UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi WaseJalimane namuhla uthe akekho ofuna ukukhawulela inkululeko yezakhamuzi yokuhamba isikhathi eside kunesidingo. Kodwa ukuvulwa kabusha budedengu kwemingcele, kamuva kungase kubuyisele emuva ngendlela yokwanda Covid-19 amazinga okutheleleka, akusizi muntu.
“Inqobo nje uma igciwane lingayi eholidini, kufanele futhi sibeke imingcele ezinhlelweni zethu zohambo. Njengoba kuqondakala izifiso zabantu kanye nemboni yezokuvakasha, ukuvikelwa kwezifo kunohlelo lwakho lwezikhathi,” kusho uHorst Seehofer etshela i-Bild am Sonntag.
U-Seehofer ubephendula umbuzo mayelana noChancellor wase-Austria u-Sebastian Kurz, owake waveza umbono wokumema abavakashi baseJalimane ukuthi babuye, ethi i-Austria ingavula imingcele yayo “ikusasa elibonakalayo.”
“Uma isimo saseJalimane nase-Austria sifana, akusho lutho ukuthi umuntu uhamba ngaphakathi eJalimane, noma uya e-Austria aphinde abuye,” kusho uKurz.
Ishansela lase-Austria laphinde lasikisela ukuthi kungase kube yingozi kakhulu ngomuntu waseJalimane ukuya ezindaweni ezithile zaseJalimane ezishayeke kakhulu kunokuya e-Austria engumakhelwane.
Izindawo zokungcebeleka ze-ski zase-Austria ezinhle zase-Alpine ziyizindawo zokuvakasha ezidumile zamaJalimane nabanye abenzi bamaholide bamazwe ngamazwe. Isithombe semithambeka eshushuluza, imigoqo kanye namahhotela sonakalisiwe ngemuva kokuba indawo yokungcebeleka yase-Ischgl ibe yindawo eshisayo ye-COVID-19, futhi izivakashi eziningi kukholakala ukuthi zithathe leli gciwane zaliyisa emazweni azo.
Izikhulu zendawo zigxekwe kakhulu ngokuphendula kwazo kancane kulokhu kuqubuka kwalesi sifo. I-Ischgl nezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka ezimbalwa bezivaliwe kusukela maphakathi no-Mashi kwaze kwaphakanyiswa izindlela eziqinile zokuvalelwa abantu ngeledlule.
I-Czech Republic esemngceleni weJalimane ne-Austria ivumele uhambo oluphumayo ngenyanga edlule. UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseCzech uTomas Petricek uthe angathanda ukubona imingcele yezwe ivulwa ngokugcwele kusukela ngoJulayi.
Umbono wokuvula kabusha imingcele ngokushesha wahlangatshezwa nokungabaza eJalimane. Ngesonto eledlule, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Heiko Maas ucaphune i-Ischgl njengesibonelo sokuthi kungani “umjaho” wokuvula imingcele ngaphambi kwesikhathi yokuhamba kwezivakashi ubeka engcupheni yegagasi elisha lokutheleleka.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The image of the ski slopes, bars and hotels has been tarnished after the resort of Ischgl became a COVID-19 hotspot, and many tourists were believed to have taken the infection to their home countries.
- Last week, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas cited Ischgl as an example of why the “race” to prematurely open borders for tourist travel poses a risk of a new wave of infections.
- Seehofer was responding to a question about Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who had earlier floated the idea of inviting German tourists to return, saying that Austria could open its borders in the “foreseeable future.
