Igciwane elithathelanayo lagulisa abagibeli abangaphezu kwe-100 ngomkhumbi owawubuyela eSan Diego, eCalifornia, ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyi-10 oluya eMexico.
Abagibeli eRyndam baqale bakhombisa izimpawu ze-norovirus ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ohambweni, kusho u-Erik Elvejord, okhulumela iHolland America Line. Leli gciwane, elidala isicanucanu, ukuhlanza kanye nesifo sohudo futhi elithatha amahora angu-24 kuya kwangu-48, ligulise abagibeli abangu-104 nabasebenzi abayisithupha. Umkhumbi ubuthwele abagibeli abangu-1,226 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-556. Ivakashele amachweba amaningana oLwandle lwaseCortez lwaseMexico ngemuva kokusuka eSan Diego ngoFebhuwari 15.
Lesi yisifo sesine okusolwa ukuthi i-norovirus e-Ryndam kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka odlule. IHolland America, ezinze eSeattle, ayikawuhlonzanga umthombo wokuqubuka kwakamuva.
Umkhumbi usuke eSan Diego ngoMsombuluko ntambama ngolunye uhambo lwezinsuku eziyi-10 ogwini lwaseMexico lwasePacific ngemuva kokuthi izisebenzi zichithe usuku zibulala amagciwane ezindaweni zabagibeli nabasebenzi.
Khonamanjalo, abenzi bomthetho e-United States bafuna ukwenza kube impoqo ukuthi imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi esuka emachwebeni aseCalifornia ibe nesikhulu sokuthula emkhunjini.
Uma lo mthethosivivinywa uphasiswa, iCalifornia izoba nemithetho yezwe eqinile kakhulu embonini, esibhekiwe ngemuva kwezigameko ezimbalwa eziphakeme zabantu abalahlekile, abagibeli abagibele emanzini kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi eminyakeni yamuva.
"Sinabaphathi bezindiza ezindizeni ezinabagibeli abangamakhulu ambalwa, kodwa asinaye umuntu ogibele imikhumbi ophindwe ka-10 inani labagibeli," kusho uSenator wesifundazwe seDemocrat uJoe Simitian, umbhali walo mthethosivivinywa.
Amaphoyisa okuthula, amaholo azo azoxhaswa nge-US$1 (HK$7.80)- imali yokugibela ngosuku, azosebenza njengonjiniyela basolwandle abanelayisensi ukuze baqaphe ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho yezemvelo.
Imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi iqasha ezazo izikhulu zezokuphepha, kodwa abenzi bomthetho kanye nezikhulu zomthetho ziya ngokuya ziba nokungabaza ukuthi lokho kwanele yini. "Ezokuphepha ezigibeleni zisebenzela umzila wokuhamba ngomkhumbi - hhayi abagibeli noma umphakathi," kusho uSimitian. “Kunokungqubuzana okungokwemvelo phakathi kwezinhloso zokusebenzelana nomphakathi zomqashi kanye nezidingo zokuphepha komphakathi zomgibeli.”
Imboni yezokuvakasha yaseCalifornia engu-$1.9 billion, enamachweba eLong Beach, eLos Angeles, eSan Francisco naseSan Diego, imele cishe amaphesenti angu-14 ohambo lwase-US. Sebebonke, abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.2 bangena eCalifornia ngo-2006.
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