Ukuqubuka kokugula kuphoqa Usaziwayo Mercury ukuthi asheshe abuye

Umkhumbi we-Celebrity Mercury cruise ubuyela ethekwini kusesekuseni kakhulu futhi ubambezele ukuhamba kwawo okulandelayo ukuze ubhekane nokuqubuka kwesifo sesisu esigulise abagibeli abangama-350. Lokhu kuqubuka kungokwesithathu kulandelana ukuqubuka komkhumbi esikhathini esingangenyanga.

"Ngithathe lesi sinqumo sokuqeda ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kusenesikhathi futhi ngibambezele uhambo olulandelayo ngoba sifuna ukugcina amazinga ethu ezempilo aphezulu emikhunjini yethu, kuyilapho sinikeza izivakashi zethu ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lokuhamba ngomkhumbi," uDaniel Hanrahan, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yakwaSaziwayo. Cruises, kusho isitatimende.

"Isikhathi esengeziwe esisithathayo sokuhlanza umkhumbi sizosiza ukuvimbela noma yiziphi izivakashi ezengeziwe ukuthi zingaguli," esho. Ukuhlanza kuzobambezela ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okulandelayo kwe-Mercury ngezinsuku ezimbili.

ICenters for Disease Control and Prevention yenze isincomo sokuthi umkhumbi ungahambi ngoseyili ngoMsombuluko ukuze uphenye ngokuqubuka kwezifo okuphindelelayo.

"I-CDC kanye nabasebenzi be-cruise line corporate abakacacisi ukuthi kungani izilawuli abebezilandela zingasebenzi," kusho umkhulumeli we-CDC uRicardo Beato.

Isincomo se-CDC sokungahambi ngoseyili bekungesezinsuku ezine ezigcwele. Umkhulumeli woSaziwayo Cruises uCynthia Martinez uthe uhambo lokuhamba ngomkhumbi lusebenzisana ne-CDC ngohlelo lokukhucululwa kwendle “oluvumelana nezinhlangothi zombili.”

Ngokusebenzisana ne-CDC, abasebenzi bezokuvakasha benza ukuhlanza okuthuthukisiwe ebhodini leMercury ukusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kokugula. Umkhumbi uhlelelwe ukuthi ufike ngoLwesine ekuseni eCharleston, eSouth Carolina, lapho uzothola khona ukukhucululwa kwendle ngaphambi kokuthi uphinde uhambe, kusho isitatimende sikaCelebrity Cruises. Itheminali ye-cruise nayo izohlanzwa.

Amalungu e-CDC's Vessel Sanitation Programme, esebenzisana nemboni yezokuvakasha ukuvimbela kanye nokulawula izifo zesisu, asemkhunjini efuna izimbangela zegagasi lakamuva lokugula. Babalelwa ku-350 kubagibeli abangu-1,829 abebegula, ngokusho kukaMartinez.

I-Norovirus, ebangela ukuhlanza kanye nesifo sohudo, ihlonzwe njengomthombo wezifo ezimbili zokuqala, ngokusho kukaBeato.

Abasebenzi be-VSP bahlole umkhumbi ngemuva kokugqashuka kokuqala ngoFebhuwari, okwagulisa abagibeli abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-20, futhi benza izincomo zokunqanda ukuqubuka okuqhubekayo. Ukuhamba komkhumbi okulandelayo kwabambezeleka ngosuku ukuze uhlanzwe ngokugcwele.

Ngaphandle kwalezo zinyathelo, cishe amaphesenti ayi-10 abagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi olandelayo bagula nge-norovirus.

Cishe u-19% wabagibeli uke wagula ohambeni lwakamuva lomkhumbi, okuholele ekutheni Osaziwayo beqe isitobhi ngoMsombuluko eTortola, eBritish Virgin Islands, babuye kusasele usuku.

Abagibeli banxeshezelwe ngohlelo lohambo oluphazamisekile, kusho uMartinez.

"Izihambeli njengamanje ezigibele i-Celebrity Mercury zithole isikweletu sosuku olulodwa lwemali yokugibela ngomkhumbi ekhokhelwe uhambo lwazo, kanye nesitifiketi sokuhamba ngomkhumbi sangamaphesenti angama-25 emali yokugibela ekhokhiwe," esho nge-imeyili.

UMartinez uthe ama-ejenti Osaziwayo asiza amakhasimende azoxhumana nabagibeli ohambweni olulandelayo mayelana nohambo lohambo olulungisiwe. Umkhumbi uhlelelwe ukuthi ugibele ngeSonto.

Ukuqubuka kwakamuva kuyisigameko sesishiyagalolunye sokugula kwesisu okubikwe ku-VSP kulo nyaka okuthinta amaphesenti angaphezu kwama-2 abagibeli emkhunjini.

Izehlakalo eziphezulu ze-norovirus ezingxenyeni eziningi zomhlaba kulo nyaka kungenzeka zihumushele emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, ngokusho kukaCapt. Jaret Ames, isikhulu segatsha se-VSP.