| 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. |
Imicimbi lemibi |
. Tinkinga temtimba letingenteka emuvakwemjovo wekugonya . Tehlakalo letingekho kahle
letingabangwa ngulomjovo wekugonya. noma kungaba kucondzana lokumsulwa |
| 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. |
Tintfo letingavani nemtimba |
.Tintfo letingatfusa umtimba tibange nekuqubeka kwesikhumba,inkhaphunkaphu, kuhlanta,
kube matima nekuphefumula, nekwetfuka |
| 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. |
Emasotsha Emtimba |
. Emasotja emtimba ngema prothein lawakhiwa ngumtimba kuvikela tifo letihlasela
umtimba.Ngemasotja latfutfukile lasetshentiswa ngumtimba kulwa netifo letahlukahlukene.
Makunesifo lesisha lesifana ne COVID-19 lesihlaselako, kutsatsa umtimba emalangana
kwakha lamasotja latfutfukile kuze akhone kuwuhlasela lomkhuhlane |
| Asymptomatic infection |
Asymptomatic |
An infection without symptoms; no signs of illness. |
I-Asymptomatic |
.Kuphatseka kungabonakali timpawu tekugula, Kute timpawu tekugula |
| 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. |
Emagciwane |
Emagciwane, labitwa ngemagciwane lamancane langabonakali ngemehlo enyama. Lamanye
emabhakteriya awulungele umtimba kepha lamanye angakugulisa |
| Booster dose |
Booster dose |
An additional dose of a vaccine needed periodically to 'boost' the immune system. |
Umtsamo wekulekelela |
. Umtsamo longetekile wemugonyo ungadzingeka ngaskhatsini kuvuselela emasotsha emtimba
|
| Breaking News |
Breaking news |
New and important information. |
Tindzaba letinsha |
. Imininingwane lemisha futsi lebalulekile |
| Chest Pain |
Chest pain |
When you feel pain in your chest or heart area. |
Buhlungu besifuba |
. Lapho khona uva buhlungu esifubeni noma endzaweni yenhlitiyo |
| 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. |
Sivivinyo semtfolampilo |
.Sivivinyo semtfolampilo sihlola kusebenta nekuphepha kwemitsi nemigomo nemathulusi
wekulapha ngekuqaphela timphumelelo tawo emacembini lamakhulu webantfu. Kuhlolwa
kwemitfolamphilo kunetinyatselo letiningi nguletekugcina tinyatselo letivumela lemitsi
kutsi ihlolwe ebantfwini. Timphumelelo tekuhlola lemitfolampilo yentiwa tati letitimele
|
| 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’. |
Letitsatselwanako |
.Tifo letisuka/letitselelwana ebantfwini noma etilwaneni.Lamanye emabhakteriya
nemagciwane angakha tifo letitselelanako. Letinye tifo - atitselelani kusuka emuntfwini
kuya kulomunye tifana nesifo sashukela noma kufutsa kwenghati lokusetulu - kubitwa
ngokutsi atitselelani |
| 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. |
Tifo letivele tikhona |
.Tifo letivele setikhona emtimbeni angakatfoli lesinye sifo. Mayelana ne sifo se
COVID-19 kukhulunywa ngetifo letingasalapheki- tifana njenge sifo senhlitiyo, nesifo
sashukela noma kufutsa kwenghati lokusetulu kubala letimbalwa - letingabeka bantfu
engotini lenkhulu lengabanga tinkinga letinengi uma umuntfu angabanjwa sifo se 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. |
Imibutseko |
Lapho lekuhlangana khona bantfu labaningi ngesikhatsi sinye Eg : emaphathini,
etitelegheni, etikolweni, emajele, nasemasontfweni njalo njalo |
| 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. |
Tindzaba tomghunyatsi |
. Tindzaba temghunyatsi tentelwe kuhlanganisa emaqiniso latsile kanye netindzaba
letinemanga ekhatsi kwentelwe kutsi bantfu bangakholwa tindzaba letiphuma ebantfwini
labasegunyeni njengahhulumeni, bantfu basemtfolampilo nabososayensi bati kutsi abanalo
liciniso futsi batimisele ngekubalimata. |
| 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. |
Kutseleleka |
. Kubamba noma kutfutfukisa sifo- ungangenwa yi COVID-19 ngesibonelo, ngekuphefumula
ematfonsi wemuntfu lonalo leligciwane |
| 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. |
Kushayisana Kwemitsi |
. Lapho umutsi noma tinyatselo tekutilapha kungamele tisetshentiswe ngobe tingalimata
loyomuntfu tibangwa tifo letivele tikhona noma leminye imitsi lawusebentisako |
| 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’. |
Licembu Lokulawula |
. Noma ngkuphi lakuhlolwa khona kwekulapha noma tivivinyo bososayensi bakala kutsi
kwentekani mawunganika imigonyo lesebentako elicembini linye bese bahlola kulelinye
licembu lelinganikwanga lemigonyo. Lelicembu lelinganikwanga lomgonyo libitwa ngekutsi
licembu lelilawulako |
| Coping |
Coping |
Being able to get through a difficult experience. |
Kumelana |
. Kukhona kutimela mawundlule etintfweni letintima |
| Data |
Information |
Facts, evidence and statistics |
Imininingwane |
.Emaqiniso, bufakazi netibalo |
| 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. |
Kunciphiswa kwebantfu |
. Inqhubo yokutama kubulala inqwaba yebantfu nemiphakatsi kuze kube nebantfu labancane
emhlabeni. Tiningi tindzaba letinemanga letizama kukhohliswa bantfu letitsi iCOVID-19
nemigonyo yentelwe kubulala bantfu |
| 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. |
Kucindzeleketa |
. Sifo sengcondvo lapho umuntfu ativa aphansi, adziniwe angakwati nekumelana netinkinga
takhe abebete nemudlandla sikhatsi lesidze |
| Diabetic |
Diabetic |
A person with high or low insulin levels. |
Sifo sashukela |
. Ngumuntfu lonemazinga lasetulu noma lamancane we insulin |
| 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. |
Kuhlola/Kuhlolwa |
. Kuqaphela tifo ngekubona timpawu tato. Mawuhlola kutsi unayo I COVID-19, unekutfola
kutsi unalo leligciwane |
| DNA |
DNA |
The small chemical that determines how a cell will look and what it will do. |
i-DNA |
. Likhemikali lelincane lelinquma kutsi liseli litawubonakala njani nekutsi litowentani
|
| Dose |
Dose |
The amount of a medicine that you are allowed to take at one time |
Umtsamo |
. Linani lomutsi lovunyelwe kulitsatsa ngesikhatsi sinye |
| 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. |
Vaccine resistant |
. Lapho ligciwane lishintsha khona kubamatima kutsi imitsi nemigonyo leyentele kulwa
nalo kutsi lisebente. Lemigonyo angeke isebente mangabe leligciwane selishintshe kakhulu
|
| Dry Cough |
Dry Cough |
A cough that feels like it is coming more from irritation in your throat. |
Kukwehlela lokwomile |
. Kukhwehlela lokuvakala ngatsi kubangwa kucasuka emphinjweni |
| Effective |
Works |
We say a vaccine "works” when it helps the body fight against a virus or bacteria. |
Kuyasebenta |
. Sitsi imitsi yekugonya iyasebenta lapho isita umtimba ilwe neligciwane noma emagciwane
lamaningi |
| 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. |
Kusebenta |
.Loku kusitshela kutsi imigonyo isebenta kahle. Loku"Sebenta" kwemigonyo kukhona kwawo
kuvikela kugula nekwakha kutivikela ekulweni ligciwane noma emagciwane |
| Evidence |
Proven facts |
Facts or information which tell you whether an idea or belief is true. |
Emaqiniso lafakazelwe |
. Emaqiniso noma imininingwane lekutshela kutsi umbono noma sibonelo siliqiniso na |
| 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. |
Kucilonga |
.Kuhlinzwa noma inqhubo leyentiwa bososayensi ngaphansi kwetimo letilawulwayo kuze
kutfolakale noma kuphenywe lokutsile lokungatiwa. kuhlola noma kusungula i hypothesis
|
| Exposed/exposure |
Exposed |
When you have been in contact with a person that has a virus like COVID-19. |
Kuvetiwe |
. La uhlangene khona nemuntfu lophetfwe sifo se 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. |
Kunciphisa kugula |
. Kubambetela kusakateka kweligciwane le COVID-19 kuze kungabi nebantfu labaningi
labagulako ngesikhatsi sinye netibhedlela tingabi matasa kutsi tikhone kulekelela wonkhe
muntfu |
| headache |
Headache |
Pain in your head |
Buhlung benhloko |
. Buhlungu enhloko yakho |
| High fever |
High fever |
When your temperature is above 37 degrees, usually leads to sweating. |
Umkhuhlane lomkhulu |
. Lapho khona kushisa kwemtimba kundlula ku 37 degrees, imvamisa kungukutsi ujuluke |
| Hotline |
Hotline |
A phone services that provides specific information. |
Lucingo |
. Tisitakalo taselucingweni letikunika imininingwane letsite |
| hypertension |
Hypertension |
High blood pressure. |
I-hypertension |
. Umfutfo wenghati losetulu |
| hypotension |
Hypotension |
Low blood pressure. |
I-hypotension |
. Umfutfo wenghati lephansi |
| Immune response |
Immune response |
The way you body fights against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear foreign
and harmful. |
Imphendvulo yemtimba |
. Yindlela umtimba wakho alwisa emagciwane netinshwana letingabonakali ngakhona |
| 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. |
Emasotsha Emtimba |
. Tonkhe tindzawo temtimba wakho letilwa nemagciwane. Emasotja emtimba wakho agcina
emarhekodhi awo wonkhe lamagciwane lahlangabetana nawo kuze akhone kutfumela emasotsha
emtimba ngekushesha mangabe aphindze angena emtimbeni. Emasotsha emtimba ayawakhumbula
|
| Immunisation |
Immunisation |
Is the process where a person's body is given a vaccine that helps it fight a new virus
like COVID-19. |
Kugonya |
. Yinqhubo lapho khona kuniketwa umuntfu umutsi wekugonya losita umtimba ulwe ne sifo
lesisha lesifana 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. |
Kungavikeleki |
. Ngulapho emasotsha emtimba wakho akhumbula emagciwane atfumele emasotsha lalungile
kutsi alwe naleligciwane. Lenkhumbulo ingakhiwa ngemutsi wekugonya |
| Immuno- compromised |
Immuno-compromised |
Having a weak ability for your body to fight a disease because of pre-exiting diseases.
|
Kungenelelwa kwe Immune |
. Kuba nelikhono lelilibutsakatsaka emtimbeni wakho kutsi ulwe nemagciwane labangwe
kugula ngaphambilini |
| 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. |
Kuhlanganisa |
. Ngaphambi kwekutsi utfole timpawu tesifo lesitsite, lamagciwane asuke asakateka
emtimbeni wakho kancane, ngiwo lalawenta kutsi utive ugula |
| Infectious |
Infectious |
Contagious/catchy – capable of making an infection. |
Kuyatselelana |
. Kuyatselelana/Kuyabambeka - kuyakhona kugulisana |
| Inoculation |
Inoculation |
Another word for vaccination or immunisation – the process where you become immune to an
infectious disease. |
Kugonywa |
. Lelinye ligama lokugonya noma lokugonywa. Yinqhubo lapho utivikela etifweni
letitsatselanako |
| 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. |
Imitsi ihlangana kanjani |
. Leminye imitsi inemiphumela lehlukahlukene, leminye ingenta kutsi kubelukhuni kutsi
imitsi leminye isebente, kepha leminye ingenta kutsi umutsi lohlukene asebente kancono.
Kumele kutsi umatise dokotela ngemitsi loyisebentisako mangabe kumele akunike leminye
imitsi lengetekile |
| Jab |
Jab |
A word that describes getting a vaccine dose. |
I-Jab |
. Ligama lelichaza kutfole umjovo wekugonya |
| Laboratory |
undefined |
A place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis a
research. |
undefined |
. Yindzawo lehlonyelwe lucwaningo labososayensi noma kuhlola nokuhlatiya lucwaningo |
| Lockdown |
Lockdown |
A government regulation to limits people's movements and makes certain health behaviours
compulsory. |
Kuvalwa kwelive |
. Umtsetfo labekwa nguhulumende wokukhawula kuhamba kwebantfu abuya ente lushintsho
kulwetimphilo wekuphephisa bantfu |
| Mandatory |
Compulsory |
Required by a law or rule: obligatory/compulsory. |
Lokuphoqekile |
. Kudzingeka kwemtsetfo noma ngokwemtsetfo: Kusibopho, Kuyimphoqo |
| 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. |
Lokuncane kakhulu |
. Lokutsite lokuncane lokungabonakali ngelihlo lenyama - Yintfo longayibona kuphela
ngetibonakhulu. Emagciwane mancane kakhulu ngesibonelo |
| Mimic |
Copy |
To copy / look-like / imitate something. |
Khopi |
. Kukopa/ kubukeka/ kulingisa lokutsite |
| 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. |
i-mRNA |
. I Messenger-RNA ngemakhemikhali lamancane latfumela imilayeto emaselini wakho
ewatshela kutsi emagciwane lamasha langakawuhlaseli umtimba atawubonakala njani.
Iyasebentiswa emgonyeni kutsi yakhe emasotsha emtimba lanekhumbulo. |
| Mucus |
Mucus |
A slime found in the body. |
Emafinyela |
. Emafinyela latfolakala emtimbeni |
| 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. |
Tinganekwane |
. Kunemibono noma tinkolelo letingasilo liciniso letikhulunywa nge COVID-19 nemitsi
yekugonya |
| Non-pharmaceutical interventions |
health behaviours |
Things that every person can do to prevent a disease that does not involve taking
medicine. |
Kutiphatsa kwetempilo |
. Tintfo letingentiwa ngumuntfu ngamunye tekutivikela emagciwaneni letifaka kungatsatsi
umutsi |
| Nurse |
Nurse |
A health worker that is the first and most regular person to give you care at a medical
facility. |
Umhlengikati |
. Umsebenti wetempilo longumuntfu wekucala lovame kukunakelela etindzaweni temtfola
mpilo |
| Nursing |
Nursing |
A job where people care for the medical needs of people in clinics and hospitals. |
Buhlengikati |
. Umsebenti lapho khona bantfu banakelela tidzingo tebantfu emtfolampilo noma
etibhedlela |
| Open spaces |
Open spaces |
Places that are outdoors and have a lot of fresh air |
Tikhala letivulekile |
. Tindzawo letingaphandle letinemoya lomuningi letihlantekile |
| 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. |
Bhubhane |
. Bhubhane kuba lapho khona sifo sesisakateka endzaweni lenkhulu ngesibonelo lapho khona
sifo sesihamba emaveni laminingi sigcine sigcwele umhlaba jikelele sitsintse linani
lebatfu labiningi |
| 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. |
Sivivinyo se Covid |
. Sivivinyo lesisebentisa lisampula emuvakwemphumulo nemlomo wakho kutowati kutsi
ligciwane le COVID-19 likhona emtimbeni wakho. Kuhlolwa kungentiwa emtfolamilo,
esibhedlela elabhoretori noma emotweni yakho |
| 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.
|
Ihlolwe ngokutimela |
. Yinqhubo la bososayensi labebangekho kulesivivinyo noma labatimele labanelikhono-
bahlola imphumelelo yokuhlolwa lebitwa nge peer review. Lena yindlela yokuqiniseka kutsi
imiphumela yelucwaningo inembe khona. |
| Placebo |
Placebo |
Substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings. |
I-Placebo |
. Intfo noma kwelashwa lokunganamvuzo ebantfwini |
| 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. |
Kuvikelwa kwebantfu |
. Lena iphindze yatiwe nge "herd immunity" kutivikela kwebantfu ngulana 70% webantfu
basemphakatsini sebanemasotsha emtimba labasita balwe nesifo lesisha lesfiana ne
COVID-19. Loku kungentiwa kutsi bantfu labaningi bangenwe nguleligciwane noma bagonye.
|
| PPE |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment (PPE), is equipment worn to minimize exposure to hazards
that cause injuries and illnesses. Masks are part of PPE. |
PPE |
. Tintfo tekutivikela (PPE), mishini legcokwa kunciphisa tintfo letiyingoti nekugula
tsiteni. Emamaski ayinxenyi yema (PPE) |
| Public health |
Public Health |
Public health is the process of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities. |
Impilo yomphakatsi |
. Impilo yemphakatsi yinqhubo yokuvikela nekwenta ncono timpilo tebantfu nemiphakatsi
|
| Public spaces |
Public spaces |
Any public place where people who are not from home can gather. |
Tikhala temphakatsi |
. Noma nguyiphi indzawo lapho bantfu bangekho endlini /ekhaya bangahlangana khona |
| 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. |
Kutivalela |
. Lapho khona umuntfu lonaleligciwane noma longase abe nalo adzinga kungahlali nalabanye
bantfu angatobatselela bese kusakateka lesifo |
| Register |
Register |
The process using your phone or computer to give your details so that you can get the
vaccine. |
Bhalisa |
. Yinqhubo yokusebentisa licingo noma I khomputa yokunikelela imininingwane yakho kuze
utfole umjovo wekugonya |
| Replicate |
undefined |
When a virus is spreading in your body, it is making more copies of the virus. |
undefined |
. Lapho khona ligciwane lisakateka emtimbeni wakho, lenta emakhopi lamaningi
aleligciwane |
| 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. |
Buketa |
. Inqhubo yokuhlola kutsi imigonyo iphephile ingakavunyelwa kutsi ingasebenta
nguhhulumeni.Bufakazi lobuphuma etigabeni letiningi setitfolampilo. Lucwaningo
lungahlolwa liphindze lisebente ngesikhatsi sinye |
| Saline |
Salt water |
A solution of salt in water. |
Emanti weliswayi |
Emanti weliswayi |
| Sanitize |
Sanitise |
To clean you hands with an alcohol based substance. |
Kugeza |
. Kugeza tandla ngentfo lenetshwala |
| 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 |
ICOVID-19 leyatiwa kutsi yi Corona virus noma i SARS-CoV-2, sifo lesincane lesihlasela
titfo temtimba letisita bantfu kutsi baphefumule. itfolakala ematfonsini emoyeni noma
kutsintsa bantfu noma tintfo letinalama tfonsi lanaleligciwane. |
| Screening |
Screening |
Screening is questions asked to determine a person’s risk of infection for a particular
disease. |
Kuhlola |
. Kuhlolwa, kubuta imibuto letawutfola kutsi umuntfu usengotini lengakanani yekutfola
sifo lestsite |
| 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. |
Kutihlukanisa |
. Yindlela yokutigcina ungatseleli labanye bantfu mangabe ucabanga kutsi ungabanaso
lesifo. Ihambelana nekungahambi estfubeni, ungahloli tihlobo nebangani, nebasebenti
losebenta nabo nekusebentisa titfutsi temphakatsi |
| Social distancing |
Social distancing |
The practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance (such as 1.5 meters
or more) from other people. |
I-social distancing |
. Ngumkhuba wekugcina libanga lemtimba lelikhulu ( lelifana nekuma sighaba
lesingemametha langu 1.5 noma langetulu kwaloko) kulabanye bantfu |
| Soreness |
Soreness |
Pain in your muscles and joints. |
Tinhlungu |
. Kuva buhlungu emsipheni nasematsanjeni |
| 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. |
Spike semaprotein |
. Leligciwane le COVID-19 libukeka ngatsi lutsi lelincane lelinetinshwana kulo. lamatsi
lanemaprothein lamabi asita iCOVID-19 kutsi ingene emtimbeni iphindze itinamatsele
etitfweni temtimba bese ihlasela lama prothein lalungile |
| Susceptible |
Vulnerable |
When a person can get sick quickly or because of pre-exiting diseases could get very
sick. |
Labasengotini |
. Lapho khona umuntfu angagula ngekushesha noma kubangwe tifo labekanato kucala
letingabanga kutsi agule kakhulu |
| 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. |
T impawu |
. Timpawu temtimba noma tenhloko tekuphatseka. Timpawu letijwayelekile te COVID-19
kukhwehlela lokomile, umkhuhlane, nekudzinwa. Letinye timpawu letingakavami,
kulahlekelwa kwekunambitsa, noma kweliphunga, buhlungu bemtimba, kuphatswa yinhloko,
kushisa kwemphimbo, emehlo labomvu, kusheka, noma sikhumba lesihhashukako |
| Technology |
Technology |
New tools or processes. |
Bucwephesha |
. Emathulusi lamasha noma tinqhubo |
| Tight Chest |
Tight Chest |
When a person's chest hurts and they feel like breathing is difficult. |
Sifuba lesicinile |
. Lapho khona sifuba semuntfu sibuhlungu eva ngatsi kumatima kuphefumula |
| Tiredness |
Tiredness |
Feeling tire more than usual |
Kudzinwa |
. Kuva kudzinwa kakhulu kunalokujwayelekile |
| Transmission |
Transmission |
Is the passing/spreading of a disease from an infected individual or group to a
previously uninfected individual or group. |
Kusakateka |
. Kudluliswa/kusakateka kwesifo kusuka emuntfwini loneligciwane atselele umuntfu noma
licembu belingawo lomkhuhlane |
| Transmit |
Pass on |
Cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another. E.g.: COVID-19. |
Kundluliswa |
. Yenta (lokutsite) kundlulisa intfo emuntfwini kuya kulomunye umuntfu noma indzawo .
Sibonelo yi COVID-19 |
| Trial |
Test |
A test or experiment, usually conducted under specific condition. |
Kuhlolwa |
. Kuhlolwa lokuvame kwentiwa esimweni lesitsite |
| 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. |
Umutsi wekugonya |
. Umutsi lojoviwa emtimbeni kulekelela umtimba kutsi ulwe nemagciwane lamasha. Isita
emasotsha emtimba kutsi akhe inkhumbulo kwentele kutsi mangabe kungena ligciwane lelisha
umtimba akhone kutilwela. |
| 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. |
Kungabata umgonyo |
. Lapho khona bantfu baphuta kutsatsa lemigonyo noma bengati kutsi iyasebenta noma
besaba timphumela letingasikahle |
| 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 |
Lokuhlukile |
. Yifom noma inguquko yentfo letsite kuletinyo tintfo letifanako. kugucuka lokusha
kweligciwane le COVID-19 lebayitfole Eningizimu Aflika ibitwa nge 501Y.V2 |
| Ventilation |
Ventilation |
The provision of fresh air to a room, building or building. A space with good airflow is
well ventilated. |
Kuphefumula |
Kuniketwa umoya lohlantekile ekamelweni noma esakhiweni. Sikhala lesinekuhamba umoya
lomuhle singenisa umoya lohlantekile |
| 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. |
Umutsi wekugonyela I-virus |
. Luhlobo leligciwane lelibutsakatsaka lelishintshile lelisetshentiswa emtimbeni kutsi
latise umtimba kutsi leligciwane sibili litobanjani. Loku kusita umtimba kutsi ulwe
naleligciwane malihlasela umtimba |
| 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. |
Ligciwane |
. Ligciwane lisidalwa lesitsatselanaso lesincane lesakhiwe kalula lesingatiphindza
emaselini laphilako wetilwane, bantfu ,titselo, noma emagciwaneni |
| 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. |
Lishintsho lemagciwane |
. Tinguquko ekhwakhiweni kwemagciwane kutsi awutsintsa kanjani umtimba. Wonkhe
emagciwane ayashintsha ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, kungabangwa kuguquka emvelweni noma
lingenta emaphutsa maliti phindza phindza |
| Vulnerable |
Vulnerable |
A person in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or
risk of abuse or neglect. |
Labasengotini |
Umuntfu lodzingwa kunakekelwa lokukhetsekile,kwesekwa, noma kuvikelwa ngenxa yeminyaka
kukhubateka, noma uyahlukunyetwa, akanakwa |
| 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. |
Ligagasi |
. Ligagasi lenteka mangabe kunebantfu labaningi labaphatswa ligciwane le COVID-19
ngekuphazama kwelihlo nelinani lwebantfu labashona etibhedlela linyuke kakhulu |
