I-Zuiderdam ye-Holland America Line isanda kuthola amaphuzu aphelele ayi-100 ekuhloleni okungalindelekile kwe-United States Public Health (USPH) okwenziwa yi-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Amaphuzu ka-Zuiderdam alandela amaphuzu angu-2017 esikebheni sikadadewabo i-Eurodam ka-December 100, kuqhutshekwa nokugijima kwalowo mkhumbi weminyaka eyisithupha wamaphuzu aphelele.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-USPH okungamenyezelwanga kwe-Zuiderdam kwenziwe ngoJanuwari 27, 2018, ngesikhathi sokushintsha e-Port Everglades e-Fort Lauderdale, e-Florida, ekuqaleni kohambo lwezinsuku eziyi-11 lwe-Panama Canal nase-Caribbean. Eminyakeni emine edlule, imikhumbi eminingana ye-Holland America Line izuze amaphuzu aphelele ayi-100 izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezingu-23.
“Wonke umuntu obambe iqhaza kulokhu kuhlola usebenza kanzima kakhulu ukuze athole amaphuzu aphelele, futhi kuba nzima kakhulu ngosuku lokushintsha lapho kuningi okwenzeka ebhodini,” kusho u-Orlando Ashford, umongameli we-Holland America Line. "Amaphuzu ayi-100 abaluleke kakhulu, futhi sihalalisela ithimba lonke eliseZuiderdam ngalo msebenzi."
Ukuhlolwa kwe-CDC kuyingxenye yoHlelo Lokuthuthwa Kwendle, olwethulwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1970 futhi luyadingeka kuyo yonke imikhumbi yabagibeli ebiza esikhumulweni semikhumbi sase-US. Lokhu kuhlolwa akumenyezelwanga futhi kwenziwa yizikhulu ze-United States Public Health Service kabili ngonyaka kuwo wonke umkhumbi ohamba ngomkhumbi.
Amaphuzu, esikalini ukusuka kokukodwa kuye kwayi-100, anikezwa ngesisekelo sohlu lokuhlola olubandakanya inqwaba yezindawo zokuhlola ezihlanganisa inhlanzeko nokuthuthwa kwendle kokudla (kusuka ekugcinweni kuya ekulungiseni), ukuhlanzeka jikelele kwemikhumbi, amanzi, abasebenzi basebhodini lemikhumbi kanye nomkhumbi njengoba ngokuphelele.
