Ukubetha uhambo lwasehlobo lwaseHawaii kuluhlu. Irhuluneli uDavid Ige ibhengezwe ngoLwesibini ukuba urhulumente utyhalela umva uhambo oludlula ngePacific ukuya kwiziqithi kude kube ubuncinci ngo-Okthobha u-1.
Ngaphambili, eHawaii bendizimisele ukuvula ukhenketho kwakhona nge-1 kaSeptemba ngokususa isinyanzelo seentsuku ezili-14 zokuvalelwa bodwa kubakhenkethi abangaphandle kwelizwe ukuba babonise uvavanyo olubi lwe-COVID-19 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Nangona kunjalo, ukwanda kwangoko kwimeko kukhokelele kwisigqibo sokulibazisa ukuvula.
Asinakukhanyela ukuba iHawaii ibona ukunyuka kweziganeko ezintle ze-COVID-19, Ige yatsho kwinkomfa noonondaba . Kukho amaqela amaninzi kunye nokusabalala koluntu ngokubanzi.
Wongeze ngelithi kukho malunga ne-3,000 yamatyala amatsha ukusukela nge-1 ka-Agasti. U-Ige ukwavakalise amazwi ovelwano kusapho lwexhoba le-coronavirus eliswelekelwe ngoLwesibini. Amatyala ali-134 ongezelelweyo axeliwe, ali-124 kuwo ayese-Oahu. Ukusukela ngoFebruwari 28, iHawaii ibone iimeko ezingama-4,878 zizonke kunye nokufa kwabantu abangama-41.
Esazi ubunzima bokuthintelwa kubeka icandelo lezokhenketho eHawaii, ukwabhengeze ukuba ixesha elininzi liya kunikwa amashishini ukulungiselela ukulungiselela ukwamkela iindwendwe, emva kokuba kukhuselekile ukwenza njalo kwakhona.
I-surfer ibukela amaza ngelixa imi ematyeni e-Waikiki, e-Oahu, eHawaii. Ityala: Scott Lowden / Getty Izithombe
Isibhengezo sandisa Ukuvalelwa yedwa iintsuku ezili-14 imfuneko ibuyiselwe endaweni ngoMatshi - eyayiyeyokuqala elizweni ngelo xesha - ukuthintela zonke iindwendwe kwiiveki ezimbini ezipheleleyo ngaphandle kokushiya ihotele okanye indawo yokuhlala.
Ukongeza kuthintelo lokuhamba, i-Oahu iyaphumeza amanyathelo angqongqo ukususela ezinzulwini zobusuku ngoLwesithathu. Izikhokelo ezitsha zithintela naziphi na iintlanganiso zangaphakathi okanye zangaphandle kwiintsuku ezingama-28 ezizayo kwaye zithintela amaqela angaphezulu kwesihlanu kwiimyuziyam, kumabala emidlalo bhanyabhanya nakwimisebenzi yangaphandle, njengokuhamba ngesikhephe. Imivalo, iilwandle, iipaki , kunye neendlela ziya kuhlala zivaliwe.
Ngelixa u-Ige engabonisanga naliphi na ixesha lekhonkrithi ngaphandle kokuphawula ukuba u-Okthobha u-1 uya kuba ngowokuqala umhla, abaphathi bezokhenketho uxelelwe Iindaba zaseHawaii Ngoku ukuba ukuvulwa kwakhona kungatyhalelwa emva kwakhona ngo-Novemba okanye ngo-Disemba.
URachel Chang ngumlobi-ntatheli wokuhamba kunye nenkcubeko okhulele eCalifornia Bay Area kwaye uhlala kwisiXeko saseNew York (kakuhle, eHoboken, NJ). Ungummeli ohamba yedwa, ukulahla umlutha, kunye nomgijimi onqabileyo - oye wakwazi ukugqiba i-NYC marathon kabini. Mlandele kuTwitter ku @RachelChang kunye ne-Instagram kwi @RachelSChang .