I-Island Nation kuphela engenayo iCoronavirus izohlala ivaliwe

• The Cook Islands ngeke iphinde ivule ukuhamba, okuhlanganisa imakethe yayo enkulu yezokuvakasha iNew Zealand kuze kube kungasekho ukudluliselwa komphakathi kwe-Covid-19 izinsuku eziyi-14 futhi abahambi abangaphezu kweminyaka eyi-12 sebegonywe ngokuphelele.
• Imingcele yaseCook Islands ivaliwe eNew Zealand nakwamanye amazwe amaningi isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto amathathu selokhu kwabikwa icala lokuqala leDelta ngo-Agasti 16 e-Auckland.
• Iziqhingi zaseCook ziyisizwe esiseNingizimu Pacific, nezixhumanisi zezepolitiki neNew Zealand. Iziqhingi zalo eziyi-15 zisakazeke endaweni enkulu. Isiqhingi esikhulu kunazo zonke, iRarotonga, kuhlala izintaba ezimangelengele kanye ne-Avarua, inhlokodolobha kazwelonke. Ngasenyakatho, isiQhingi sase-Aitutaki sinechibi elikhulu elizungezwe yizixhobo zamakhorali neziqhingana ezincane ezinesihlabathi. Izwe laziwa ngezindawo zalo eziningi zokuthwebula izikeyi kanye nokushushumbisa.

Uhulumeni waseCook Islands wavala ukuhamba ngokushesha, wavumela iKiwis eseziQhingini zaseCook ukuthi ibuye.

UNdunankulu waseCook Islands uBrown uthe esikhathini esithile esizayo, wonke amazwe kuzofanele aphile ne-Covid-19. Kodwa-ke, leso sikhathi kwakungesona manje esabase-Cook Islanders, njengoba beqapha ngokucophelela uhlelo lokugoma lwe-Delta lwaseNew Zealand.

Iziqhingi zaseCook zingenye yamazwe ambalwa kakhulu emhlabeni akwazile ukugcina iCovid-19 ingaphandle.

In ISeptember Cook Islands yenza isithembiso sokuhlala iCoronafree.

UBrown uthe kwabezindaba baseNew Zealand: "Yize sivuma ukuthi esikhathini esizayo wonke amazwe azodinga ukufunda ukuhlala neCovid-19, leso sikhathi asikafiki."

Ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi i-Cook Islands ayifuni ukuqubuka kwe-COVID. Wengeze ngokuthi umthelela ezinsizeni zezempilo zoMbuso kanjalo nomnotho uzoba mubi kakhulu.

UBrown uthe uhulumeni wakhe wenza konke okusemandleni ukuvikela impilo nenhlalakahle yabantu baseCook Island kanjalo nomnotho wezwe.

Abantu baseCook Island abangaphezu kuka-300 abasele eNew Zealand kuzodingeka balinde kuze kube uLwesibili oluzayo ukuthola ukuthi bangabuyela yini ekhaya.

UBrown uthe uhulumeni wakhe ubheke izindiza ezibuyisela ekhaya ezisuka eChristchurch zenzelwa labo abangaphandle kwase-Auckland abasezingeni le-2, kodwa azikabekwa izinsuku.

Labo bahambi bazodinga ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlolwa okungalungile kweCovid-19 emahoreni angama-72 ngaphambi kokuhamba, bagcwalise ifomu lesicelo sokubuyisa eliphethwe yiCook Islands futhi bathole ukuvalelwa okuyimpoqo kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa lapho befika enhlokodolobha yesizwe iRarotonga.

UBrown uthe ngenxa yobungozi beCovid-19, abantu baseCook Island e-Auckland kufanele balinde ukwehla baye ezingeni lesi-2 noma ngaphansi ngaphambi kokuba bavunyelwe ukubamba indiza egodukayo.

IKhabhinethi yakhe izoqhubeka nokubuyekeza ulwazi olusha kanye nezeluleko ezivela kubaphathi bayo bezempilo lapho izinombolo zokugoma zanda eNew Zealand.

Umthelela wobhadane kwezokuvakasha kweCook Islands kanye nomnotho wawo ububalulekile, futhi ukuqubuka eNew Zealand kube nokuphazamisa ukukhula.

Ukuhlelwa kwemali engu- $ 15 million kuhlelwe ukwesekwa okwengeziwe kumabhizinisi aseCook Islands kusuka kwisabelomali sikaJuni.

Uxhaso lwamaholo luzoqhubeka ngoSepthemba kanti izibonelelo zebhizinisi, kubandakanya izibonelelo zabadayisi kuphela, zizobuyiselwa ngo-Okthoba.

“Siyazi ukuthi imakethe yethu yezokuvakasha iyakwazi ukumelana nezimo zomnotho kanjalo nomnotho wethu. Sibone ukuthi ezokuvakasha zisheshe zabuya kanjani ngoMeyi, futhi kuzophinda kwenzeke ”, kusho uBrown ocingweni lwezindaba lwaseNew Zealand.