A I-Norwegian Cruise Line Umkhumbi onabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-3,000 obheke eNew Orleans ubike ukuqubuka kwe-COVID-19 esikebheni.
Ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuthi bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi bomkhumbi kumele bagonywe ngaphambi kokugibela, abantu abayi-10 bahlolwe ukuthi bane-COVID-19 emkhunjini. Ukuphuka kweNorway i-cruise liner.
The Ukuphuka kweNorway isuke eNew Orleans ngoNovemba 28 futhi bekumele ibuyele lapho ngale mpelasonto. Emzileni wawo, umkhumbi wenze izingcingo eziningi eBelize, Honduras naseMexico, ngokusho koMnyango Wezempilo waseLouisiana.
Bangaphezu kuka-3,200 abagibeli nabasebenzi okukholakala ukuthi bebegibele Ukuphuka kweNorway. Izikhulu zithe esitatimendeni ukuthi umzila ohamba ngomkhumbi "belokhu ubambelele ezinqubweni ezifanele zokuvalelwa yedwa kanye nokuzihlukanisa njengoba sekuhlonzwe amacala amasha nokuchayeka."
Lapho ufika eNew Orleans, umgibeli ngamunye nelungu leqembu bayahlolwa. Noma ngubani owethula i-COVID-19 kufanele avalelwe yedwa ngokushesha, kungaba sekhaya noma endaweni ehlinzekwe yi-cruise line.
Ukuqubuka kwenzeka noma kunjalo I-Norwegian Cruise LineImithetho, edinga ukuthi bonke abagibeli nabasebenzi bagonyelwe leli gciwane okungenani amasonto amabili ngaphambi kwanoma yiluphi uhambo.
Imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi yaduma ngonyaka odlule, lapho i-coronavirus iqala ukusabalala emhlabeni wonke futhi abagibeli babevame ukunqatshelwa ilungelo lokwehla. Kuphoqeleke ukuthi bahlaliswe bodwa emkhunjini, abanye bagcine beshonele olwandle, kanti abanye bagcine bephuthunyiswe esibhedlela njengoba isimo sabo sibi kakhulu. Lokhu kudale ukuthi iziphathimandla zaseMelika zimise lonke uhambo lomkhumbi izinyanga ezimbalwa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Despite the requirement that all ship’s passengers and crew had to be vaccinated prior to boarding, 10 people have tested positive for COVID-19 on board the Norwegian Breakaway cruise liner.
- Officials said in a statement that the cruise line “has been adhering to appropriate quarantine and isolation protocols as new cases and exposures have been identified.
- The outbreak occurred despite Norwegian Cruise Line's rules, which require all passengers and crew members to have been vaccinated against the virus at least two weeks prior to any trip.
