I-Norovirus Iqukethwe: Ukuvuselelwa nguMnyango Wezempilo waseHawaii

Queen Victoria

Ngaphandle kokuqubuka kweNorovirus okungenzeka ku-Queen Victoria, lo mkhumbi waseCunard Line uzoqhubeka nohambo lwawo lwezinsuku ezi-4 oluya e-Honolulu. Umkhumbi ukude ngamahora kuphela ukusuka eCalifornia. I-Island State isengozini kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa ne-US Mainland enezinsiza zokunakekelwa kwezempilo ezilinganiselwe.

UMnyango Wezempilo waseHawaii ukhiphe lesi sibuyekezo ngoFebhuwari 9:

Ngokusekelwe olwazini olukhona, ukuqubuka kubonakala sengathi kuqukethwe. Asikuthathi ukuma komkhumbi njengokuyingozi kubantu base-Hawaii. Kodwa-ke, siyaqhubeka nokuqapha futhi sixhumane eduze neCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Ukugula kwenzeke ngesikhathi sohambo lomkhumbi phakathi kwe-Florida ne-San Francisco kusukela ngomhla ka-Jan. 22-Feb. 6. Kusukela ngoLwesine, Feb. 8, abagibeli abangu-129 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-25 base begula, ngokusho kwe-CDC. Kodwa-ke, amacala ehle kakhulu ngesikhathi umkhumbi ufika eSan Francisco. 

Ngaphezu kokulandelela ukugula ngaphambi kokungena echwebeni, i-CDC Vessel Sanitation Programme (VSP) yaqapha umkhumbi ohambweni olulandelayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi akukho ukudlula kokugula. I-VSP iyaqhubeka nokuqapha noma yikuphi ukwanda okusha kwemibiko yokugula.

Izinyathelo zokunciphisa ezinjengokwanda kokubulala amagciwane ezindaweni kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwabagibeli nabasebenzi abagulayo zasetshenziswa. 

Isizathu sokugula asiqinisekisiwe ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa izimpawu nokusabalala kubonakala kufana ne-norovirus. 

I-Norovirus, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Norwalk virus futhi ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi isifo sokuhlanza ebusika, iyimbangela evamile ye-gastroenteritis. Ukutheleleka kubonakala ngokuhuda okungachithi igazi, ukuhlanza, nobuhlungu besisu. Umkhuhlane noma ikhanda lingase libe khona.

Isexwayiso soMnyango Wezempilo wase-Hawaii:

The Umnyango Wezempilo wase-Hawaii (DOH) uqaphe ngeso lokhozi ukuqubuka okubikiwe kokugula kwesisu emkhunjini i-Queen Victoria cruise ship, ozoma e-Honolulu ngo-Feb. 12.

Ukugula kubonakala sengathi kwenzeke ngesikhathi sohambo lomkhumbi phakathi kwe-Florida ne-San Francisco kusukela ngo-Jan. 22-Feb. 6. Kusukela ngoLwesine, Feb. 8, abagibeli abangu-129 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-25 babikwa begula, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Izinyathelo zokunciphisa ezifana nokwanda kokubulala amagciwane ezindaweni kanye nokuhlukaniswa kwabagibeli nabasebenzi abagulayo sezisetshenzisiwe.

Isizathu sokugula asiqinisekisiwe ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa izimpawu nokusabalala kubonakala kufana ne-norovirus.

Umnyango Wezempilo wase-Hawaii (DOH) uyaqhubeka nokuxhumana okusebenzayo ne-US Center for Disease Control (CDC) futhi uzohlinzeka ngemininingwane eyengeziwe njengoba itholakala.

I-Queen Victoria ingumkhumbi we-Vista-class osetshenziswa yi- Umugqa weCunard futhi liqanjwe ngenkosi yangaphambili yaseBrithani iNdlovukazi uVictoria. Umkhumbi unomklamo oyisisekelo ofanayo neminye imikhumbi ye-Vista-class, kuhlanganise neNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth. Ku-90,049 gross tonnage, ungumkhumbi omncane we-Cunard osebenzayo.

ICunard Cruise Line ayizange iphendule eTurboNews, futhi izitatimende azitholakali ekhasini labo lezindaba.

Ngokwe-New York Times, uCunard Line ubatshele ukuthi “izivakashi ezimbalwa zibike izimpawu zokugula emathunjini” emkhunjini, ofike eSan Francisco ngoLwesibili ngemva kokuma eMexico, eGuatemala, ePanama nase-Aruba.

INdlovukazi uVictoria ibisendleleni eya e-Honolulu isuka eSan Francisco ohambweni lwasemhlabeni oluthatha ubusuku obuyi-107 lapho abantu abangaphezu kwe-150 ababegibele bebika izimpawu, kusho izikhulu.

UCunard Line, osezinze eSouthampton, esitatimendeni kwabezindaba base-UK, uthe "izivakashi eziningi zibike izimpawu zokugula emathunjini" emkhunjini, ofike eSan Francisco ngoLwesibili ngemuva kokuma eMexico, eGuatemala, ePanama. E-Aruba.

Abahamba ngomkhumbi "bavule ngokushesha imigomo yabo yezempilo nezokuphepha ukuze baqinisekise inhlalakahle yazo zonke izivakashi nabasebenzi abasemkhunjini futhi lezi zinyathelo zisebenze kahle," kusho inkampani.

Umkhumbi usuke eSan Francisco uya e-Honolulu ngoLwesithathu kanti ubusuka ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-United States ngoLwesine, ngokusho kwewebhusayithi yokulandelela umkhumbi i-Cruise Mapper.

Ochwepheshe baseHawaii batshele eTurboNews kwaba nokunganaki uCunard ukubeka lo mthwalo wezempilo eSifundazweni sethu sase-Island lapho umkhumbi ukude ngamahora ambalwa nje ukusuka eCalifornia.

Ngo-2009 imigqa ye-Cruise yasakaza izindaba, zokuthi ukuqubuka kwe-Norovirus kwase kwehle

Imikhumbi ye-Cruise ivame ukuhlotshaniswa nokuvela kwezifo ezinzima zesisu, njenge-norovirus etheleleka kakhulu, ngenxa yokusondelana kwabagibeli namalungu eqembu, okuholela ekuvameni okuphezulu kokuxhumana kweqembu.

Izikhulu zezempilo zomphakathi zilandelela izifo emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuze “kutholakale ukuqubuka kwezifo futhi kubikwe ngokushesha emkhunjini ohamba ngomkhumbi kunasemhlabeni.

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