Beijing - Izikhulu zaseMexico zithukuthele ngesinqumo seChina sokuvalela abantu baseMexico abangaphezu kuka-70 ngenxa yokwesaba umkhuhlane wezingulube zithumele indiza ngoMsombuluko ezweni lamaKhomanisi ukuthi ibuyise izakhamizi zayo ekhaya. I-China yathumela indiza yayo ukuyolanda abantu baseChina ababevaleleke eMexico.
UMongameli waseMexico uFelipe Calderon ukhale ngokuhlehla kwabantu baseMexico phesheya, futhi wathumela indiza eqashiwe ngoMsombuluko ekuseni ukuthi indize emadolobheni amaningana iyolanda abantu baseMexico ababefuna ukuhamba eChina. Kwesinye isigameko, inxusa laseMexico lithe, umndeni onezingane ezintathu ukhishwe ehhotela ngaphambi kokuntwela kokusa waphuthunyiswa esibhedlela.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi akulungile ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi besineqiniso futhi sibeka obala emhlabeni amanye amazwe nezindawo athatha izinyathelo zengcindezelo nokucwasa ngenxa yokungazi nokungazi lutho," kusho uCalderon.
UMnyango Wezangaphandle waseChina uphikile ukuthi abantu baseMexico bakhethwa.
Ngasekupheleni kukaMsombuluko, iChina yathumela indiza eqashiwe eMexico City ukuyolanda abantu baseChina abangu-200 ababevaleleke, kubika i-Xinhua News Agency esemthethweni. Indiza bekulindeleke ukuthi ibuye ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, kusho umbiko.
UMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseShayina wengeze ngokuthi unethemba lokuthi iMexico "izolulungisa lolu daba ngendlela eqondile nepholile." I-China phambilini yayikhansele okuwukuphela kwezindiza eziqondile phakathi kweChina neMexico, insizakalo yamaviki amabili ka-Aeromexico.
"Lona wumbuzo wokuhlolwa kwezempilo kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwabantu," kusho okhulumela uMnyango uMa Zhaoxu esitatimendeni.
Iqembu labafundi basenyuvesi abangama-29 baseCanada kanye noprofesa nabo bahlaliswe bodwa ehhotela eliseChina kusukela ngempelasonto ngenxa yokwesaba umkhuhlane wezingulube. ICanada inamacala ayi-140 aqinisekisiwe omkhuhlane wezingulube. Iqembu alinazo izimpawu zomkhuhlane, kusho okhulumela iNyuvesi yaseMontreal uSophie Langlois ngoMsombuluko.
Izwe laseChina lihlalise abantu baseMexico abangama-71 ezibhedlela nasemahhotela, kusho uNobhala Wezangaphandle waseMexico uPatricia Espinoza. Akekho noyedwa kubahambi oyedwa onezimpawu zomkhuhlane wezingulube futhi iningi lalingenalo ukuxhumana nabantu noma izindawo ezinegciwane, inxusa laseMexico, uJorge Guajardo.
Akekho noyedwa kulabo ababezihlalele owayenezimpawu futhi iningi lalingakwazi ukuxhumana nabantu abangenwe yileli gciwane noma izindawo, kusho yena.
EHong Kong, abantu abangama-274 bahlala bodwa ehhotela ngoMsombuluko ngemuva kokuba umhambi waseMexico ezimisele ngokuba nomkhuhlane wezingulube. Uhulumeni waseHong Kong ekuqaleni uthe bangu-350 abantu ehhotela kodwa wasibuyekeza lesi sibalo ngoMsombuluko.
IMexico iphinde yagxeka i-Argentina, iPeru neCuba ngokuvala izindiza. I-Argentina yathumela uhlelo oluqashiwe eMexico ukuze iqoqe abantu base-Argentina abafuna ukubuyela ekhaya, futhi yamisa isibhedlela esisesikhumulweni sezindiza eBuenos Aires ukuze siphathe abagibeli abangenayo abanezimpawu.
Isikhulu somkhuhlane weWorld Health Organisation, uKeiji Fukuda, uthe ukuvalelwa kwabantu ezindaweni zokuhlala “kuyisimiso esasungulwa kudala” esizwakalayo ekuqaleni kokuqubuka kodlame, kodwa akukaze kuqale ubhubhane olugcwele.
"Njengoba singena kamuva kwiSigaba 6 (izinga eliphezulu kakhulu lokuxwayisa ngobhubhane) lezi zindlela zizoba wusizo ngoba kuzoba nezifo eziningi futhi awukwazi ukuhlukanisa wonke umuntu emhlabeni," kusho yena.
Uhulumeni wobushiqela waseChina akamile ezintweni ezinhle lapho eshintshela esimweni esibucayi, evala ingxenye enkulu yezwe ngesikhathi sama-Olympics aseBeijing ehlobo eledlule futhi evala izindawo zaseTibet kulandela imibhikisho emelene nohulumeni ngonyaka odlule.
Izimpendulo zayo ngokuvamile zingadlulela, zisuke ekubeni budedengu ziye phezulu. Ngesikhathi kuqubuka i-SARS yango-2003, noma i-acute acute respiratory syndrome, izikhulu zasuka ekuphikani ukuthi zinenkinga yokuvala ingxenye enkulu yezwe nokuhlalisa abantu abaningi ngobusuku obubodwa.
