Grenada: Yepamutemo COVID-19 Yekushanya Kugadziridza

VaGrenadians nevashanyi vachatofanira kumirira kusvika 2021 kuti vaone imwe yemhando dzeSpicemas Carnival mhemberero seSpicemas Corporation (SMC) yatora danho rakaoma rekudzima maererano nezvinetsekana zvine chekuita nehutano hweveruzhinji pakati pe Covid-19 denda. Iyo SMC yazivisa nhasi uye yakavimbisa kuti nguva yakatarwa ichatendera kuronga nekuitwa kweSpicemas yakakura uye iri nani iyo inowanzoitwa muna Nyamavhuvhu.

Zvichakadaro, iyo yekumira-kwemaawa makumi maviri neshanu yakamisikidzwa kuGrenada, Carriacou uye Petite Martinique neChipiri, Kurume 24, mukupindura Covid-30 kunoenderera nemazuva matatu ekutenga kwakakosha uye kuvhurwa kwemabhizimusi akasarudzwa, pane zvishoma. Mitemo yazvino (kusvika Chivabvu 19) inoda kuti vanhu vagare pamba kunze kwekutenga zvekudya zvakakosha, kubhengi, uye zvekurapa pamwe nevamwe vatengesi vanobvumidzwa uye zvichaongororwa vhiki nevhiki. Mabhizinesi ese ezvekushanya uye zvinokwezva, ruzhinji rwekugara kwekushanya munzvimbo dzakapfuura-zviwi, nhandare dzeGrenada neCarriacou, uye madoko ese anoramba akavharwa kwenguva pfupi.

Kubva muna Chivabvu 2, Grenada ine makumi maviri neshanu yakasimbiswa nyaya dzeCovid-21 (19 pachitsuwa), mazhinji acho achiunzwa kana kuunzwa zvine hukama maererano neGrenada Ministry of Health. Mhosva gumi nenomwe dzakaziviswa nezvechiremba dzakadzorerwa neanomwe achiri kushanda. Bazi rinoenderera mberi nekutarisa kwekutsvaga, kuongorora uye kuyedza.

Nezve izvo zvine chekuita nechiteshi chekupinda mashandiro, iyo Ministry of Tourism uye Civil Aviation inoti kubvumidzwa kwakapihwa naCommissioner wemapurisa pazano reKabineti, kuti zvikepe zvisina-manan zviri mumvura yeGrenada, zviendeswe kunoshandira. Bazi uye Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) iri kuenderera mberi nekubata vane chekuita navo uye kuronga kweiyo post COVID-19 kudzoreredza kweindasitiri ye Tourism.

Pamusoro pezvo, Hurumende yeGrenada yakazivisa kuti vanopfuura mazana manomwe maGrenadians kusvika parizvino vabatsirwa neCOVID-700 Economic Stimulus Package. Bazi rezveMari parizvino rakagadzirisa mari yekutsigira payroll kuti ibatsire vashandi mazana mashanu nemakumi masere nevashanu pamwe nemari yekutsigira mari yevanhu zana nemakumi masere nemapfumbamwe. Parizvino, iyo ichangosimbiswa COVID-19 Economic Support Secretariat yatambira chikumbiro chiuru chekutsigirwa kwemari uye 538 mafomu ekutsigirwa kwemubhadharo. Nekudaro, kumwe kwekushandisa uku kwakaendeswa kune mamwe matanho mukati mechisimudziro pasuru senge kushomeka kwemabasa uye iyo bhizinesi diki inokweretesa inokweretesa nzvimbo kuGrenada Development Bank.

Pasi pechikurudziro pasuru yakaziviswa neMutungamiriri wenyika munaKurume 20, 2020, imwe yenyaya dzinoitirwa kudzivirira kudzingwa basa uye kurasikirwa nehupenyu munzvimbo yekushanya. Rutsigiro rwemari rwunotarisirwa kune vanoshandisa mabhazi eruzhinji, vatyairi vematekisi, vatengesi vevashanyi nevamwe vakadaro vanozivikanwa vanogamuchira vaenzi, nepo rubatsiro rwekubhadhara mari rwunopihwa kumahotera, maresitorendi, mabhawa uye vashoma vekufambisa.

Pamusoro pemubhadharo uye mari yekutsigira yemubhadharo, kune mamwe matanho akati wandei akaisirwa muhomwe yeHurumende inokurudzira. Izvi zvinosanganisira mabhenefiti ebhenefiti anotanga kufungidzirwa pamamiriyoni gumi emadhora, anopiwa kuburikidza neNational Insurance Scheme; Kuwedzeredzwa kwenzvimbo diki yekukweretesa mabhizinesi madiki kuGrenada Development Bank uye kumiswa kwekubhadharwa kwemwedzi pamwedzi paCorporate Income Mutero uye kubhadharwa kwezvikamu zveMutero weGore reSitampu kubva muna Kubvumbi kusvika Chikumi 10.

Mune zvese, Grenada ichagamuchira US $ 22.4 mamirioni mukutsigirwa nechimbichimbi kubva kuInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) iyo ichashandiswa kutsigira "macroeconomic kugadzikana uye kufambisira kusimudzira hupfumi hunotevera".

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