Royal Caribbean I-Odyssey yolwandle 'yamva nje yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwiCaribbean yayikwisiqalo esibi emva kokuba inqanawa yanyanzelwa ukuba ibuyele eFlorida ngokufutshane ukuze yehlise umkhweli onophawu lwe-COVID-19 kunye nabafowunelwa bakhe kwangoko.
Royal Caribbean Inqanawa entsha yezobunewunewu iqale yasuka eFort Lauderdale, eFlorida nge-18 kaDisemba kuhambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa ubusuku obusibhozo eCaribbean, kodwa kamva, ngexesha lovavanyo lweveki, amanye amalungu eqela eligonywe ngokupheleleyo aye avavanywa ukuba ane-COVID-19.
"Abafowunelwa abasondeleyo bachongwa ngokukhawuleza, kwaye ngamnye kubo waya kugcinwa yedwa," Royal Caribbean Isithethi sathi, songeza ukuba ngabantu abangama-55 bebonke enqanaweni ababambe intsholongwane ye-COVID-19.
Ngaphandle kokuba eli nani lincinci ngokwentelekiso - kukho abakhweli abangama-3,587 kunye nabasebenzi abayi-1,599 abakhweleyo - ukuqhambuka kwakuthetha ukuba iCuracao neAruba izibuko, apho Odyssey yoLwandle kucetywe ukumisa, yajika inqanawa.
"Isigqibo senziwe kunye neziqithi nangenxa yokulumka okukhulu, ngenxa yemeko yangoku yamatyala kwindawo ekusingwa kuyo kunye namatyala ane-COVID-19 ebhodini ... emele i-1.1% yoluntu oluphakathi," Royal Caribbean kuchazwe kwingxelo.
Ishedyuli yokuzonwabisa ebhodini i-ill-fated Odyssey yoLwandle iye yatshintsha kwakhona, iRoyal Caribbean iqinisekisile, ngelixa i-US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention iqalise uphando.
Kwangoko ubhubhane, iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zafumana ukuqhambuka okukhulu kwe-COVID-19, kunye neenqanawa ezininzi bezivaliwe ukuba zingangeni kumazibuko.