Ma ʻApelila 21, 2020 ua hōʻike ka WHO he 2, 397, 217 i hōʻoia i nā hihia o COVID-19 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa me 162, 956 make. Aia he 893 i kēia manawa, 119 mau hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ka moku o ʻAmelika. ʻO ka wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia ʻo Dominican Republic (4,964), Haiti (47), Barbados (75), Jamaica (196), Cuba (1087), Dominica (16), Grenada (13), Trinidad a me Tobago (114), Guyana (63 ), Antigua and Barbuda (23), Bahamas (60), Saint Vincent and Grenadines (12), Guadeloupe (148), Martinique (163), Puerto Rico (1,252), US Virgin Islands (53), and Cayman Islands (61 ).
Ma ʻApelila 22, 2020, loaʻa iā Saint Lucia he 15 mau hihia i hōʻoia o COVID-19. I kēia lā, ua ola nā hihia kūpono a pau o COVID-19 ma Saint Lucia, me nā hihia ʻelua i koe i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena hōʻike COVID-19 maikaʻi a mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai ka haukapila. Kahi i kēia manawa Saint Lucia ma kahi 100 pakeneka hoʻihoʻi o nā hihia COVID-19 āpau. Ma waena o nā hihia he 15 i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Saint Lucia he poʻe i hāʻule i loko o ka mahele o ka makaʻu nui ma muli o kekahi ʻelemakule a me ka noho ʻana me nā maʻi maʻi mau. Ua ola pū lākou me ka pilikia ʻole a pono ʻole ka mālama koʻikoʻi.
Ke hoʻomau ʻia nei nā hoʻokolohua Laboratory no COVID-19 ma nā wahi a me ke kākoʻo o ka Caribbean Public Health Agency Laboratory. Ua hoʻololi ʻo Saint Lucia i kāna papa hana hoʻāʻo e ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻia o nā laʻana mai nā wahi kaiapuni hanu; e kōkua kēia iā mākou i ka loiloi o COVID-19 kūloko.
Hoʻomau ʻo Saint Lucia ma ka pani pani ʻana a ma ka curfew 10 hola mai 7 pm a 5 am Noho mākou i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi loa i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka pane aupuni i ka hoʻoweliweli COVID-19. Ua hoʻokō ʻia nā hana olakino ākea a me nā hana kaiaulu i kahi hana e uhaʻi i ka lawe ʻana o COVID-19 i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka lawe ʻāina. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ka lehulehu i ka hapa nui o kēia mau ana e pono e hoʻomau ʻia i ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻokō i nā pae COVID-19 haʻahaʻa ma ka ʻāina. ʻO kekahi o nā ana i hoʻokumu ʻia e komo pū me ka pani ʻana o ke kula, ka zoning aupuni e hoʻokele i ka neʻe ʻana o ka lehulehu, ka pani ʻana o nā ʻoihana pono ʻole, nā palena kaapuni ʻana, ka pani ʻāina āpau a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka curfew 24 mau hola.
ʻO nā ana i koi ʻia e alakaʻi i nā pilikia o kēlā me kēia pilikia e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā masks, ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana, ka mālama ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana o nā mea maʻi a me ka lawe ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe a me nā hana pale maʻi ʻē aʻe. E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻāina i hoʻomohala ʻia, ʻoiai me ka hōʻemi ʻike ʻia o ka helu o nā hihia a me ka pālahalaha ʻana o ka piʻo, aia kekahi mau manawa o ke ola hou ʻana i kā lākou mau hihia. Ke hoʻomaha ʻia nā ana a lilo i poʻe i ka hana kaiāulu e hāʻawi i kahi manawa kūpono no nā nalu epidemi liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia e ka lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Aia me ka pōmaikaʻi o kēia ʻike ʻike mākou i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i kahi loiloi weliweli e hōʻea i kahi hōʻike hōʻike e pili ana i nā hana hoʻomaha me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hiki ke ʻike a mālama i kahi hiki ke ala hou i nā hihia e neʻe nei i mua.
Nonoi ʻia kēlā me kēia e hoʻomaopopo e like me ka hoʻolako ʻia o nā lawelawe kūpono i ka lehulehu i nā alakaʻi no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka nohona e pono e mālama ʻia i nā manawa āpau i ka pono o ke olakino a me ka palekana o ka lehulehu. I loko o ka pōʻaiapili o kēia mea pono mākou e hoʻomanaʻo i ka hoʻoweliweli o COVID-19 e mau nei a e noho mau me mākou no kekahi manawa. ʻO kekahi o nā kuʻuna aupuni e like me: e noho ma ka home e like me ka hiki, ke ʻole ia no ka meaʻai a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau, e hōʻalo i nā hanana lehulehu a me nā ʻaha kanaka, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka nohona pilikino a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pilikino pilikino Paipai ʻia ka lehulehu e kūʻē i ka hele ʻana i nā wahi lehulehu me nā ʻōuli e like me ke flu e like me ke kuni, ka ʻū a me ka ʻū ʻana. Ke kipa aku nei i ka mākeke nui a i ʻole nā wahi lehulehu e hōʻole i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā mea ke ʻole ʻoe e manaʻo e kūʻai. Pono mākou e ʻae i nā lauana e neʻe nei i mua i kēia wahi COVID-19 hou.
ʻOiai, ua wehe ʻia nā hale kūʻai lako paʻa i ka hoʻāʻo e kōkua i nā pilikia o ka home a hoʻonui i ka hiki ke mālama wai, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka lehulehu aia nō mākou i ka pae aupuni i lalo. E waiho wale i kou hale no ka waiwai kūpono.
ʻO kekahi ʻōlelo koi a ka lehulehu e noi aku ai e pili aku ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale maka a i ʻole ka ʻahuʻula ke hele aku i nā wahi lehulehu e like me nā mākeke nui. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka pale maka a i ʻole ka ʻahuʻula no ka mālama kumu ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena makaʻu mai nā poʻe maʻi i ka wā o ka "pre-gejala". E kākoʻo kēia ana i nā hana i kēia manawa no ka pale ʻana i ke olakino a me ka palekana o ko mākou kamaʻāina.
Eia nō naʻe no ka maikaʻi o nā pale maka i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka maʻi, pono lākou e hoʻohana mau e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia.
Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e aʻoaʻo i ka lehulehu e nānā i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōlelo koi e pale ai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka maʻi. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea: - ka holoi lima maʻamau me ke kopa a me ka wai a i ʻole ka waiʻona i hoʻokumu ʻia me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe lima kahi i loaʻa ʻole ke kopa a me ka wai. - uhi ka waha a me ka ihu me nā aʻa a me nā lole ke hoʻohana ʻia ke kahe ʻana a me ka ʻū ʻana. - pale i ka pili pili ʻana me kekahi e hōʻike ana i nā ʻōuli o ka maʻi hanu e like me ke kaʻe ʻana a me ka ʻū ʻana. - e ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a kaʻana like i kāu mōʻaukala huakaʻi me kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hōʻailona e hōʻike ana i ka maʻi hanu i ka wā a ma hope paha o ka huakaʻi.
E hoʻomau ka ʻoihana olakino a olakino i ka hāʻawi mau ʻana i nā mea hou ma COVID-19.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Everyone is asked to note that as essential services are made available to the public the guidelines for social distancing need to be adhered to at all times in the interest of the health and safety of the public.
- It is with the benefit of this information we note the necessity of conducting a risk assessment to arrive at evidence based approach in relaxing measures while ensuring the capacity to detect and manage a possible resurgence in cases moving forward.
- As seen in many of the more developed countries, even with an apparent decrease in the number of cases and the flattening of the curve, there have been periods of resurgence in their cases.