I-Grenada ne-Carriacou manje bamukela izikebhe ezibhalisiwe ngaphansi kwezivumelwano ezintsha. Ukufika kwama-yacht kuqale ezweni laseGrenada ngoLwesithathu ngoMeyi 20 naseCarriacou kusukela ngoMsombuluko Meyi 25. Njengoba kudingekile, zonke izikebhe ezingenayo zazibhaliswe kusengaphambili kusizindalwazi se-GRENADA LIMA ngaphambi kokuba zinikezwe imvume yangaphambili. Lapho befika esikhumulweni semikhumbi esimisiwe e-Camper & Nicholson's Port Louis Marina, izikhulu zoMnyango Wezempilo zenza ukuhlolwa, okuhlanganisa nokuhlolwa kwezinga lokushisa kubagibeli bezikebhe ababese beqhubeka nokuvalelwa yedwa izinsuku eziyi-14 ezindaweni ezigunyaziwe. Ekupheleni kwesikhathi sokuvalelwa, abasebenzi bazonikezwa imvume esemthethweni ngabakwaImigration and Customs, kuphela ngemuva kokuthola i-negative. Covid-19 imiphumela yokuhlolwa kanye nemvume yezempilo evela eMnyangweni Wezempilo.
Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezokundiza Ngezindiza, uMhlonishwa. UDkt. Clarice Modeste-Curwen uthi, “IKhabhinethi kanye neThimba Likazwelonke Lokuphendula i-COVID-19 banelisekile ukuthi imigomo esetshenzisiwe yezempilo nezokuphepha izovumela izikebhe ukuba zibe indawo ephephile eGrenada ngeSikhathi Seziphepho, kuyilapho kuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwazo zonke izakhamuzi, futhi okunomthelela ekusimameni komnotho wethu.”
Ngaleso sikhathi, iGrenada yemukele amaqoqo amane abasebenzi abahamba ngomkhumbi ababuyiselwe emasontweni amabili edlule. Bonke abasebenzi sebehloliwe, bahlaliswa bodwa futhi bahlolelwa i-COVID-19. Iqoqo lokugcina labangu-45 lingene ngeSonto kanti uMnyango Wezempilo ubike ukuthi oyedwa wabo uhlolwe ukuthi une-COVID-19 okwenza isibalo samacala aqinisekisiwe aqoshwe eGrenada safinyelela ku-23 kanti angu-5 asasebenza kodwa azinzile.
Nakuba isikhathi sokubuya ekhaya kusukela ngo-7pm kuya ku-5am sisasebenza, usuku ngalunye luqokwe njengosuku lwebhizinisi kusukela ngo-8am kuya ku-5pm. Uhulumeni waseGrenada uphinde wengeza ohlwini lwakhe lwamabhizinisi agunyaziwe angasebenza manje okuhlanganisa nezitolo ezidayisayo kanye nezingcweti embonini yobuhle njengabagundi nabalungisa izinwele. Ngenkathi senza ibhizinisi, izakhamizi kudingeka zigqoke izinto ezimboza ubuso futhi zizijwayeze nokuqhelelana nabantu. Ukwengeza, amabhishi avulekele umphakathi kusukela ngo-5am -11am.
Ngenkathi amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha kanye nezindawo ezikhangayo, iningi lezindawo zokulala zezokuvakasha ezinqamula indawo eneziqhingi ezintathu, izikhumulo zezindiza eGrenada naseCarriacou, nawo wonke amachweba ahlala evaliwe isikhashana, izinhlelo sezikhona ukulungiselela ukuvulwa kabusha kwemingcele ekugcineni. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha Nezokundiza Komphakathi usebenzisana nabo bonke ababambiqhaza okuhlanganisa neGrenada Tourism Authority (GTA) ukuze kuqaliswe imigomo emisha embonini yezokuvakasha. Abasebenzi bezokuvakasha bayaqeqeshwa futhi banikezwe izitifiketi kulezi zivumelwano kanye nezinkampani zezokuvakasha kuzodingeka ukuthi zizibophezele ekuzibophezeleni kwazo kumazinga amasha ezempilo nezokuphepha embonini.
