UZane Kerby, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye- I-American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), ukhipha isitatimende esilandelayo ephendula i- I-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) olusha isiqondiso ku-COVID-19 naku-Cruise Ship Travel, okungasancomi ukuthi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kugwenywe kungakhathalekile isimo sokugoma:
"I-ASTA yamukela i CDCIsenzo sokwehlisa isexwayiso 'seLevel 4' esedlulele esimelene nokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ngokunganaki isimo sokugoma, esasigxeka kakhulu ngenkathi siqaliswa. Leli zinga lesixwayiso belingenasidingo ngokuphelele uma kubhekwa izindlela eziqinile zokulwa ne-COVID ezibekwe ngokuzithandela yilayini labahamba ngomkhumbi ngokubonisana eduze CDC. Sicela uphiko lwezokuvakasha luqhubeke nokuqhubekela phambili endaweni yokulawula engaguquki, ebikezelwayo yababambe iqhaza embonini yezokuvakasha njengoba i-COVID ingena esigabeni esiwumqedazwe.
“Kunesinye isicathulo okufanele siwise, nokho. Ngemuva kokwehluka kwe-omicron, i-Administration ikhiphe isexwayiso sokuhamba ngomkhumbi ku-Level 4 kanye nokuvinjelwa kwabahambi emazweni ayisishiyagalombili aseNingizimu Afrika, womabili aseyesuliwe. Iphinde yafushanisa iwindi lokuhlola ngaphansi komthetho wokuhlola ongenayo isuka emahoreni angama-26 yaya osukwini olulodwa lohambo. Njengoba saphikisana kakhulu ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, lo mthetho udinga ukuguqulwa ukuze, okungenani, ukhulule izakhamuzi zase-US ezigonywe ngokugcwele. Ukwenza kanjalo kuzohambisana nokuvumelana kwesayensi kokuthi ukugoma okusabalele kuyinto eyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu yokulwa ne-COVID-72, kuyilapho kuvumela ukululama kwemboni yezokuvakasha ukuthi kuqale ngobuqotho. Kuzophinde kugqugquzele labo abangagonyiwe ukuthi bacabangele ukuba njalo, ukubuyisela inkuthazo ebikhona izinsuku ezingama-19 nje phakathi kwezinsuku ezisebenzayo zokubuyekezwa kwangaphambi nangemuva kwe-omicron koMnyango ku-oda.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngemuva kokwehluka kwe-omicron, i-Administration ikhiphe isexwayiso sokuhamba ngomkhumbi i-Level 4 kanye nokuvinjelwa kwabahambi emazweni ayisishiyagalombili aseNingizimu Afrika, womabili aseyesuliwe.
- Kuzophinde kugqugquzele labo abangagonyiwe ukuthi bacabangele ukuba njalo, ukubuyisela isisusa ebesikhona izinsuku ezingama-28 nje phakathi kwedethi esebenzayo yokubuyekezwa kwangaphambi nangemuva kwe-omicron yoMnyango ku-oda.
- Ukwenza kanjalo kuzohambisana nokuvumelana kwesayensi kokuthi ukugoma okusabalele kuyinto eyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu yokulwa ne-COVID-19, kuyilapho kuvumela ukululama kwemboni yezokuvakasha ukuthi kuqale ngobuqotho.