Umkhumbi wokufa uthathe izisulu ezintsha ezingama-355
Namuhla, uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo waseJapan, uKatsunobu Kato, umemezele ukuthi isibalo sabantu abangenwe yileli gciwane sinyukile igciwane Igciwane elisha le-corona elisesikebheni esihlaliswe wodwa ngasogwini lwaseJapan selifinyelele kubantu abangama-355.
"Kuze kube manje, sesihlole abantu abangu-1,219 emkhunjini," kusho uKatsunobu, ngesikhathi exoxwa esiteshini somsakazo esisemthethweni saseJapane, i-NHK. Kulaba, abangu-355 babenethemba mayelana nokutheleleka, kuhlanganise neziguli ezingu-73 ezingabonisi zimpawu, "okungukuthi ukwanda kwabalimala abangu-70 kusukela kuhulumeni wokugcina.
Lezi zibalo ezintsha ziza ngesikhathi lapho i-United States ilungiselela ukukhipha ezinye zezakhamizi zayo emkhunjini we-“Diamond Princess”, ohlaliswe yodwa kusukela ngoFebhuwari 5 ethekwini laseYokohama, eduze naseTokyo.
IHong Kong iphinde yamemezela ukuthi izohlinzeka izakhamizi zayo ezingama-330 ezigibele umkhumbi ithuba lokubuya ngendiza eqashiwe.
"Ngenxa yesibalo esiphezulu sabantu abangenwe yi-COVID-19 e-Diamond Princess, uMnyango Wezempilo Nezinsizakalo Zabantu usuhlole ukuthi abagibeli nabasebenzi abasemkhunjini basengozini enkulu yokutheleleka," kusho inxusa laseMelika emyalezweni othunyelwe. ngabaseMelika abavaleleke emkhunjini.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uhulumeni waseCanada umemezele ukuthi ubeke indiza ezokhipha izakhamizi zayo ezazivaleleke emkhunjini wokuhamba i-Diamond Princess obume eYokohama, eJapan.
Uhulumeni uthe, esitatimendeni, abagibeli baseCanada abakhombise izimpawu zokutheleleka ngegciwane elisha leCorona ngeke bavunyelwe ukugibela ibhanoyi futhi bazodluliselwa ohlelweni lokunakekelwa kwezempilo eJapan ukuze bathole ukwelashwa okufanele.
Ngemuva kokufika eCanada, abagibeli bazovalelwa yedwa izinsuku eziyi-14, kusho isitatimende.