IJamaica yamkela isigidi seendwendwe esi-1 okoko kwaqala ubhubhane we-COVID-19

1. Umgibeli wesigidi ofike eJamaica phakathi kwe-COVID-19 wanikwa izipho ekufikeni kwakhe.
2. Phakathi kwezipho ezamkelekileyo yayiyivawutsha, esemthethweni yonyaka omnye, enika usapho lonke ukuba lube lientsuku ezi-4 zobusuku obu-3 lobusuku bonke kubandakanya iholide eRoyalton.
3. Kwikota ephelileyo, ukhenketho eJamaica lonyuke nge-5,000 XNUMX% abafikayo.

UDaynel Williams, ekhatshwa ngamalungu osapho amane, ukhuphe uvuyo olukhulu xa wayephuma emgceni wabahambi abakhwele eJetBlue esuka eNew York izolo (Agasti 15), ezokuhlangatyezwa liqela lamagosa, elalikhokelwa nguMphathiswa Wezokhenketho, u-Hon. UEdmund Bartlett. Wanikwa izipho kunye nokuvuyisana ngokusuka entliziyweni ngokuba lundwendwe lwesigidi ukusukela ngoko IJamaica ivulwe kwakhona imida yayo ukuya kuhambo lomoya lwamazwe aphesheya nge-15 kaJuni ka-2020. Yonke imida ivaliwe ngo-Matshi 2020, isusa bonke abafikayo njengoko ubhubhane we-coronavirus, i-COVID-19, yaqala ukuthatha umthwalo wayo.

Efunqula usana ezandleni zakhe ngelixa usana ebambelele kwilokhwe yakhe, uNkosikazi Williams waphantse wathetha kodwa wakwazi ukuphinda athi "Owu Thixo!" nanjengoko wayezama ukubamba uvuyo lwakhe xa uMphathiswa uBartlett emxelela ukuba njengendwendwe yokumisa isigidi, ngoku wayeliziko lokunikwa ingqalelo kwilizwe jikelele, ejongene nabameli bamajelo eendaba abaninzi bezamana ukusondela kufutshane nosapho lwakhe.

Uninazala, uJennifer Williams, waseJamaican waseOracabessa, eSt Mary, wayehluthwe luvuyo njengoko wayechiphiza iinyembezi. “Bendihamba ndibuyela eJamaica ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30 ngoku kwaye le nto khange yenzeke; Ndonwabile, ndiziva ndilila. ” Uye wavumela iinyembezi ezimbalwa zovuyo ukuba zigeleze ngelixa esongeza, “Ndonwabe kakhulu, ndonwabe kakhulu. Andikwazi kuyichaza indlela endivakalelwa ngayo. ”

Phakathi kwezipho ezamkelekileyo yayiyivawutsha, esemthethweni yonyaka omnye, enika usapho lonke usuku-lweentsuku ezi-4 zobusuku bonke ezibandakanya iholide eRoyalton, eyanikezelwa nguMlawuli weNgingqi weNtengiso weBlue Diamond Resorts International, uKerry-Ann Quallo Casserly.

Ethetha ngokubaluleka kwalo msitho, uMphathiswa uBartlett uthe: "Esi sisiganeko esibalulekileyo kwimbali yezokhenketho, zange nakanye, kwisithuba sonyaka kunye nenyanga enye sibe nesigidi esime kweli lizwe." Ngaphambi kwe-COVID-19 kwathatha iJamaica kufutshane neminyaka engama-20 ukurekhoda ukufika kwayo kwesigidi sokuqala ngonyaka. Nangona kunjalo, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2019, kanye ngaphambi kokuba ubhubhane uhlasele, ukumisa kunye nokufika kwabahambi ngenqanawa ngokudibeneyo, kugqithe kwizigidi ezi-4.

Oko kuvulwa imida nge-15 kaJuni, kunyaka ophelileyo, ukhenketho lufumene i-US $ 1.5 yezigidigidi kwaye ngaphezulu nje kwama-50,000 130,000 kwabasebenzi abali-5,000 abaye badendwa, ngoku babuyile emsebenzini. Isikhululo senqwelomoya i-Sangster International sisodwa esinike ingxelo ngama-7,000 XNUMX emisebenzi engama-XNUMX ebuyiswayo.

Umnumzana Bartlett uthe kwikota ephelileyo, "ukhenketho lonyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-5,000 XNUMX kwabo bafikayo" kwaye nemivuzo inyuke ngokubonakalayo, "ke asithandabuzi ukuba ifuthe lokhenketho eJamaicaInkqubo yokuvuselela uqoqosho. ”

Phakathi kweqela lokwamkela kunye noMinster Bartlett kunye noNksk. Casserly, ibinguMlawuli wezoKhenketho, uDonovan White; I-Jamaica Ihotele kunye noMongameli woMbutho wabakhenkethi, uClifton Reader; IGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba (i-CEO) leZikhululo zeenqwelo moya ze-MBJ, uShane Munroe kunye noMongameli kunye ne-CEO yeGunya leZikhululo zeenqwelo moya eJamaica, u-Audley Deidrick.