Iziqhingi zase-Cook kanye Vanuatu bajoyine iFiji, iNew Caledonia, iTahiti, kanye nePapua New Guinea ekususeni yonke imikhawulo ye-COVID-19 yokuhamba kwezokuvakasha nokuvakasha kwamanye amazwe ePacific. Ukususwa kwemikhawulo ye-COVID-19 kuhambisana nayo I-World Health Organization (WHO) izincomo ukuthi ohulumeni basuse noma badambise imikhawulo yokuvakasha ehlobene ne-COVID-19.
Ekwamukeleni ukubaluleka kokususa imikhawulo ye-COVID-19 yezwe, isikhulu se-SPTO uChristopher Cocker uthe kubalulekile ukuthi amazwe asePacific Island ahlale enolwazi ngemikhuba yomhlaba futhi ahambisane nayo lapho kungenzeka khona.
“Njengomgqugquzeli omkhulu wezomnotho esifundeni sethu kubalulekile ukuthi ukuvuselela ezokuvakasha kwenzeke ngokushesha kunokuba kamuva. Izinyathelo ezintsha ezibekwe amazwe ethu angamalungu e-SPTO ziyethembisa njengoba zizokweseka ukusimama komkhakha ozoba nemiphumela emihle ngokwemibandela yezomnotho nezenhlalo.”
"Uma kuqhathaniswa nomhlaba wonke iPacific ibihamba kancane ekuvuleni kabusha imingcele yethu kodwa lokhu kwenziwe kucatshangelwa izimo zethu ezihlukile kanye nokuphepha kwabantu bethu okuhamba phambili ekucatshangelweni."
"Kodwa-ke, njengoba imikhankaso yokugoma eyimpumelelo manje isiqediwe eziqhingini zethu eziningi sisesimweni esingcono sokuvula kabusha nokwamukela izivakashi ezibuyela ePacific," kusho uMnu. Cocker.
Izidingo zokuhlolelwa i-COVID-19 nokugoma zisusiwe kubo bonke abahambi basekhaya abaya eziqhingini ezilandelayo: Aitutaki, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Mangaia, Pukapuka, Manihiki, Rakahanga, nePenrhyn.
Yonke imisebenzi yezandla yasolwandle kufanele ingene eziQhingini zase-Cook nge-Avatiu Port, e-Rarotonga. Okwamanje ukuhamba kwasekhaya ngemikhumbi yasolwandle kusamisiwe kuze kube kuphinde kwaziswa.
Bonke abanikazi bamaphasiphothi bamazwe ngamazwe kufanele babe nepasipoti esebenza isikhathi okungenani esiyizinyanga eziyisi-6 ngaphezu kwesikhathi ababehlosile sokuhlala e-Cook Islands. Lokhu kuzovumela izivakashi ukuthi zihlale izinsuku ezingafika kwezingu-31 e-Cook Islands.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Uma kuqhathaniswa nomhlaba wonke iPacific ibihamba kancane ekuvuleni kabusha imingcele yethu kodwa lokhu kwenziwe kucatshangelwa izimo zethu ezihlukile kanye nokuphepha kwabantu bethu okuhamba phambili ekucatshangelweni.
- Izinyathelo ezintsha ezibekwe amazwe ethu angamalungu e-SPTO ziyethembisa njengoba zizokweseka ukusimama komkhakha ozoba nemiphumela emihle ngokwemibandela yezomnotho nezenhlalo.
- Ekwamukeleni ukubaluleka kokususa imikhawulo ye-COVID-19 yezwe, isikhulu se-SPTO uChristopher Cocker uthe kubalulekile ukuthi amazwe asePacific Island ahlale enolwazi ngemikhuba yomhlaba futhi ahambisane nayo lapho kungenzeka khona.
