Abasemagunyeni baseJapan baqinisekise 'ubuncinci ishumi' elitsha intsholongwane ye-Corona iimeko phakathi 3,700 abakhweli of Princess Cruises' Inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa iDiamond Princess ebekwe kwindawo evaliweyo kwaye ishiyeke ingekho kwisixeko sase-Yokohama, eJapan.
Ukuqinisekiswa kuzisa inani lilonke losulelo eJapan ukuya kuma-33.
Emva kokuba umkhweli omnye osuka eHong Kong evavanyiwe ngaphambili ukuba unaso esi sigulo, uvavanyo lwamatyala ongezelelweyo lwaqala ngoLwesibini kwaye kwavela abaguli abali-10 ngakumbi phakathi kwabakhweli. Inkosazana yedayimane, abasemagunyeni bezempilo batsho. Izigulana kufuneka ziziswe kwisibhedlele esikufutshane ukuze bafumane unyango. Abanye abakhweli bahlala bodwa enqanaweni njengoko uvavanyo luqhubeka.
Nangona kungekho zinkcukacha zithe zavela malunga nezigulana zitsha, iHong Konger iqinisekisiwe ngaphambili ukuba yindoda eneminyaka engama-80 ubudala, ngoku epholileyo, ngokutsho kukakapteni wenqanawa.
Imifanekiso eyoyikisayo yenqwelomoya eyayiphithizela ngaphambili iye yavela kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, ibonisa iidesika ezifanelekileyo, ngabasebenzi abambalwa abalahlekileyo ababonwe begxalathelana.