UZane Kerby, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye- I-American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), ikhipha isitatimende esilandelayo iphendula isiqondiso esibuyekeziwe se-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) mayelana ne-COVID-19 kanye ne-Cruise Ship Travel, esitusa ukuthi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kugwenywe kungakhathaliseki isimo sokugonywa:
"Ukwanda kwamacala e-COVID abikiwe emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi akufanele kumangaze muntu onikezwe i-spike yomhlaba wonke eqhutshwa yizinto ezithathelwanayo kakhulu. Okuhlukile kwe-Omicron. Umehluko phakathi kokujabulela iholidi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi nokuvakashela isitolo segrosa noma indawo yokudlela yangakini, nokho-ke, izindlela eziqinile zokulwa ne-COVID ezibekwe ngokuzithandela yimigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ngokubonisana eduze ne-CDC. Lezi zinyathelo zihlanganisa ukuhlola, ukugoma, ukuthuthwa kwendle, ukugqokisa imaski nezinye izinyathelo ezisekelwa isayensi, kanye nemithethonqubo yokusabela ezimeni ezingaba khona ze-COVID-19.
"Ukube umkhumbi ojwayelekile ubuyisifunda saseMelika, bekungaba ophephe kakhulu ezweni - kude kube manje. Ngokuvumelana ne Iqembu laseRoyal Caribbean, selokhu kwaqala ukuhamba ngomkhumbi e-US ngoJuni 2021, imikhumbi yakhona ithwale izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.1 nabantu abayi-1,745 abahlolwa ukuthi banalo - izinga lokuphumelela elingamaphesenti angu-0.02. Ezifundeni zase-US kusukela ngoJanuwari 4, izinga le-Alaska liphansi kakhulu ngamaphesenti angu-9.4, kanti i-Georgia iphakeme kakhulu ngamaphesenti angu-38.7.
“I-Cruising ayisenamthelela ekubhebhethekeni kwemidlalo I-Omicron okuhlukile kunabahambi abavela eningizimu ye-Afrika ababesekuqaleni kwenhlekelele yamanje. Kodwa siyaqhubeka nokubona ukugxambukela kwamadolo okukhetha ukuhambela ukwelashwa okubandlululayo. Ngenxa yokuthi imboni yezokuvakasha ilawulwa kakhulu kuneminye imisebenzi, lapho i-COVID caseloads ikhuphuka noma kuvela okuhlukile okusha, ukuhamba yikho okuhamba phambili. Kusikhumbuza isisho sakudala esithi, 'uma konke onakho kuyisando, yonke into ibukeka njengesipikili.' Le phethini idinga ukuma.
“Abaphathi bakhombise ukuguquguquka ezinyathelweni zabo zokulwa ne-COVID sekwephuzile, okuhlanganisa nesinqumo sakamuva sokwesula ukuvalwa kohambo lwangoNovemba 26 emazweni ayisishiyagalombili aseNingizimu ne-Afrika. Sicela ukuba yenze okufanayo lapha. Kulesi sigaba sobhubhane, amathuluzi akhona okusivumela ukuthi silwe naleli gciwane ngaphandle kokukhubaza umkhakha wonke womnotho wase-US kule nqubo. Masizisebenzise.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The difference between enjoying a cruise vacation and visiting your local grocery store or restaurant, however, is the extraordinarily stringent anti-COVID measures put in place voluntarily by the cruise lines, in close consultation with the CDC.
- At this stage in the pandemic, the tools exist to allow us to combat this virus without crippling an entire sector of the U.
- “Cruising is no more responsible for the spread of the Omicron variant than travelers from southern Africa were at the outset of the current crisis.
