ITanzania ivula isikhungo sokuqoqa i-COVID-19 eSerengeti National Park

1. Ukwenza kube lula ukuthi izivakashi eziza eSerengeti National Park zithathe ukufuduka kwezinkonkoni minyaka yonke, kumiswe isikhungo sokuqoqa i-COVID-19.
2. Ukuhlolwa kuzovikela futhi kuqinisekise izivakashi ngokunakekelwa kwazo kwezempilo phakathi nalolu bhubhane.
3. Lesi sikhungo yisinyathelo sakamuva ngemuva kokunye njengokuthunyelwa kwezimoto zohlobo olusezingeni eliphezulu zama-ambulensi emapaki kazwelonke abalulekile.

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I-Tanzania ivule isikhungo sokuqoqa ama-Coronavirus eSerengeti National Park ngomzamo wokwenza ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 kube lula futhi kube lula kubavakashi.

Ingqondo yeTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) ibambisene nohulumeni, ukwethulwa kwesikhungo sokuqoqa amasampula i-COVID-19 eSerengeti National Park kuphakathi kwezinyathelo zezinyathelo eziphuthumayo ezithathwe muva nje zokuqinisekisa izivakashi ngokunakekelwa kwazo kwezempilo njengengxenye wecebo elihle lokuxhasa ukubuyela embonini.

ISeronera (indawo yokuhlala epaki) isikhungo sokuqoqa isampula se-COVID-19, esokuqala sohlobo lwaso, sisenkabeni yeSerengeti futhi sizokwenza ukuhlolwa kube lula kakhulu kubavakashi njengamanje abathutheleka epaki likazwelonke laseTanzania ukujabulela umhlaba ukufuduka kwezinkonkoni minyaka yonke iphethini.

Ukusebenza kwaqala ngoFebhuwari 13, 2021, esikhungweni sokuqoqwa kwamasampula eSeronera COVID-19, okwenza kube lula kubavakashi abadinga ukuhlolwa ngenkathi bejabulela amaholide abo afanelekile ngaphakathi kwepaki kazwelonke nabanye abakha isekethe yezokuvakasha esenyakatho.

"Lokhu kungubufakazi obucacile bokubaluleka kwento esemqoka yokuxuba embonini yezokungenisa izihambi, okungukuthi ubambiswano nokusebenzisana ekusebenzeleni izivakashi ukwenza ukuhlolwa kube lula futhi kube lula," kusho uNobhala Ongunaphakade Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha, uDkt Aloyce Nzuki.

"Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokuzama kanzima, ukusebenza kanzima, nokuxhaswa ngemali yangasese, isikhungo sokuqoqwa kwama-specimen eSeronera, esokuqala salolu hlobo ehlane, manje sesikulungele ukusetshenziswa kwezivakashi," kusho isikhulu se-TATO, uMnu Sirili Akko .

UMnu Akko, isikhulu esiphezulu sososeshini nabasebenza ukuvakasha abangaphezu kuka-300, uthe lesi sigungu siyaziqhenya ngokudlala indima yaso ekubhekaneni nalesi sifo. “Umshayeli [wezindiza] walolu hlelo usebenza ngokuhambisana nezivumelwano zokuphepha esinazo,” echaza, enezela, “Siyaqhubeka nokugcina izinga eliphakeme kakhulu lokuqapha leli gciwane nokusiza ukuvimbela ukudluliswa kwalo ezweni lethu kuhambisana nemihlahlandlela yoMnyango Wezempilo. ”

Izinyathelo ezinjengokuskena ukushisa okushisa okushisayo, izindlela zokuhlanza ezithuthukisiwe kanye nezinqubo zenhlanzeko, okokuvikela okomuntu siqu okwengeziwe (i-PPE), kanye nokuqhelaniswa komphakathi kusendaweni ngokulandela imigomo enikezwe nguhulumeni.

“Sikholwa wukuthi lokhu kuzoba yisikhulu esikhulu umkhakha wezokuvakasha. Siyakweleta futhi siyabonga impela kuHulumeni waseTanzania ngokwenza lokhu kwenzeke ngokusebenzisana okwenziwa kathathu phakathi kwethu (i-TATO); Umnyango Wezemvelo Nezokuvakasha; kanye noMnyango Wezempilo, Ukuthuthukiswa Komphakathi, Ubulili, Asebekhulile, Nezingane, ”kuphawula uMnu Akko.

Lesi sikhungo siba yisinyathelo sakamuva ngemuva kokunye njengokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi-mgomo yasesimweni yama-ambulensi ezindaweni zokupaka ezicishe zibe yizi-4 ukusindisa izimpilo zezivakashi ekuphakameni kwesifo i-COVID-19.

I-UNDP-Tanzania isekele iTATO ngezezimali ukuthi iguqule iToyota Landcruiser enikelwe yilungu layo, iTanganyika Wilderness Camps, yaba yi-ambulensi esezingeni eliphezulu. Lezi zimali zibuye zathenga ne-Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) edingeka kakhulu ngenhloso yokuvikela izivakashi nalabo abazisebenzisayo ekulweni nesifo i-COVID-19.

Ama-ambulensi asethunyelwe ezindaweni ezihehayo ezokuvakasha okungukuthi, iSerengeti National Park, Indawo Yokulondolozwa KwamaNgorongoro, iPaki Yezwe YaseKilimanjaro, kanye nohlelo lwezemvelo iTarangire-Manyara. Inhloso enkulu yokuhambisa ama-ambulensi ukuqinisekisa izivakashi ukuthi iTanzania ikulungele ukuthatha isinyathelo ngokushesha uma kunesimo esiphuthumayo futhi njengengxenye yohlelo lukazwelonke lokwethula umata owamukelekile wabavakashi.

UChristine Musisi, omele Isakhamuzi sase-UNDP eTanzania, uthe, “Wazi imboni yezokuvakasha njengesivinini sokuthuthukisa intuthuko esimeme esinamandla okufaka isandla ekufezeni izinjongo eziningana ze-Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ngenxa yokunquma kwayo nokuphindaphindeka kweminye imikhakha nezimboni, Sizimisele ngokuqhubeka nokuxhasa uhulumeni ekwakhiweni koHlelo Lokululama Oluphelele lomkhakha wezokuvakasha eTanzania nezwekazi laseZanzibar. ”

Ukutholwa kwemali engaphandle kwezokuvakasha eTanzania kwehle kwehla ngeminyaka eyi-10 ngonyaka ophela ngo-Okthoba 2020 ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuhamba ebekwe amazwe amaningi emhlabeni jikelele ukuphendula ubhadane lwe-COVID-19. Izibalo zeBank of Tanzania (BoT) zikhombisa ukuthi imali etholwa yiTanzania kwezokuvakasha esikhathini esibuyekezwayo yehle ngamaphesenti angaphezu kuka-50 kuya ku- $ 1.2 billion uma kuqhathaniswa nama- $ 2.5 billion atholwe ngesikhathi esifanayo ngo-2019. $ 2010 billion kusuka embonini yezokuvakasha.

Ezokuvakasha kwezilwane zasendle eTanzania ziyaqhubeka nokukhula njengoba izivakashi ezibalelwa ezigidini nesi-1.5 zivakashela kuleli minyaka yonke, zithola izwe ama- $ 2.5 billion - okulingana namaphesenti acishe abe ngu-17.6 we-GDP - okuqinisa isikhundla salo njengezwe elihola phambili emazweni angaphandle. Ngokwengeziwe, ezokuvakasha zihlinzeka imisebenzi eqondile engama-600,000 kumaTanzania kanti abanye abangaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa bathola imali kulo mkhakha.

Njengoba amazwe eqala ukululama futhi ezokuvakasha ziqala kabusha ezindaweni eziningi ezikhulayo, iziphathimandla zaseTanzania zivule isibhakabhaka sazo ezindizeni zabagibeli zamazwe omhlaba kusukela ngoJuni 1, 2020, zaba izwe lokuqala esifundeni saseMpumalanga Afrika ukwamukela izivakashi ezizovakashela futhi zijabulele ukuheha kwazo.

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