TERM |
PLAIN ENGLISH |
DEFINITION |
TRANSLATION |
TRANSLATION |
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. |
Ditlamorago tša go se kgahliše |
Ditlamorago tšeo di sa kgahlišego tšeo di ka tšwelelago morago ga hlaba moento. Se se
tla thuša go bona ge e ba ke moento goba teo tšweletšego di sa letelwa |
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. |
Dika tšeo mmele o di tšweletšago |
ke dika tšeo mmele o di tšweletšago ge o makatšwa ke maemo a itšeego, go tšwa dišo, go
hlatša,go se kgone go hema, letšhologo bjalo bjalo. |
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. |
Mašole a mmele |
Ke diproteine tšeo mmele o di tšweletšago go lwantšha malwetši. Ke mašole a mmele ao a
lwantšhago malwetši ka mekgwa ya go fapanego. Ge twatši e mpsha bjalo ka COVID-19 e re
tlhasela, mmele o tšea matšatši a mmalwa go hlama mašole ao a ka e tlhaselago. |
Asymptomatic infection |
Asymptomatic |
An infection without symptoms; no signs of illness. |
Go se laetše dika |
Ke phetetšo yeo e sa laetšego dika, go ba le twatši goba bolwetši gomme o sa bontšhe
dika tša bona. |
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. |
Twatši |
Ditwatši ke tše di nyenyane go ka bonwa ka mahlo. Ditwatši tše dingwe di loketše mmele
wa gago, mola tše dingwe di dira gore o lwale. |
Booster dose |
Booster dose |
An additional dose of a vaccine needed periodically to 'boost' the immune system. |
Kelo ya go mahlafatša |
Tlaleletšo ya tekanyo yeo e fiwago nako le nako go thuša go matlafatša lenaneo la masole
a mmele |
Breaking News |
Breaking news |
New and important information |
Ditaba tša moragorago |
Ditaba goba tshedimošo ye mpsha mabapi le se itšego. |
Chest Pain |
Chest pain |
When you feel pain in your chest or heart area |
Dihlabi kgareng |
Go ba le dihlabi kgareng le kgauswi le pelo |
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. |
Diteko tša kliniki |
Diteko tša kliniki di dirwa go sehlopha se segolo sa batho go dira diteko tša go lekola
go šoma gabotse, polokego ya dihlare, meento le ditlabakelo goba di dirišwa tša maphelo.
Diteko tša kliniki di na le dikgato tše ntši, gomme ke tše mmalwa tša mafelelo tšeo
dihlare tša kalafo di dirwago diteko bathong. Dipoelo tša diteko tša kliniki di lekolwa
ke ditsebi tša go ikema. |
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’. |
Bolwetši bja go fetela |
Bolwetši bjoo bo ka phatlalago magareng ga batho goba diphoofolo. Ditwatši le dikokwana
di ka hlola malwetši a go fetela. Malwetši a go swana le bolwetši bja swikiri, goba madi
a magolo a bitšwa malwetši a gose fetele. |
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. |
Bolweti šbjoo o bego o nale bona |
ke malwetši ao obego o na le ona pele o ka hwetša bjo bongwe.Ge re lebeletše COVID-19 re
bolela ka malwetsi a mašoro bjalo ka a pelo,swekere le madi a magolo |
Congregate settings |
Gatherings |
When many people come together at the same place and at the same time. Eg: parties,
marches, schools, prisons, churches etc. |
Mekgobokano goba dikopano |
Ge batho ba ba lefelong le tee ka nako e tee bjalo ka
meletlo,megwanto,dikolong,kgolegong,kerekeng bjalo bjalo |
Consipracy 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 |
Ditaba tša bofora goba maaka |
ditaba tša bofora di dirwa ka go amantšha dintlha tša bohlokwa le tshedimošo yeo esego
ya nnete go leka go huetša batho gore seo mmušo,bašomedi ba maphelo le basaense ba ba
botšago ga se nnete ebile e tla ba ama gampe |
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. |
Go fetela ke bolwetši/Go swaetšwa |
go fetela ke bolwetši bjoo itšego. O ka fetela ke COVID-19 ka go hema marothodi a motho
yo anago goba a fetetšego ke kokwane |
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. |
Go thulana ga dihlare/meriana |
Ge dihlare goba legato la kalafi le sa swanela go šomiša ka lebaka la go ba kotsi
mothong ka lebaka la bolwetši bjo motho a bilego le bona pele ga bjoo bo mo goba dihlare
tšeo a di šomišago |
Control group |
Control group |
In any medical experiment or trial, scientists compare what happens when you give an
active medicine linke 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’. |
Sehlopha sa taolo |
go diteko tša lalafi go bapetšwa seo se direga ge dihlopha tše pedi se sengwe se fiwa
kalafi gomme se sengwe se sa fiwe. Sehlopha seo se sa fiwego kalafi se bitšwa sehlopha
sa taolo |
Coping |
Coping |
Being able to get through a difficult experience |
Go kgona |
Go kgona go lebana le maemo a boima |
Data |
Information |
Facts, evidence and statistics |
Tshedimošo |
Tshedimošo e ka ba dintlha,bohlatse goba dipalopalo |
Depopulation |
Depopulation |
A process of inetntionally trying to kills antire 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. |
Go fokotša batho |
lenaneo la go fokotša batho goba setšhaba gore lefase le be le batho ba banyenyane |
Depression |
Depression |
A mental health problem where a person feels very sad, tired, unable to cope and have no
enegry for long periods of time |
Kgatelelo/Kgateletšego |
Maemo ao motho a ikwago a ngenegile, a lapile,a nyamilwe lebaka le letelele |
Diabetic |
Diabetic |
A person with high or low insulin levels |
Go ba le swekere |
Motho yo a nago le swekere ya fase goba godimo |
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 |
Go utolla goba go lemoga bolwetši bjoo itšego |
Go tseba bolwetši ka dika ke go bo utolla goba go bo lemoga. Ge diteko di laetša gore o
nale COVID-19 ke go lemoga gore o nale kokwana |
DNA |
DNA |
The small chemical that determines how a cell will look and what it will do |
DNA |
Dose |
Dose |
The amount of a medicine that you are allowed to take at one time |
Kelo |
Tekanyo ya sehlare yeo o ka e tšeago ka nako ye itsego |
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. |
Go gana moento |
Dry Cough |
Dry Cough |
A cough that feels like it is coming more from irritation in your throat |
Sehuba sa go oma |
Sehuba seo se kwešago mogolo wa gago bohloko |
Effective |
works |
We say a vaccine "works” when it helps the body fight against a virus or bacteria |
Go šoma |
Re re moento oa soma ge o kgona go thuša mmele go lwantšha twatši |
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. |
Go šoma gabotse |
Se se re botša ka fao moento o šomago gabotse ka gona. Go soma gabotse ga moento ke ge o
kgona go thibela bolwetši le tšhireletšego kgahlanong le twatši |
Evidence |
Proven facts |
Facts or information which tell you whether an idea or belief is true |
Dintlha tšeo di netefaditšwego |
Dintlha goba tshedimošo yeo e go botšago ge kgopolo goba tumelo e le ya nnete |
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. |
Diteko |
Magato ao a tšeago ke basaense ka tlase ka maemo ao a laolwago go dira diteko goba
dinyakišišo |
Exposed/exposure |
Exposed |
When you have been in contact with a person that has a virus lik COVID-19 |
Go ba kotsing |
Ge o bile le kamano le motho yoo a nago le twatši ya 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 |
Go fokotša lebelo goba ka fao blowetši bo kitimago ka gona |
Go fokotša lebelo la phatlalalo ya phetelo ya COVID-19 gore o se le le nomoro ya batho
ba bantši bao ba lwalago |
headache |
headache |
Pain in your head |
Go opa ke hlogo |
Ke go opa ke hlogo |
High fever |
High fever |
When your tempreture is above 37 degrees usually leads to sweating |
Phišo ya godimo |
Ge kelo ya phišo ya mmele wa gago o feta dikgrata tše masometharo-šupa |
Hotline |
Hotline |
A phone services that provides specific information |
Mogala wa tshedimošo |
Mogala woo hlomilwego go fa tshedimošo mabapi le se se itšego fela. Go fa mohlala mogala
wo hlometšwego go fa tshedimošo mabapi le COVID-19 |
hypertension |
hypertension |
High blood pressure |
Madi a magolo |
Kgatelelo ya godimo ya madi/madi a magolo |
hypotension |
hypotension |
Low blood pressure |
Madi a fase/mannyane |
Kgatelelo ya fase ya madi/madi a tlase |
Immune response |
Immune response |
The way you body fights against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear foreign
and harmful. |
go lwantšha malwetši |
Tsela yeo mmele o lwantšhago ditwatši le dilo tša ka ntle tša kotsi |
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. |
Lenaneo la mašole a mmele |
Ditho ka moka tšeo lwantšhago ditwatši. Lenaneo la masole a mmele le bea rekhoto/rekoto
ya ditwatši kamoka tšeo e fentšego gore e di gopole le go di lwantšha ge tsena mmeleng
gape. Ke fao re rego lenaneo la mašole a mmele le na le kgopolo |
Immunisation |
Immunisation |
Is the process where a person's body is given a vaccine that helps it fight a new virus
like COVID-19 |
Go entela/hlabela |
ke tsela yeo mmele o fiwago moento go thuša go lwantšha 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 |
Tšhireletšego |
ge lenaneo la mašole a mmele le na le kgopolo ya twatši gomme le kgona go romela mašole
go e lwantšha. Kgopolo ye e ka hlolwa ka moento |
Immuno- compromised |
Immuno-compromised |
Having a weak ability for your body to fight a disease because of pre-exiting diseases
|
Mašole a mmele ao a fokolago |
Go hloka maatla ago lwantšha malwetši ka lebaka la malwetši ao o šetšego na le ona |
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. |
Go uta/go bea |
Pele o ka ba le dika tša bolwetši bjo itšego. Twatši e phatlalala le mmele gore o ikwe o
lwala |
Infectious |
Infectious |
Contagious/catchy – capable of making an infection |
Fetela |
go kgona go fetela |
Inoculation |
Inoculation |
Another word for vaccination or immunisation – the process where you become immune to an
infectious disease. |
Moento |
Lentšu le lengwe la go entela. Tsela yeo batho ba šireletšegilego kgahlanong le malwetši
|
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. |
Ka fao dihlare dikopanago |
Dihlare tše dingwe di a huetšana. Di ka kgontšhana goba go paledišana go šoma. Se se ka
ba le ditlamorago goba tša dira gore di šome bokaone. Ka mehla botša ngaka dihlare tšeo
o di šomišago ge ba nyaka go o fa tše dingwe |
Jab |
Jab |
A word that describes getting a vaccine dose |
Go hlabelwa/go hwetša tšhwaana |
Go hwetša tekanyo ya moento |
Laboratory |
undefined |
A place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis a
research |
undefined |
Lefelo leo le tlabaketšwego go dira diteko |
Lockdown |
Lockdown |
A government regulation to limits people's movements and makes certain health behavours
complusory |
Kiletšo |
Magato a mmušo go iletša mesepelo ya batho ka dinako le mafelo a itšego le go gapeletša
maitshwaro a itšego |
Mandatory |
compulsory |
Required by a law or rule: obligatory/compulsory |
Kgapeletšo/kgapeletšego |
Seo se nyakago ke molao |
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 |
Ye nyenyane |
Selo se nnyane seo o se se bonego ka mahlo. |
Mimic |
copy |
To copy / look-like / imitate something |
Go kopiša |
Go kopiša/swana/ekiša |
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 |
Di khemikhale tšeo di romelago melaetša mabapi le twatši yeo e se šwego ya tlhasela
mmele. E šomišwa go meento go hlola mogopolo wa lenaneo la mašole a mmele |
Mucus |
Mucus |
A slim found in the body |
Mamena/mamila |
Seela seo se hwetšago mmeleng |
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 |
Maaka/ditaba tšeo esego tša nnete |
Kgopolo goba tumelo ya maaka yeo e dumelwago. Go na le maaka a mantši ao tsebegago bjalo
ka ditaba tša maaka goba bofora |
Non-pharmaceutical interventions |
health behaviours |
Things that every person can do to prevent a disease that does not involve taking
medicine |
Maitshwaro a maphelo |
Dilo tšeo mang le mang a ka di dirago go thibela bolwetši ntle ga go nwa dihlare |
Nurse |
Nurse |
A health worker that is the first and most regular person to give you care at a medical
facility |
Mooki |
Motho yoo a šomago go alafa batho kliniking goba bookelong |
Nursing |
Nursing |
A job where people care for the medical needs of people in clinics and hospitals |
Booki |
Mošomo wa go alafa batho dikliniking goba maokelong |
Open spaces |
Open spaces |
Places that are outdoors and have a lot of fresh air |
Mafelo ao a bulegilego |
Mafelo ao moya o kgonago go tsena le go tšwa go sa tswalelega. |
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. |
Leuba |
Leuba ke bolwetši bo phatlalala seleteng se segolo goba dinageng goba lefase ka
kakaretšo gomme e ama batho ka bontšhi |
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 |
Diteko tsa covid |
Diteko tšeo di šomišago tekolo go tšwa ka dinkong goba molomong go bona ge o na le
COVID-19 mo mmeleng. Diteko di ka dirwa kliniking, bookelong,dilaborotori goba ka
koloing |
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
|
Diteko tšeo di ikemetšego |
Ke tsela yeo basaense bao ba bego ese karolo ya diteko goba ditsebi tšeo di ikemetšego
ba lekola dipoelo tša dinyakišišo seo se bitšwago tekolo ya sethaka. Ke tsela ya go
netefatša gore dipoelo ke tša nnete |
Placebo |
Placebo |
Substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings. |
Plasebo |
Selo goba kalafi yeo e se nago seabe bathong |
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 |
Tšhireletšego ya batho ka bontšhi go malwetši |
Ke ge dipersente tše masomešupa di šireletšegile kgahlanong go lwantšha malwetši go
swana le COVID-19. Se se diragala ge batho ba hweditše moento. |
PPE |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment (PPE), is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards
that cause injuries and illnesses. Masks are part of PPE. |
Ditlabelo tša go itšhireletša |
Ditlabela tša go itšhireletša (PPE) ke tšeo di parwago go fokotša go ba kotsing ya go ka
gobala goba go lwala. Dišira-sefahlego ke karolo ya tšona |
Public health |
Public Health |
Public health is the process of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities. |
Maphelo a bosetšhaba/ maphelo a bohle |
Maphelo a bohle ke tsela ya go šireletša le go kaonafatša maphelo a batho le setšhaba
|
Public spaces |
Public spaces |
Anypublic place where people who are not from home can gather |
Mafelo a bohle |
Mafelo a bohle fao mang le mang a ka yago gona |
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 |
Go itswalela/go dula o le tee |
Ge motho yo a fetetšwego goba a ka ba fetetšwe ke kokwana a swanetše go emiša go ba le
batho gore kokwana e seke ya phatlalala |
Register |
Register |
The process using your phone or comupter to give your details so that you can get the
vaccine |
Go ingwadiša |
Tsela yeo ka yona o ka šomišago mogala goba sebaledi go ingwadišetša moento |
Replicate |
Replicate |
When a virus is spreading in your body, it is making more copies of the virus |
Go ikoketša |
Ge kokwane e phatlalala mmeleng ea ikoketša |
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 |
Go lekola |
Tsela ya go lekola ge eba moento o bolokegile pele o ka phasišwa ke mmušo. Bohlatse go
tšwa magatong a go feta le tee di ka lekola ka nako e tee mola diteko di tšwela pele
|
Saline |
Salt water |
A solution of salt in water |
Meetse a letswai |
Meetse ao tšhetšwego letswai |
Sanitize |
Sanitise |
To clean you hands with an alcohol based substance |
Go sanithaesa |
Go hlapa/hlwekiša diatla ka seela seo se nago le kelo ya bjala ka gare |
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 toucing people or thing that have the droplets that have the virus in it
|
COVID-19 |
COVID-19,yeo e tsebegago bjalo ka Twatši ya khorona goba SARS-CoV-2,ke bolwetsi bjo bo
hlaselago ditho tšeo di thušago batho go hema. E phatlalala ka marothodi mo moyeng goba
ka go kgoma batho goba dilo tšeo di nago marathodi a go ba le twatši |
Screening |
Screening |
Screening is questions asked to determine a person’s risk of infection for a particular
disease. |
Go lekola |
Go lekola ke tsela yeo go botšišwago dipotšišo go bona ge eba o bile kotsing ya fetela
ke bolwetši bjo itšego |
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 |
Go itswalela/go dula o le tee |
Ke tsela ya go ipea kgojana go efoga go fetetša batho ba ba bangwe. E akaretša go se
kopane le batho mafelong a bohle,meloko,bagwera,bašomimmogo le dinamelwa tša bohle |
Social distancing |
social distancing |
The practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance (such as 1.5 meters
or more) from other people. |
Go ipea kgojana le motho wa kgauswi goba lekatana |
Tsela ya go ba kgojana le motho wa kgauswi tekano ya methara le seripagare |
Soreness |
Soreness |
Pain in your muscles and joints |
Go ngangega |
Go ba le mahlaba mo mešifeng le malokologong |
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 |
Proteine ya mebetlwa |
Twatši ya COVID-19 e lebelega bjalo ka dithata tše nnyane. Dithatana tše di na le
proteine yeo e thušago COVID-19 go tsena mmeleng gomme ya kgomarela ditho tša mmele tšeo
di nago le proteine ya thoma go tlhasela mmele |
Susceptible |
vulnerable |
When a person can get sick quickly or because of pre-exiting diseases could get very
sick |
Go ba kotsing |
Ge motho a ka lwala ka pela ka lebaka lebaka la malwetši a mangwe |
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 |
Dika |
Dika mmeleng goba kgopolong tša go bontšha bolwetši. Dika tsa go tlwaelega tsa COVID-19
ke mororomelo,sehuba sa go oma le go lapa. Dika tše tšeo di tlwaelegago di akaretša go
hloka takatso goba go dupelela,ditlhabi,mogolo wa bohloko,go thibana,go tšhologa le dišo
tša letlalo |
Technology |
Technology |
New tools or processes |
Teknolotši |
Mekgwa goba ditlabelo tše di swa |
Tight Chest |
Tight Chest |
When a person's chest hurts and they feel like breathing is difficult |
Kgara yeo e ngangegilego |
Ge kgara e ngangegile ebile o kwa o kare o hema ga boima |
Tiredness |
Tiredness |
Feeling tire more than usual |
Go lapa |
Go kwa go lapile wo osego wa mehleng |
Transmission |
Transmission |
Is the passing/spreading of a disease from an infected individual or group to a
previously uninfected individual or group |
Go phatlalatša |
Go phatlalala go tloga mothong goba sehlopheng seo se fetetšwego go ya mothothong goba
sehlopheng seo se sa fetelwago |
Transmit |
pass on |
Cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another. Eg: COVID-19 |
Go fetišetša |
Go fetela go tloga motho yo go ya go yola. Mohlala: COVID-19 |
Trial |
test |
A test or experiment, usually conducted under specific condition |
Diteko |
Diteko tšeo di dirwago ka tlase a maemo a itšego |
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 memry so if the virus enters the body, the body
is ready to fight |
Moento |
Moento wo o šomišwago go hlabela batho gore o thuše mmele go lwantšha kokwana e mpsha. O
thuša tshepedišo ya mmele ya go lwantšha malwetši go gopola kokwana yeo le go e lwantšha
|
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 |
Go lakalela moento |
maemo ao batho ba gogago maoto go tšea goba go hlabela moento ka go se tsebe gore oa
šoma goba go tšhaba ditlamorago |
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 |
Kokwane yengwe/ ye mpsha |
Ke tsela e mpsha yeo kokwana e tšwelelago ka gona. Kokwana ya COVID-19 yeo e hwetšwago
ka Afrika Borwa e bitšwa 501Y.V2 |
Ventilation |
Ventilation |
The provision of fresh air to a room, building or building. A space with good airflow is
well ventilated |
Go hwetša moya |
Lefelo leo moya o kgonago go tsena |
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 |
Viral vector vaccine |
Twatši yeo e fokolago yeo fetogilego e šomišwa moentong go laetša mmele ka fao twatši e
lebelegago le ka fao e šomago. Se se thuša mmele go lwa ge twatši e tlhasela mmele |
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. |
Kokwane/Twatši |
Kokwana ke selo senyane seo hlolago bolwetši. Se kgona go ikoketša. |
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. |
Go fetoga ga twatši |
Go fetoga ga popego ya twatši yeo fetolago ka fao e ka amago mmele. Ditwatši ka moka
difetoga le nako ka lebaka la tikologo ka gobane ke twatši e phatlalala go ka direga
diphošo le diphetogo ge ntše e oketšega |
Vulnerable |
Vulnerable |
A person in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or
risk of abuse or neglect |
Go ba kotsing |
Motho yoo a nyakago hlokomelo le thekgo ye itšego ka lebaka la maemo a gagwe. E ka ka
lebaka la mengwaga,go se itekanele,go šomišwa bošaedi goba go se hlokomelwe |
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 |
Lephoto |
se se direga ge nomoro ya batho bao ba fetelwago ke COVID-19 e oketšega ka lebelo le bao
ba lego bookelong le go hlokofala e le godimo |