- Ukuvinjelwa kwalethe ukuhamba phakathi kweJamaica ne-UK kwa-ha
- Amazwe amaningana embulungeni yonke nawo aphoqeleke ukuthi afake imigoqo efanayo yokuvakasha
- Selokhu ivule imingcele yayo ngoJuni owedlule, iJamaica isamukele cishe izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.5
Ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba kweJamaica e-United Kingdom (UK) okulindeleke ukuthi kuphele kusasa, ngo-Ephreli 30, ngeke kwandiswe. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuvinjelwa, okwasungulwa njengengxenye yezinyathelo ngaphansi koMthetho Wokuphathwa Kwezinhlekelele eJamaica, kuzosuswa kusukela ngoMeyi 1, 2021.
Ekhuluma ngokubaluleka kokususwa kokuvinjelwa, Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, UMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett uthe, “NgoMgqibelo ngoMeyi 1, iJamaica izovula kabusha imingcele yayo izivakashi zomhlaba ezivela e-United Kingdom. Lokhu kuzonika amandla amasango abucayi we Intl kanye nasezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseGatwick, ukuba nezinto zokuhamba zabagibeli abadlula futhi abathobela ngokuphelele imigomo yezempilo nokuphepha edingekayo ekuhambeni kwamanye amazwe. ”
Lokhu kuvinjelwa kumise ukuhamba phakathi kweJamaica ne-UK futhi kwenziwa njengengxenye yemizamo yesiqhingi yokunciphisa ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19. Amazwe amaningana embulungeni yonke nawo aphoqelekile ukuthi afake ukuvinjelwa kokuhamba okufanayo ngaphandle kwezinyathelo zabo zokuphatha ze-COVID-19. Kodwa-ke, ngokusatshalaliswa komhlaba jikelele kwemithi yokugoma i-COVID-19 kube nokwanda kokuzethemba njengoba kuhlobene nokuhamba kanye nezokuvakasha.
“Isikhundla seJamaica ngalesi sikhathi sibucayi maqondana nokuvulwa kwenkathi yezivakashi zasehlobo futhi empeleni, ukubaluleka kokunika amandla abahlakazekile, ikakhulukazi amakhasimende aqinile aseBrithani abelokhu eza esiqhingini. Ukususwa kokuvinjelwa kuphambene nesizinda sohlelo lokugoma olwenziwe ngcono e-UK kanye nokuthi abantu abacishe babe ngama-50% ezakhamizi zase-UK bathole umgomo wabo wesibili wokugoma. ”
Selokhu ivule imingcele yayo ngoJuni owedlule, iJamaica yamukele cishe izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-1.5 ngaphansi kwezivumelwano eziqinile zezempilo nokuphepha kulesi siqhingi.
“Ukuvulwa kwemingcele kubaluleke kakhulu hhayi ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica kuphela kepha nezokuvakasha zaseCaribbean, njengoba iningi lala mazwe lisizakala ngokudlula eJamaica liya kubantu baseBrithani nabaseYurophu.
Kubalulekile futhi ngokumelene nesizinda socingo lwakamuva yiCaribbean Tourism Organisation inxusa ukuthi kubuyekezwe ukuhlukaniswa ngezigaba kwamazwe aseCaribbean yi-UK; uma sibheka ukuthi sinamanani okufa aphansi kakhulu futhi amazinga okusinda aphakeme kakhulu kanye nokuphathwa okuyisibonelo kwe-COVID-19, ”kwengeza uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Jamaica's position at this time is critical in relation to the opening up of the summer tourist season and in fact, the importance of enabling the diaspora, particularly the strong British clientele that have always come to the island.
- The lifting of the ban is also against the background of the improved vaccination program in the UK and the fact that pretty close to 50% of UK residents have received their second dose of vaccinations.
- The ban brought travel between Jamaica and the UK to a halt and was done as part of the island's efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
