Iqela lokugqibela labasebenzi abali-130 bayishiyile inqanawa yokulwa inqanawa iDiamond Princess.
Umphathiswa Wezempilo wase-Japan u-Katsunobu Kato ubhengeze kwinkomfa noonondaba ngeCawa ukuba inqanawe-eyayithwele abantu abayi-3,711- ngoku ikulungele ukujonga inzalo kunye nokhuseleko, ngoku ka Imithombo yeendaba edibeneyo . Nangona kunjalo, akazange abhengeze ixesha eliza kugqitywa ngalo.
Kubo bonke abakhweli kunye nabasebenzi ababekhwele enqanaweni eyahamba ngoJan. 20, 705 bangenwa yicoronavirus. Inqanawa yahlukaniswa xa omnye umgibeli waseHong Kong wayenentsholongwane. Inqanawa yamisa kwizibuko laseYokohama kufutshane neTokyo ukusukela ngoFebruwari 4 ukuya kuFebhuwari 19. Njengokuba inani lamatyala axeliweyo lakhula phantsi kokuvalelwa bodwa, inqanawe yayijongwa ngento abanye abagxeki bakholelwa ukuba kukuvalelwa yedwa ngokungafanelekanga.
Kuya kufuneka siphande eli tyala ukuze singaphinde sandise usulelo, uKato wanyanzelisa ngexesha lenkomfa yeendaba.
Kubakhweli abahlanu ababekhwele enqanaweni abaswelekayo, abane yayingabantu baseJapan abakhulileyo, omnye yayingumntu waseBritane.
Amakhulu abakhweli bamanye amazwe bavunyelwa ukuba babuyele emakhaya kwangoko emva kokwehla enqanaweni. Abanye baba bakhweli babuyela emakhaya ngezithuthi zikawonke-wonke, ngaphandle kwexesha lokuzivavanya. Abaliqela bafunyanwa benesifo se-coronavirus emva kokuba bemkile.