Iziqithi zaseCook kunye Vanuatu bajoyine iFiji, iNew Caledonia, iTahiti, kunye nePapua New Guinea ekuphakamiseni zonke izithintelo zokuhamba ze-COVID-19 kuhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokhenketho ePasifiki. Ukususwa kwezithintelo ze-COVID-19 zihambelana I-World Health Organization (WHO) iingcebiso zokuba oorhulumente baphakamise okanye banciphise izithintelo zokuhamba ezinxulumene ne-COVID-19.
Ekwamkeleni ukubaluleka kokuphakamisa izithintelo ze-COVID-19 zelizwe, i-CEO yeSPTO uChristopher Cocker uthe kubalulekile ukuba amazwe eSiqithi sePasifiki ahlale enolwazi ngeentsingiselo zehlabathi kwaye ahambelane nawo apho kunokwenzeka.
“Njengoyena mqhubi mkhulu wezoqoqosho kwingingqi yethu kubalulekile ukuba uvuselelo lwezokhenketho lwenzeke ngokukhawuleza kunokuba lube semva kwexesha. Amanyathelo amatsha abekwe ngamazwe ethu angamalungu e-SPTO ayathembisa njengoko aya kuxhasa ukubuyiswa kwecandelo eliya kuba neziphumo ezincumisayo ngokokuqwalaselwa kwezoqoqosho nezentlalo.”
"Xa kuthelekiswa nehlabathi liphela iPasifiki iye yacotha ekuvuleni kwakhona imida yethu kodwa oku kwenziwe ngeemeko zethu ezizodwa engqondweni kunye nokhuseleko lwabantu bethu phambili ekuthatheni ingqalelo."
"Nangona kunjalo, ngamaphulo okugonya aphumeleleyo ngoku agqityiweyo kwiziqithi zethu ezininzi sikwimeko engcono yokuphinda sivule kwaye samkele iindwendwe ezibuyela ePasifiki," utshilo uMnu. Cocker.
Uvavanyo lwe-COVID-19 kunye neemfuno zogonyo zisusiwe kubo bonke abahambi basekhaya abaya kwezi ziqithi zilandelayo: Aitutaki, Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Mangaia, Pukapuka, Manihiki, Rakahanga, kunye nePenrhyn.
Yonke imisebenzi yaselwandle kufuneka ingene kwiZiqithi zaseCook ngeAvatiu Port, eRarotonga. Ngoku uhambo lwangaphakathi oluya phambili ngenqanawa yaselwandle lusanqunyanyisiwe kude kube kuphinde kwenziwe esinye isaziso.
Bonke abanini bepaspoti bamazwe ngamazwe kufuneka babe nencwadana yokundwendwela esemthethweni kangangethuba leenyanga ezi-6 ubuncinci ngaphaya kwexesha labo lokuhlala kwiZiqithi zaseCook. Oku kuya kuvumela iindwendwe ukuba zihlale ukuya kuthi ga kwiintsuku ezingama-31 kwiiQithi zaseCook.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Xa kuthelekiswa nehlabathi liphela, iPasifiki iye yacotha ekuvuleni kwakhona imida yethu kodwa oku kwenziwe ngeemeko zethu ezizodwa engqondweni kunye nokhuseleko lwabantu bethu oluphambili kwingqwalasela.
- Amanyathelo amatsha abekwe ngamazwe ethu angamalungu eSPTO ayathembisa njengoko aya kuxhasa ukubuyiswa kwecandelo eliya kuba neziphumo ezincumisayo ngokokuqwalaselwa kwezoqoqosho nezentlalo.
- Ekwamkeleni ukubaluleka kokuphakamisa izithintelo ze-COVID-19 zelizwe, i-CEO yeSPTO uChristopher Cocker uthe kubalulekile ukuba amazwe eSiqithi sePasifiki ahlale enolwazi ngeentsingiselo zehlabathi kwaye ahambelane nawo apho kunokwenzeka.
