NgoFebruwari 14, eTurboNews I-CoronaVirus ifikile e-Honolulu. Yafika kwaye yemka nomkhenkethi waseJapan owayehlala eWaikiki ekusenokwenzeka ukuba wazisa intsholongwane evela eJapan wayibuyisela ekhaya. Abasemagunyeni kwezempilo eHawaii abakwazanga ngelo xesha ukubona nayiphi na intsholongwane eHawaii.
Kwiiveki ezintathu kamva, namhlanje, nge-7 kaMatshi, iRhuluneli yaseHawaii uDavid Ige uqinisekise ityala lokuqala le-coronavirus kwisiqithi sase-Oahu emva kokuba umntu enyangwe kwikliniki yaseKaiser Permanente e-Honolulu kwaye wafunyanwa ene-COVID-19. Emva konyango, isibhedlele pubophe abasebenzi aba-2 kunye nogqirha kwindawo yokuhlala yedwa kwiintsuku ezili-14 ezizayo.
Ngokweengxelo zokuqala, isigulana asikhange sisondele kuye nabani na emva kokugula xa sibuyela e-Oahu kwaye "siqhuba kakuhle" ngokuzivalela ekhaya. “Asikholelwa ukuba kukho uluntu olusasazekileyo (eHawaii) ngeli xesha,” utshilo uGov. David Ige kwinkomfa yeendaba ngale mvakwemini. Nangona kunjalo, iSebe lezeMpilo laseHawaii, elivavanye abantu abasi-8 kuphela kwi-COVID-19 eziqithini, licwangcisa uvavanyo loluntu ngokubanzi kwangoko kwiveki ezayo.
Umntu wahamba ngohambo lwenqanawa lwaseGrand Princess olusuka eSan Francisco ukuya eMexico ukusuka nge-11 ukuya kwi-21 kaFebruwari, kwaye wabhabha ebuyela eHawaii esuka eMexico.
Emva kohambo lwaseMaui, iNkosazana Enkulu yaqalisa uhambo ngenqanawa isuka eSan Francisco isiya eHawaii, nabakhweli abangaphezu kwama-50 kunye namalungu eqela labasebenzi ababekuhambo lwaseMexico. Inqanawa ngoku ihleli kunxweme lwaseSan Francisco inamatyala angama-21 aqinisekisiweyo entsholongwane, kwaye inabakhweli aba-4 abavela eHawaii, utshilo uMlawuli wezeMpilo uBruce Anderson.
Amagosa athi inqanawa yafowunela izibuko eNawiliwili, eKauai, nge-26 kaFebruwari; Honolulu ngoFebruwari 27; Lahaina eMaui ngoFebruwari 28; neHilo kwiSiqithi Esikhulu ngoFebruwari 29.
Ngemeko yokuqala ye-coronavirus, iRhuluneli yathi abahlali baseHawaii kufuneka "bavavanye imeko yabo."
“Nabani na one-puna [ootatomkhulu] abakholelwa ukuba usemngciphekweni okanye uneengxaki zokuphefumla, ngokuqinisekileyo singabakhuthaza ukuba balumke ngayo,” utshilo. "Kuphephe iminyhadala emikhulu enezihlwele."
Amagosa ezempilo eHawaii ayakrazula ukufumana ukuba ngubani onxibelelane nabantu abangama-21 abaqinisekisiweyo ne-coronavirus emva kokuza eziqithini bekhwele inqanawa kwiveki ephelileyo.
I-Grand Princess yema kwiziqithi ezi-4 eziphambili zaseHawaii: i-Oahu, iMaui, iKauai, kunye neSiqithi esikhulu esinabantu abangaphezu kwe-3,300 abakhweleyo - abakhweli abangama-2,200 kunye nabasebenzi abayi-1,100, kubandakanywa ne-19 ngoku abavavanyiweyo.
Okubaluleke ngakumbi ngamakhonkco omoya abalulekileyo kushishino lokhenketho kunye nokhenketho olunqanyulwayo okanye lupheliswe. IKorea ngoku inqunyanyisiwe, kwaye iinqwelomoya phakathi kweHawaii neJapan ziphelile. Oku kunokuba linyathelo elihle lokukhusela ukuhamba okubalulekileyo kweHawaii kunye nempilo yokhenketho kwixesha elide, kwaye ungayijongi kumbono omfutshane ngokulahlekelwa ishishini elithile ngokukhawuleza.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- This may be a good move to secure the critical Hawaii travel and tourism health in the long term, and not look at it from a short-sighted perspective by losing some business immediately.
- Three weeks later, today, March 7, Hawaii Governor David Ige confirmed the first case of Coronavirus on the island of Oahu after a person was treated at the Kaiser Permanente Clinic in Honolulu and found positive for COVID-19.
- After the Maui trip, the Grand Princess embarked on a voyage from San Francisco to Hawaii, with more than 50 passengers and crew members who had also been on the Mexico trip.
