Diabetic |
A person with high or low insulin levels. |
Umuntu onetjhukela |
Umuntu onetjhukela ephasi namkha ephezulu khulu. |
Diagnosis / Diagnose |
Diagnosis/ Diagnose |
To recognise a disease by its signs and symptoms is to diagnose a disease. If you
test positive for Covid-19, you have a positive diagnosis for the virus. |
Ukufunyanwa kobulwelwe |
Ukubona ubulwelwe ngamatshwayo wabo. Nakwenzeka ufunyanwe bona une-Covid-19,
ufunyenwe unengogwana le. |
DNA |
DNA |
The small chemical that determines how a cell will look and what it will do. |
I-DNA |
Ikhemikhali elincani elenza ukuthi iseli liqaleke ngendlela ethize. |
Dose |
Dose |
The amount of a medicine that you are allowed to take at one time |
Umthamo |
Inani lomtjhoga ovumeleke ukulitatha ngesikhathi esisodwa. |
Drug resistance |
Vaccine resistant |
When a virus changes it becomes hard for the vaccines or medicines that are created
to fight it to find it in our bodies. The vaccine will not work if the virus has
changed too much. |
Bhalela umtjhoga |
Lokha ingogwana nayitjhugulukako, kubabudisi ukuthi imitjhoga namkha iinhlahla
ezenzelwe ukulwa nayo ziyifumane emizimbeni yethu. Umtjhoga angekhe usebenze
nayikhibe ingogwana itjhuguluke kbulu. |
Dry Cough |
Dry Cough |
A cough that feels like it is coming more from irritation in your throat. |
Isikwehlela esomileko |
Ukukhwehlela okungathi kuyanghwara emphinjeni. |
Effective |
Works |
We say a vaccine "works” when it helps the body fight against a virus or bacteria.
|
Sebenza |
Sithi umtjhoga ''uyasebenza'' lokha nawusiza umzimba bona ulwisane nengogwana namkha
umulwana. |
Efficacy |
Efficacy |
This tells us how well a vaccine works. The “efficacy” of a vaccine is its ability
to prevent illness and create immunity against a virus or bacteria. |
Ukusebenza |
Lokhu kusitjela ukuthi umtjhoga usebenza kangangani. ''Ukusebenza'' komtjhoga
likghono lawo lokukhandela ubulwelwe nokwenza bona amasotja womzimba akwazi ukulwa
nengogwana namkha umulwana. |
Evidence |
Proven facts |
Facts or information which tell you whether an idea or belief is true. |
Amaqiniso afakazelweko |
Amaqinisi namkha ilwazi elikutjela ukuthi umbono namkha ikolelo iliqiniso namkha
njani. |
Experiment |
Experiment |
An operation or procedure carried out by scientists under controlled conditions in
order to discover or investigate something unknown; to test or establish a
hypothesis. |
Ukuhlolelwa |
Ikambiso namkha isenzi sabososayensi ngaphasi kobujamo obulawulwako ukwenzela
ukufumana namkha ukuphenya into engaziwako, ukuhlola namkha ukufunisela. |
Exposed/exposure |
Exposed |
When you have been in contact with a person that has a virus like COVID-19. |
Ukuthintana |
Nangabe uthintene nomuntu onengogwana efana ne-COVID-19. |
Flattening the curve |
Flattening the curve |
Slowing down the spread of COVID-19 so that there are not too many people sick at
the same time and hospitals are not too busy to help everyone. |
Ukugangadela umbundu |
Ukwehlisa izinga lokurhatjheka kwe-COVID-19 ukwenzela bona kungabi nabantu abanengi
abagulako ngeskhathi sinye nokuthi iimbhedlela zingazali khulu bezibhalelwe kusiza
abantu. |
headache |
Headache |
Pain in your head |
Ukuphathwa yihloko |
Ihloko ebuhlungu. |
High fever |
High fever |
When your temperature is above 37 degrees, usually leads to sweating. |
I-fever ephezulu |
Lokha ukutjhisa komzimba nakungaphezu kwe37 degrees kubangela ukujuluka kanengi.
|
Hotline |
Hotline |
A phone services that provides specific information. |
Umtato |
Umtato onikela ngelwazi elithize. |
hypertension |
Hypertension |
High blood pressure. |
I-hypertension |
Ukupompekela phezulu kweengazi. |
hypotension |
Hypotension |
Low blood pressure. |
I-hypertension |
Ukupompekela phasi kweengazi. |
Immune response |
Immune response |
The way you body fights against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear
foreign and harmful. |
Ivikeleko lamasotja womzimba |
Indlela umzimba wakho olwa ngayo nemilwana, iingogwana, nokhunye okungafunekiko
emzimbeni wakho. |
Immune system |
Immune system |
All the parts of your body that fights against virus and germ. The immune system
keeps a record of every germ/bacteria/virus it has ever defeated so it can recognise
and destroy it quickly if it enters the body again. We say the immune system has a
memory. |
Amasotja womzimba |
Zoke iincenye zomzimba wakho ezilwa neengogwana nemilwana. Amasotja womzimba ahlala
agade zoke iingogwana, imilwana namagulo akhe alwa nawo ukwenzela bona awahlasele
begodu awahlule msinyana nakaqeda ukungena emzimeni wakho godu. Sithi amasotja
womzimba awakhohlwa. |
Immunisation |
Immunisation |
Is the process where a person's body is given a vaccine that helps it fight a new
virus like COVID-19. |
Ukugoma |
Kukulokha umzimba womuntu nawunikelwa umtjhoga owusiza bona ulwe nengogwana etja
efana ne-COVID-19. |
Immunity |
Immunity |
When your immune system has a memory of a virus and sends the correct antibodies to
fight the virus. This memory can be created by a vaccine. |
Ivikeleko |
Lokha amasotja womzimba wakho nawakhumbula iingogwana ekhe zakuhlasela bese athumela
ama-antibodies ayokulwa neengogwana lezi. Umkhumbulo lo ungakhiwa mtjhoga. |
Immuno- compromised |
Immuno-compromised |
Having a weak ability for your body to fight a disease because of pre-exiting
diseases. |
Ukufadalala kwamasotja womzimba |
Lokha umzimba wakho nawubhalelwa kukulwa nokugula ngebanga lamalwelwe akhona. |
Incubate |
Incubate |
Before you get symptoms of a particular illness, the bacteria or virus that causes
disease is spreading slowly in your body to make you feel sick. |
Fukamela |
Ngaphambi kokuthi utjengise amatshwayo wokugula okuthize, umulwana namkha ingogwana
ebangela ukugula lokho irhatjheka kabuthaka ngaphakathi kwakho ungazi. |
Infectious |
Infectious |
Contagious/catchy – capable of making an infection. |
Ukutshwayeleka |
Kuyatshwayela/thathelana - kubangela ukutshayeleka. |
Inoculation |
Inoculation |
Another word for vaccination or immunisation – the process where you become immune
to an infectious disease. |
Ukujovela |
Elinye igama lokugomela namkha ukuhlabela - ikambiso eyenza bona ungasangenwa
kugula. |
Interaction |
How medicines mix |
Some medicines have effects on each other, or may make it difficult or easier for
other medicines to work. This can cause side effects or can make a medicine work
better. Always tell a doctor what medicine you are using when they need to give you
more medicine. |
Indlela ekuhlangana ngayo iinhlahla |
Ezinye iinhlahla ziyathikamezana, namkha zingenza bona kube budisi namkha kubelula
ukuthi ezinye zisebenze. Lokhu kungabangela ukuhlangahlangana namkha kwenze ukuthi
isihlahla sisebenze ncono. Ngaso soke isikhathi, tjela udorhodere ngomtjhoga
owusebenzisa lokha nakakunikela omunye. |
Jab |
Jab |
A word that describes getting a vaccine dose. |
Umjovo |
Igama elihlathulula ukufumana umthamo womjovo. |
Laboratory |
undefined |
A place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis a
research. |
I-Labhorathri |
Indawi yokwenza irhubhululo nehlolo lezesayensi. |
Lockdown |
Lockdown |
A government regulation to limits people's movements and makes certain health
behaviours compulsory. |
Ukuqinteliswa kwamakhambo |
Umgomo wakarhulumende oqintelisa imikhambo yabantu neyenza ukuthi ukuziphatha
okuthileko kukateleleke. |
Mandatory |
Compulsory |
Required by a law or rule: obligatory/compulsory. |
Katelelekile |
Okufunekako ngokomthetho namkha ngokwekambiso: funeko/katelelekile. |
Microscopic |
Very small |
Something so small that you cannot see it with the naked eye – something you can
only see through a microscope. Bacteria and viruses are microscopic, for example.
|
Ncani khulu |
Into encani kangangokuthi awukghoni ukuyibona ngelihlo lenyana - Into ongayibona
kwaphela nge-microscope. Imilwana neengogwana zincani khulu, isibonelo. |
Mimic |
Copy |
To copy / look-like / imitate something. |
Khophi |
Ukukopa/fanako/ukulingisa into |
mRNA |
mRNA |
Messenger-RNA are small chemicals that send messages to your cells to tell them
about how a new virus that has not attacked the body yet will look. It is used in
vaccines to create immune system memory. |
Mrna |
Ama-Mesenger-RNA makhemikhali amancani athumela imilayezo emaselini wakho ukuwatjela
ukuthi ingogwana etja engakahlaseli umzimba izokuba njani. Asetjenziswa emitjhogeni
ukwenza ukuthi amasotjha womzimba akhumbule. |
Mucus |
Mucus |
A slime found in the body. |
Thimila |
Iketjezi elifumaneka emzimbeni. |
Myths |
Myths |
A widely held but false belief or idea. There are many myths – otherwise known as
fake news or fictions – about Covid-19 and vaccines. |
Iinolwana |
Into ekholelwa linengi kodwana engasilo iqiniso. Kuneenolwana ezinengi - ezaziwa
ngeendaba ezimamanga namkha ezingekho - nge-Covid-19 nemitjhoga. |
Non-pharmaceutical interventions |
health behaviours |
Things that every person can do to prevent a disease that does not involve taking
medicine. |
Ukuziphatha kwepilo |
Izinto ezingenziwa ngiwo woke umuntu ukukhandela ubulwelwe ezingabandakanyi
ukusebenzisa iinhlahla. |
Nurse |
Nurse |
A health worker that is the first and most regular person to give you care at a
medical facility. |
Inesi |
Umsebenzi wezepilo onikela ngesizo netjhejo ezikweni lezamaphilo |
Nursing |
Nursing |
A job where people care for the medical needs of people in clinics and hospitals.
|
Ubunesi |
Umsebenzi lapho abantu banikela khona ngesizo lezepilo nokuhlenga ematlinigi
neembhedlela. |
Open spaces |
Open spaces |
Places that are outdoors and have a lot of fresh air |
Iindawo ezivulekileko |
Iindawo ezingaphandle nezibetha umoya. |
Pandemic |
Pandemic |
A pandemic is an when a disease spreads across a large region, for instance multiple
continents or worldwide, affecting a large number of people. |
Ihlekelele |
Ihlekelele kulokha ubulwelwe burhatjheka esiphandeni esikhulu, isibonelo
eenarhakazini ezihlukahlukeneko namkha ephasini loke, beyithinte abantu abanengi
khulu. |
PCR test |
Covid test |
A test that uses a sample from the back of your nose and mouth to know if there is
COVID-19 virus in your body. The test can be done in a clinic, hospital, laboratory
or even in your car. |
Ukuhlolelwa i-covid |
Ukuhlolwa okusebenzisa isampula ethethwe emphinjeni namkha epumulweni ukubona ukuthi
ikhona namkha njani na ingogwana ye-COVID-19 emzimbeni wakho. Ungahlolwa etlinigi,
esibhedlela, elabhorathri namkha ngekoloyini yakho imbala. |
Peer review |
Independently tested |
The process where scientists who were not involved with the trial – or who are
independent experts – check test results for a scientific study is called peer
review. This is a way of making sure that the results of an experiment/trial/study
are accurate. |
Ukuhlolwa okuzijameleko |
Ikambiso lapho abososayensi egade bangasiyo incenye yokuhlola - namkha abazizazi
ezizijameleko - bahlola khona imiphumela yerhubhululo lezesayensi ibizwa nge-peer
review. Le yindlela yokuqinisekisa ukuthi imiphumela yokulingelelwa namkha
yerhubhululo/ukuhlola inqophile. |
Placebo |
Placebo |
Substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings. |
I-Plasibo |
Ukulapha namkha ikambiso enganamthelela ebantwini. |
Population immunity |
Population immunity |
Also known as herd immunity’, population immunity is when at least 70% of a
community have antibodies that help them fight a new virus like COVID-19. This can
happen through many people being infected with the virus or through many people
getting a vaccine. |
Ivikeleko lomphakathi |
Laziwa godu njengevikeleko lomhlambi, ivikeleko lomphakathi kukulokha i-70%
yophakathi nayinama-antibodies ewasiza ekulweni nengogwana efana ne-COVID-19. Lokhu
kungenzeka ngokuthi abantu abanengi batheleleke ngengogwana leyo namkha bafumane
umtjhoga. |
PPE |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment (PPE), is equipment worn to minimize exposure to
hazards that cause injuries and illnesses. Masks are part of PPE. |
I-PPE |
I-Personal Protective Equipment, ziinsetjenziswa ezimbathelwa ukwkehlisa amathuba
wokutshwayeleka namkha wokukhandela ukulimala nokugula. Ama-mask yincenye ye-PPE.
|
Public health |
Public Health |
Public health is the process of protecting and improving the health of people and
their communities. |
Ipilo yomphakathi |
Yikambiso yokuvikela nokuthuthukisa ipilo yabantu kunye nemiphakathi yabo |
Public spaces |
Public spaces |
Any public place where people who are not from home can gather. |
Iindawo zomphakathi |
Enye nenye indawo lapho kuhlanganyela khona abantu abangaveli ekhayeni linye. |
Quarantine |
Quarantine |
When a person who is or could be infected with a virus needs to stop being with
other people so that they do not spread the virus. |
Ukuhlala wedwana |
Lokha umuntu otshwayelekileko namkha ekungenzeka bona utheleleke ngengogwana
kutlhogeka bona azivalele ngeqadi yedwana ukwenzela ukuthi kungatheleleki abanye
abantu begodu kurhatjheke ingogwana. |
Register |
Register |
The process using your phone or computer to give your details so that you can get
the vaccine. |
Ukutlolisa |
Ikambiso yokusebenzisa ufunjathwako wakho namkha ikhompyutha ukunikela
ngemininingwana yakho ukwenzela ukuthi ufumane umtjhoga. |
Replicate |
undefined |
When a virus is spreading in your body, it is making more copies of the virus. |
Ukuziphindaphinda |
Lokha ingogwana nayirhatjheka emzimbeni wakho, yenza amanye amakhophi wayo. |
Review |
Review |
The process of checking if a vaccine is safe before it gets approved by government.
Evidence from more than one phase of a clinical trial can be reviewed at the same
time while the experiment continues. |
Ukubuyekeza |
Ikambiso yokuhlola ukuthi umtjhoga uphephile na ngaphambi kokuthi ugunyazwe
ngurhulumende. Ubufakazi obuvela ekuhlolweni kwemitjhoga ekuhlukahlukeneko
bungabuyekezwa ngesikhathi sinye lokha ihlolo lelo lisaragela phambili. |
Saline |
Salt water |
A solution of salt in water. |
Amanzi wetswayi |
Umthamo wamanzi anetshwayi |
Sanitize |
Sanitise |
To clean you hands with an alcohol based substance. |
Hlanzekisa |
Ukuhlwengisa izandla ngesihlanzekisi esine-alikhoholi. |
SARS COV-2 |
COVID-19 |
Covid-19, also known as the Corona Virus or SARS-CoV-2, is a mild to severe illness
attacks parts of the body that help people breath. It spreads through droplets in
the air or from touching people or thing that have the droplets that have the virus
in it. |
COVID-19 |
I-Covid-19, ebuya yaziwe nge-Coronavirus namkha i-SARS-Cov-2, bulwelwe
obuphakatjhana ukuya ebudisini obuhlasela amalunga womzimba asiza ekuphefumuleni.
Irhatjhela ngamathosana emoyeni namkha ngokuthinana nomuntu namkha indawo
enamathosana anengogwana. |
Screening |
Screening |
Screening is questions asked to determine a person’s risk of infection for a
particular disease. |
Ukuhlola |
Kulokha umuntu nakahlonywa ngemibuzo ukufumana ubungozi bokutheleleka ngobulwelwe
obuthize. |
Self-Isolation |
Self-isolation |
Is a way to keep yourself from possibly infecting others if you think you might be
infected. It involves limiting contact with public places, relatives, friends,
colleagues, and public transport. |
Ukuzivalela wedwana |
Yindlela yokukhandela ukuthi ungatheleli abanye nawucabanga ukuthi uthelelekile.
Ifaka hlangana ukwehlisa ukuhlangana nabanye tjhatjhalazi, iinhlobo, abangani,
abalingani kunye nokusebenzisa iinthuthi zomphakathi. |
Social distancing |
Social distancing |
The practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance (such as 1.5
meters or more) from other people. |
Ukuqalangana |
Ikambiso yokutjhiya ibanga elithileko hlangana nabantu (njenge-1.5 meters namkha
ngaphezulu) |
Soreness |
Soreness |
Pain in your muscles and joints. |
Ubuhlungu |
Ubuhlungu emzimbeni nemajoyinini. |
Spike Protein |
Spike protein |
The COVID-19 virus looks like it was many small stick on it. These sticks have bad
protein that help COVID-19 to enter the body and attach to parts of the body that
have good protein that it starts to attack. |
I-Spike protein |
Ingogwana ye-COVID-19 ibonakala ngathi inamahlabahlaba. Amahlabahlaba la
ane-phrotheni embi esiza i-COVID-19 ukuthi ingene emzimbeni bese izinamathisela
eencenyeni zawo ezinephrotheni elungileko bese ithoma iyazihlasela. |
Susceptible |
Vulnerable |
When a person can get sick quickly or because of pre-exiting diseases could get very
sick. |
Ngozini |
Lokha umuntu nakangagula msinyana namkha ngebanga lobulwelwe avele anabo
kunekghonakalo yokuthi angagula kumbi. |
Symptoms |
Symptoms |
Physical or mental signs of an illness. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are
fever, dry cough, and tiredness. Other symptoms that are less common and may affect
some patients include loss of taste or smell, aches and pains, headache, sore
throat, nasal congestion, red eyes, diarrhoea, or a skin rash. |
Amatshwayo |
Amatshwayo womzimba namkha womkhumbulo atjengisa ukugula. Amatshwayo avame khulu
we-COVID-19 yi-fever, umphimbo owomileko nokudinwa khulu. Amanye angakavami khulu
kuphelelwe kunambitha, kunukelela, iinhlungu neenhlabi, ihloko, umphimbo obuhlungu,
ukuvaleka iimpumulo, amehlo abomvu, ukuthulula namkha ukuqubuka kwesikhumba. |
Technology |
Technology |
New tools or processes. |
Itheknoloji |
Amathulusi amatjha namkha ikambiso |
Tight Chest |
Tight Chest |
When a person's chest hurts and they feel like breathing is difficult. |
Ukuvaleka kwesifuba |
Lokha isifuba somuntu nasibuhlungu begodu umuntu ezwa ngathi akasakghoni
nokuphefumula. |
Tiredness |
Tiredness |
Feeling tire more than usual |
Ukudinwa |
Ukuzizwa udinwe ngaphezulu kokujayelekileko. |
Transmission |
Transmission |
Is the passing/spreading of a disease from an infected individual or group to a
previously uninfected individual or group. |
Ukuthelela |
Kudlulela nokurhatjekela kobulwelwe komunye namkha esiqhemeni egade singakatheleleki
phambilini. |
Transmit |
Pass on |
Cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another. E.g.: COVID-19.
|
Ukudlulisela |
Ukubangela ukuthi into idlulele komunye umuntu njenge-COVID-19 |
Trial |
Test |
A test or experiment, usually conducted under specific condition. |
Ukuhlola |
Ukulingelela namkha ukuhlolwa, kanengi okwenziwa naphasi kobujamo obuthize. |
Vaccine |
Vaccine |
A medicine that is injected into the body to help the body learn how to fight a new
virus. It helps the immune system build memory so if the virus enters the body, the
body is ready to fight. |
Umtjhoga |
Isihlahla esijoviwa emzimbeni ukuwusiza bona ulwe nengogwana etja. Sisiza amasotja
womzimba ukuthi azi ingogwana lokha nayingena emzimbeni bese ayayilwisa. |
Vaccine hesitancy |
Vaccine hesitancy |
When people delay taking the vaccine because they do not know if it works or are
afraid of the side-effects. |
Ukungabaza |
Lokha abantu nabariyadako ukuthatha umtjhoga ngombana bangazi ukuthi uzokusebenza
namkha basaba umthelela wawo. |
Variant |
Variant |
A form or version of something that differs in some respect from other forms of the
same thing; a new or mutated version of a virus. A variant of Covid-19 that has been
identified in South Africa is called 501Y.V2 |
Umhlobo |
Umhlobo namkha enye into ehlukileko kunale eyaziwako; imihlobo emitjha yengogwana.
Omunye umhlobo wengogwana ye-Covid-19 ofunyenwe e-Sewula Afrika waziwa nge-501Y.V2..
|
Ventilation |
Ventilation |
The provision of fresh air to a room, building or building. A space with good
airflow is well ventilated. |
Umoya |
Ukuvulela umoya ngekumbeni namkha emakhiweni. Indawo ebetha umoya. |
Viral vector vaccine |
Viral vector vaccine |
A weak and changed form of a virus is used in a vaccine to go into our bodies tell
the body how the real virus looks and what it does. This helps the body fight when
the virus attack the body. |
I-viral vector vaccine |
Ingogwana enganamandla esetjenziswa emtjhogeni efakwa emzimbeni ukwenzela ukuthi
itjele umzimba ukuthi ingogwana leyo injani nokythi yenzani. Lokhu kusiza umzimba
ukuthi ulwe nayo lokha nayihlaselako. |
Virus |
Virus |
A virus is an infectious organism of small size and simple composition that can
multiply only in living cells of animals, humans, plants, or bacteria. |
Ingogwana |
Ingogwana sinambuzana esitshwayelanako esincani khulu esingabonakaliko esiphila
emaseleni aphilako kwaphela weenlwana, wabantu, iintjalo namkha imilwana. |
Virus Mutations |
Virus changes |
Changes to the structure of a virus which can changes to how it affects the body.
All viruses change over time, either because of changes to the environment or
because when the virus is spreading there may be mistakes or changes how it copies
itself. |
Ukutjhuguluka kwengogwana |
Ukutjhuguluka esakhiweni sengogwana okutjhentjha indlela ethinta ngayo umzimba. Zoke
iingogwana ziyatjhuguluka ngokukhamba kwesikhathi, ngebanga lokutjhuguluka
kwebhoduluko namkha ngebanga lokuthi lokha ingogwana nayirhatjhekako kungenzeka
ukuthi kube neemphoso namkha amatjhuguluko endleleni eziphindaphinda ngayo. |
Vulnerable |
Vulnerable |
A person in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability,
or risk of abuse or neglect. |
Ngozini |
Umuntu otlhoga itjhejo elikhethekileko, isekelo namkha ivikeleko ngebanga lokukhula,
ukukhubazeka namkha ukutlhoriseka nokunganakwa. |
Wave |
Wave |
A wave happens when the number of people infected by COVID-19 increases very fast
and the number of people in hospitals of dying is very high. |
Ihlaselo |
Ihlaselo lenzeka lokha isibalo sabantu abatheleleke nge-COVID-19 sikhuphuka khulu
begodu nesibalo sabantu ababhubhela esibhedlela siphezulu khulu. |