Ngaba unexhala lokubamba i-bug yesisu kuhambo lwakho olulandelayo? Nazi iindaba ezimnandi: Ukuqhambuka kwe-norovirus kunye nezinye izifo zesisu kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ziyancipha.
AmaZiko oLawulo lweSifo e-Atlanta abhale nje ukuqhambuka kwe-15 yokugula kwesisu kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa kwi-2008, ukusuka kwi-21 kwi-2007 kunye ne-34 kwi-2006.
Ukwehla, ngaphezu koko, kweza njengoko inani labantu abahamba ngenqanawa liqhubeka nokunyuka. I-Cruise Lines International Association ithi ishishini lathwala abakhweli abazizigidi ezili-13.2 ngo-2008, ukusuka kwi-12.6 yezigidi ngo-2007 kunye ne-12.0 yezigidi ngo-2006.
Iinqanawa ezihamba ngeenqanawa ezifika kumazibuko ase-US kufuneka zichaze zonke iimeko zokugula kwesisu eziphathwa ngabasebenzi bezonyango kwi-CDC's Vessel Sanitation Programme division, kwaye kufuneka isaziso esahlukileyo xa inani leemeko zokugula kwi-cruise lidlula i-2% yabakhweli kwaye abasebenzi. Xa inani leemeko zokugula kwi-cruise lidlula i-3% yabakhweli kunye nabasebenzi i-CDC ikhupha ingxelo yoluntu.
Uhlalutyo lweengxelo zoluntu lwe-USA TODAY's Cruise Log lubonisa ukuba, njengakwiminyaka edlulileyo, phantse zonke eziqhambuko ngo-2008 - 13 ngaphandle kwe-15 - zazibangelwa yi-norovirus. Kwakukho ukuqhambuka kwe-E. coli, kwiNkosazana yasePasifiki ngoJanuwari ka-2008. Kwakhona kwabakho uqhambuko olwaba sisiphumo se-norovirus kunye ne-E. coli (kwiPhupha laseNorway ngo-Aprili).
Kuqhambuko lwe-15 ngo-2008, ezintandathu zazikwiinqanawa eziqhutywa yi-Holland America - umgca oye waba nesabelo esingaqhelekanga sokuqhambuka kwezifo zesisu zesisu iminyaka emininzi. Mibini kuphela eminye imigca ebenoqhambuko olungaphezulu kwesinye: iNorwegian Cruise Line (4) kunye nePrincess Cruises (2). Eminye imigca emithathu-iCarnival, iiRegent Seven Seas kunye neAmerican Canadian Caribbean Line-ngamnye waba noqhambuko olunye.
I-Holland America iphinde iholele imboni kwiziganeko zokugula kwesisu kwi-2007 kunye nokuqhambuka kwesihlanu (ukubopha kunye ne-NCL) kunye ne-2006 kunye nokuqhambuka kwesixhenxe, ngokwedatha ye-CDC.
Ngokucacileyo, kwi-2008, kwakukho imigca emikhulu, kuquka iRoyal Caribbean, i-Celebrity, i-Disney kunye neCunard engazange ibe neyodwa yokuqhambuka kwerekhodi kwi-2008.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwi-2009 i-CDC irekhode ukuqhambuka kwe-gastro-intestinal kwiinqanawa, kwi-Celebrity Mercury (i-Jan. 3-17) kunye ne-Holland America Maasdam (uJanuwari 2-9).
Ngamanye amaxesha kuthiwa "ngumkhuhlane weeyure ezingama-24," i-norovirus yeyona nto ixhaphakileyo yokugula kwesisu e-United States, ibalelwa malunga nesiqingatha sazo zonke iimeko, ngokweCDC. Iqhambuka rhoqo ezikolweni, kumakhaya abantu abalupheleyo, ezibhedlele, eziofisini nakwezinye iindawo abantu abahlanganisana kuzo.
