Kuphulika kwa matenda kumakakamiza Celebrity Mercury kuti abwerere msanga

Sitima yapamadzi ya Celebrity Mercury ikubwerera ku doko m'mawa kwambiri ndikuchedwetsa ulendo wake wotsatira kuti ithetse vuto la matenda am'mimba omwe adadwala anthu 350. Mliriwu ndi wachitatu motsatizana kuphulika kwa sitimayo m'mwezi umodzi.

"Ndapanga chisankho chothetsa ulendo wapamadzi nthawi yomweyo ndikuchedwetsa ulendo wotsatira chifukwa tikufuna kukhalabe ndi thanzi labwino m'sitima zathu, ndikuwapatsa alendo athu njira yabwino kwambiri," a Daniel Hanrahan, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Celebrity. Cruises, adatero m'mawu ake.

"Nthawi yowonjezera yomwe tikutenga kuyeretsa sitimayo ithandiza kuti alendo ena onse asadwale," adatero. Kuyeretsaku kudzachedwetsa ulendo wotsatira wa Mercury ndi masiku awiri.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention idapereka lingaliro losayendetsa sitimayo Lolemba kuti ifufuze zomwe zimachitika mobwerezabwereza.

"A CDC ndi ogwira ntchito pamayendedwe apanyanja sanadziwebe chifukwa chomwe machitidwe omwe amatsata sizinagwire ntchito," atero mneneri wa CDC Ricardo Beato.

Malingaliro a CDC osayenda panyanja anali amasiku anayi athunthu. Mneneri wa Celebrity Cruises Cynthia Martinez adati ulendo wapamadziwu umagwira ntchito ndi CDC pazaukhondo "zomwe zinali zovomerezeka kwa onse awiri."

Pogwira ntchito limodzi ndi CDC, ogwira ntchito panyanja akuyeretsa bwino pa Mercury kuti ateteze kufalikira kwa matenda. Sitimayo ikuyembekezeka kufika Lachinayi m'mawa ku Charleston, South Carolina, komwe ilandila ukhondo wambiri isanayendenso, atero a Celebrity Cruises m'mawu ake. Malo okwerera sitima nawonso adzayeretsedwa.

Mamembala a CDC's Vessel Sanitation Programme, omwe amagwira ntchito limodzi ndi oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi popewa ndikuwongolera matenda am'mimba, ali m'sitimayo kufunafuna zomwe zimayambitsa matenda aposachedwa. Pafupifupi 350 mwa anthu 1,829 omwe adakwera adadwala, malinga ndi Martinez.

Norovirus, yomwe imayambitsa kusanza ndi kutsekula m'mimba, inadziwika kuti ndiyo gwero la miliri iwiri yoyamba, malinga ndi Beato.

Ogwira ntchito ku VSP adayendera sitimayo itatha kuphulika koyamba mu February, yomwe idadwalitsa anthu opitilira 20 peresenti, ndipo adapereka malingaliro kuti apewe kufalikira kwina. Ulendo wotsatira wa sitimayo unachedwa ndi tsiku limodzi kuti ayeretsedwe kwathunthu.

Ngakhale izi zidachitika, pafupifupi 10 peresenti ya omwe adakwera panyanja yotsatira adadwala ndi norovirus.

Pafupifupi 19 peresenti ya okwera adwala paulendo waposachedwa, zomwe zidapangitsa Anthu Odziwika kuti ayime Lolemba ku Tortola, British Virgin Islands, ndikubwerera m'mawa kwambiri.

Apaulendo alipidwa chifukwa chaulendo wosokonekera, adatero Martinez.

"Alendo omwe ali pakali pano a Celebrity Mercury adalandira ngongole ya tsiku limodzi lokwera paulendo wawo, komanso satifiketi yamtsogolo ya 25 peresenti ya ndalama zolipirira," adatero mu imelo.

Martinez adati othandizira makasitomala odziwika azilumikizana ndi omwe akukwera paulendo wotsatira zaulendo wosinthidwa. Sitimayo ikuyenera kukwera Lamlungu.

Mliri waposachedwa ndi wachisanu ndi chinayi wa matenda am'mimba omwe adanenedwa ku VSP chaka chino akukhudza anthu opitilira 2 peresenti ya okwera sitima yapamadzi.

Chiwerengero chachikulu cha norovirus m'madera ambiri padziko lapansi chaka chino chikhoza kumasulira zombo zapamadzi, malinga ndi Capt. Jaret Ames, mkulu wa nthambi ya VSP.