IKiribati, iMicronesia, iNiue, iTonga kunye neSamoa zivulwa kwakhona kwihlabathi

Ukulandela iminyaka emibini yokuvalwa kwemida ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19, iKiribati yaba lelinye lamazwe amahlanu eziqithi zePasifiki aphinda avula uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nokhenketho nge-1 ka-Agasti.^st. Ukuvulwa komda kwakhona kulindeleke ukuba kuvuselele icandelo lezokhenketho lesizwe, elithe njengePasifiki yonke yabethwa ngamandla ngubhubhane.

UGunyaziwe wezoKhenketho eKiribati (TAK) I-CEO uPetero Manufolau wabelane ngokuba isilivere yobhubhane yayikukuvumela isizwe esisiqithi ukuba siphinde sivavanye injongo yaso njengendawo yokhenketho kunye nokulungelelanisa izinto eziphambili kuyo, ngakumbi ngokunxulumene nokomelela kunye nokuzinza.

Umnumzana Manufolau uvumile ukuba i-COVID-19 kunye nezinye izoyikiso zobhubhane ziye zayinto entsha yesiqhelo kwaye waphawula ukuba i-TAK izibophelele ekukhokeleni abachaphazelekayo njengoko behlengahlengisa iindlela ezintsha zokuhamba kunye nokhenketho.

“Siphuhlise uMgaqo-nkqubo woPhuhliso loKhenketho oluZinzileyo wokuqala waseKiribati. Oku kuya kwazisa uphuhliso loMgaqo-nkqubo wezoKhenketho oluZinzileyo waseKiribati, iSikhokelo soTyalo-mali loKhenketho kunye nesicwangciso esiPhambili soKhenketho saseKiribati seminyaka eli-10. I-TAK inoxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukuba abahambi bafundiswa ngezinto ezintsha eziphambili eziphambili zaseKiribati ngokunjalo. Ukuvulwa kwakhona, ke ngoko, ngaphezu kokusetha ngokutsha, kukuqalisa kwakhona kwethu- ukuqalisa okukhuselekileyo, okukrelekrele, kunye nokuzinzileyo,” utshilo uMnu Manufolau.  

Ukulungiselela ukuvulwa kwakhona kwemida yakhe, uRhulumente waseKiribati utyale imali kwilebhu yovavanyo lwezonyango kwaye wakhuthaza ugonyo oluphindwe kabini kunye nokudubula kwe-booster kubo bonke abemi abafanelekileyo. Ikwaqhube amaphulo abanzi okwazisa uluntu malunga nemigaqo yokhuseleko ngokuchasene ne-COVID-19 ngelixa abakhenkethi befumana uqeqesho lokhuseleko lwe-COVID-19.

Ekwamkeleni izibhengezo zokuvulwa kwakhona kwemida yePasifiki, i-CEO yoMbutho wezoKhenketho wePasifiki uChristopher Cocker wavuyisana nezizwe zeziqithi ngokuzibophelela kwazo kukhenketho lwasePasifiki.

Wongeze ukuba ubhubhane uvumele amazwe amaninzi eziqithini ukuba acinge kwakhona, acwangcise ngokutsha kwaye aqale ngokutsha amashishini abo okhenketho ngolawulo oluphuculweyo, iziseko zophuhliso, kunye nonxibelelwano ukukhankanya ezimbalwa.

“La ngamaxesha anika umdla. Amazwe amaninzi eziqithi zePasifiki avuleleka kwihlabathi kukhenketho kunye nokuhamba. Eli lithuba elimangalisayo lokuvula indlela entsha yokhenketho kwiPasifiki kwaye kufuneka silamkele,” utshilo uMnu Cocker.