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Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, ukhathazekile nokuthi ubhubhane olusha lwe-coronavirus pneumonia luzoba nomthelela omkhulu kakhulu ekukhiqizweni kwezinzwa ze-smartphone nezingxenye ezisetshenziswayo: "Mayelana nokusakazeka kwaleli gciwane, ngeke sikuphike ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi litholile ketana kube nomthelela omkhulu. Uma izinto ziba zimbi kakhulu, umthelela omubi walesi sifo uzoqeda ukwanda kokulindelwe ukusebenza kulo nyaka. "
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