Njengoba ukuqubuka kwe-SARS ngo-2003 kungasondeli ukuthi kukhohlakale, iziphathimandla zaseHong Kong zenze izinqumo ezisheshayo nangokushesha ukuphendula icala lokuqala eliqinisekisiwe lase-Asia lomkhuhlane wezingulube. NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku, ngemuva kokuba ibhungu elineminyaka engu-25 ubudala elivakashele livela eMexico kutholwe ukuthi linomkhuhlane we-H1N1, izikhulu zavala ihhotela ebelihlala kulo, zahlalisa izivakashi kanye nabasebenzi.
Izivakashi ezingaba ngu-200 kanye nabasebenzi abayi-100 bayalwe ukuthi bahlale ngaphakathi kweMetropark Hotel esifundeni saseWanchai izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngokusho kombiko weReuters. Ibhilidi ligadwe ngamaphoyisa azifihle ubuso.
Isivakashi sehhotela uJuliet Keys, owafika eHong Kong evela eSingapore, utshele abeReuters ukuthi izivakashi zaziswe yizikhulu zezempilo, nokuthi wanikezwa isheke lezokwelapha kanye nezifundo zezinsuku eziyi-10 zeTamiflu.
Yize ukusabela kwezivakashi ekuvalelweni kwabantu kuhluka kakhulu emibikweni yabezindaba - kusukela emahlayeni ezikhathi ezithile kuye ekukhungathekeni futhi okubi nakakhulu - umhambi webhizinisi ovela eNdiya ngokusobala ubengakhathazeki. "Angikhathazekile, kodwa kukhona abantu abathuke ngempela," etshela i-Associated Press. “Asinazo izincwadi esingazifunda. Kuyadina, kodwa umuntu angenzani?”
Isisulu esingaziwa somkhuhlane wezingulube sifike e-Shanghai nge-AeroMexico Flight 98, saqhubekela eHong Kong nge-China Eastern Airlines Flight 505, ngokombiko we-AP. Lo mlisa wehla nomkhuhlane ngemuva kokufika eHong Kong, futhi manje usesibhedlela yedwa.
Njengoba kulandelwa umkhondo wakhe, izikhulu zisathungatha labo okungenzeka ukuthi uhlangane nabo. Abashayeli bamatekisi ababili abebethuthe lo mlisa, besuka esikhumulweni sezindiza beyisa ehhotela base beyiswa esibhedlela, batholakale bahlolwa impilo, kanti abagibeli abangu-30 abebehleli eduze kwesiguli endizeni yaseChina Eastern Airlines bavalelwe bodwa, ngokusho kweHong Kong. Isizindalwazi soMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zolwazi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abashayeli bamatekisi ababili abebethuthe lo mlisa, besuka esikhumulweni sezindiza beyisa ehhotela base beyiswa esibhedlela, batholakale bahlolwa impilo, kanti abagibeli abangama-30 abebehleli eduze kwesiguli endizeni yaseChina Eastern Airlines bavalelwe bodwa, ngokusho kweHong Kong. Isizindalwazi soMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zolwazi.
- Izivakashi ezingaba ngu-200 kanye nabasebenzi abayi-100 bayalwe ukuthi bahlale ngaphakathi kweMetropark Hotel esifundeni saseWanchai izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, ngokusho kombiko weReuters.
- Isisulu esingaziwa somkhuhlane wezingulube sifike e-Shanghai nge-AeroMexico Flight 98, saqhubekela eHong Kong nge-China Eastern Airlines Flight 505, ngokombiko we-AP.
