Njengoko abakhweli ababini beenqanawa zohambo ngenqanawa benxulunyaniswa nokuqhambuka kwe-hantavirus ngaphakathi kwemida yaseMzantsi Afrika, isebe lezempilo liye lathatha amanyathelo okuqinisekisa abemi ukuba lithatha amanyathelo okuthintela ukusasazeka kwesi sifo.
Abantu abathandathu ababekwi-MV Hondius ebhalisiweyo eDatshi, besuka emazantsi eArgentina besiya kwiCanary Islands ngeCape Verde, kukholeleka ukuba bafumene le ntsholongwane. Abantu abathathu basweleke ngelixa abathathu befumana unyango.
Isithethi sesebe lezeMpilo uFoster Mohale uthe le nqanawa, ithwele abantu abamalunga nekhulu elinamashumi amahlanu (150) abavela kumazwe ahlukeneyo, isuke e-Ushuaia eArgentina malunga neeveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo. Endleleni eya apho yayisiya khona, le nqanawa idlule kwiziqithi ezininzi, kuquka i-Antarctica, iFalklands, iSouth Georgia, iNightingale Island, iTristan, iSt Helena kunye ne-Ascension.
“Ngelixa le nqanawa yayidlula kumanxweme aseMzantsi Afrika, abanye abakhweli babeneengxaki zempilo ezinzulu ezivela kwinto eyayithathwa njengezifo zokuphefumla ezinzima ekuqaleni.
“Isigulana sokuqala yayiyindoda eneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe (70) ubudala eyayingumkhweli oyindoda owagula ngequbuliso enqanaweni eyayisuka e-Ushuaia isiya kwiSt Helena Island, kwaye yabonakala inomkhuhlane, intloko ebuhlungu, iintlungu zesisu kunye notyatyazo. Ngelishwa usweleke efika kwiSiqithi saseSt Helena. Amathambo akhe aseleyo aseSt Helena, elinde ukubuyiselwa eNetherlands.
“Umkhweli wesibini ochaphazelekileyo yayingowasetyhini oneminyaka engamashumi amathandathu anesithoba (69) ubudala, iqabane lesigulana sokuqala, owawa kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya i-OR Tambo International Airport [eRhawutini] ngelixa ezama ukunxibelelana nenqwelo-moya eya kwilizwe lakowabo laseNetherlands. Wasiwa kwiziko lezempilo elikufutshane elijikeleze iKempton Park ukuze afumane unyango kwaye ngelishwa wasweleka. Iziphumo zovavanyo lwelebhu yesigulana ziyamangalisa.
“Isigulana sesithathu, selizwe laseBritane, sagula ngelixa inqanawa yayisuka eSt Helena isiya e-Ascension. Nangona unyango olunikwe yena e-Ascension, imeko yakhe ayizange ibe ngcono kwaye kwanyanzeleka ukuba afuduke aye kwiziko lezempilo labucala laseMzantsi Afrika eSandton ukuze afumane unyango olongezelelekileyo. Iziphumo zovavanyo lwakhe lwelebhu zibuye zabonisa ukuba une-hantavirus, intsholongwane engaqhelekanga kodwa enokuba yingozi edluliselwa ikakhulu ziimpuku. Isigulana sikwimeko embi kakhulu sodwa efumana unyango.”
Ukubhubha komntu wesithathu kuqinisekiswe ngumqhubi wenqanawa i-Oceanwide Expeditions. Umzimba usesikhepheni, esisecaleni kweCape Verde.
Le nkampani ithi abasemagunyeni baseDatshi bavumile ukukhokela umzamo odibeneyo wokulungiselela ukubuyiselwa kwabantu ababini abaneempawu, abangamalungu abasebenzi kwinqanawa iHondius, besuka eCape Verde besiya eNetherlands.
“Umzimba womntu oswelekileyo nawo ucwangciselwe ukubandakanywa ekubuyiselweni, kunye nondwendwe olusondeleyo nomfi. Lo mntu akanazo iimpawu.”
Le nkampani ithe ixesha lokubuyiselwa kwabantu “lixhomekeke kwizinto ezininzi, kuquka ukugunyaziswa kunye nenkxaso yabasemagunyeni bezempilo baseCape Verde ekuhanjisweni kwabantu abafuna unyango oluvela eHondius”.
Akukho mntu uvunyelweyo ukwehla enqanaweni.
I-World Health Organisation iququzelela impendulo yamazwe amaninzi kuzo zonke iziqithi kunye namazwe achaphazelekayo ukuze kuthintelwe esi sifo.
UMohale uthe isebe lezempilo lisebenzisana neNational Institute for Communicable Diseases kunye norhulumente waseRhawutini ukuze kulandelwe abantu abaqhagamshelwe ukuthintela ukusasazeka kwentsholongwane ngokuchonga nokubeka esweni abantu abanokuba bachaphazelekile ngabantu abosulelekileyo.
Uthe: “Ngokombono wethu, akukho mfuneko yokuba uluntu luxhalabe kuba zimbini kuphela izigulana ezivela kwinqanawa yokhenketho ebezingaphakathi kwemida yethu.”
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