Meya wa Washington, DC a Muriel Bowser alengeza lero kuti udindo wa chigoba chamkati mu mzindawu ubwezeretsedwanso kuyambira mawa, Disembala 21.
Potengera 'kuchuluka' kwa milandu yatsopano ya COVID-19, likulu la US lalengeza za ngozi zadzidzidzi, ndipo, kuwonjezera pakubwezeretsa zofunika za chigoba cham'nyumba, adalamula onse ogwira ntchito mumzinda kuti alandire katemera wa COVID-19 komanso ma booster shots nawonso.
Ntchito ya chigoba cham'nyumba idakhazikitsidwa koyambirira Washington, DC mu Julayi koma idakwezedwa pa Novembara 22 - masiku angapo asanachitike Bungwe la World Health Organization (WHO) adasankha mtundu wa Omicron wa kachilombo ka COVID-19 mtundu wodetsa nkhawa.
Onse ogwira ntchito mumzindawu, makontrakitala, ndi omwe alandila ndalama tsopano akulamulidwa kuti alandire katemera wathunthu, komanso kulandira kuwombera kolimbikitsa, Bowser adalengezanso. Sanatchule tsiku lenileni lomaliza. Muyezowu ukhoza kukhala koyamba kuti mzinda waku US ulamulire zolimbikitsa, komanso kuletsa mwayi wokhala osatemera pomwe akuyesedwa sabata iliyonse.
Bowser adatinso chigawochi chikukulitsa kuyezetsa kwakukulu, kuphatikiza kuyesa kwachangu kwa antigen kwa wophunzira aliyense, mphunzitsi, ndi wogwira ntchito m'masukulu aboma a DC. Masukulu azikhala otsekedwa pa Januware 3 ndi 4 kuti aliyense athe kukayezetsa ndikubwerera “motetezedwa,” anawonjezera.
"Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti anthu onse oyenerera alandire katemera ndikulimbikitsidwa," adatero meya.
Ochepera 1% a matenda a COVID-19 mu Washington, DC zakhala zikuchitika chifukwa cha zovuta zatsopano za Omicron mpaka pano, koma akuluakulu akuyembekeza kuti chiwerengerocho chidzakwera, adatero Dr. Anjali Talwalkar, wa Dipatimenti ya Zaumoyo ya DC. Ananenanso kuti zipatala "zikukhazikika" pamilandu 5%, zomwe akuti ndi katemera.
Purezidenti Joe Biden akuyembekezeka kulengeza ziletso zadziko lonse Lachiwiri. White House yachenjeza anthu aku America omwe sanatemedwe kuti "akuyang'ana nyengo yozizira ya matenda oopsa komanso kufa kwa inu nokha, mabanja anu, ndi zipatala zomwe mutha kuzipeza posachedwa."