Ua hoʻolaha ke Aupuni o Saint Lucia i kahi ala e wehe hou ai i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni ma ke ʻano kuleana, e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 4, 2020.

ʻO ka hoʻolālā, i wehe ʻia e ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Dominic Fedee, pale i nā lāhui a me nā malihini mai ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o ka maʻi Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) ma o ka hoʻāʻo mua ʻana; ka nānā ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i nā limahana a me nā malihini; ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma nā wahi like ʻole a puni ka huakaʻi hele; a me nā protocol hoʻokaʻawale kaiapili hou.

ʻO ka Phase One o ka wehe hou ʻana me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mokulele honua ma Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa wale nō. Paipai ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e nānā me nā mokulele e pili ana i ka papa kuhikuhi a me nā lula ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia mau malihini kipa mua, ua mākaukau nā lumi hōkele 1,500 ma Saint Lucia e wehe i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Iune, ke kali nei i ka pau ʻana o kahi kaʻina hōʻoia COVID-19 hou.

No ka pale ʻana i ka poʻe noho a hoʻēmi i ka laha ʻana o ka novel coronavirus, ua pani ʻo Saint Lucia i kona mau palena i nā mākeke honua ma Malaki 23, 2020. Mai ia manawa, ua hahai ka mokupuni i nā protocol palekana i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka World Health Organization a me ka Caribbean Public Health Agency, i hui pū me ke Keʻena ʻOihana Ola a me ka Ola, nānā i nā alakaʻi hoʻomalu ma kahi, a hana i kahi Pūʻulu Hana COVID-19 e hoʻolālā no ka wehe hou ʻana. I kēia lā, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Saint Lucia i 18 mau hihia o COVID-19, a ua ola hou nā kānaka a pau. ʻAʻohe hihia koʻikoʻi e noiʻi ʻia nei.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Fedee, ʻo ke ala e wehe hou ai, e hoʻomau ana a hiki i Iulai 31, 2020, ma muli o nā kūkākūkā COVID-19 Task Force me nā mea kuleana o ka ʻoihana mokupuni.

ʻO nā kaʻina hana hou mai ke kaʻina hoʻopaʻa hōkele a hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele a me ka ʻike hōkele ma Saint Lucia. Aia nā protocols:

Pono ka poʻe kipa e hōʻike i ka hōʻoia hōʻoia o kahi hōʻike COVID-19 maikaʻi ʻole i loko o 48 mau hola ma hope o ko lākou holo ʻana.
I ka hōʻea ʻana i Saint Lucia, pono nā huakaʻi āpau e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā maka maka a me ka hele kino.
E kau ʻia ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka nānā ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka wela e nā luna olakino o ke awa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā protocols no nā taxis, e hāʻawi i nā palekana palekana a hoʻokaʻawale i ka mea hoʻokele mai nā malihini ma ke ʻano he palekana palekana.
E hoʻoikaika ʻia nā protocol olakino a me ka palekana ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hōʻailona me nā code QR e lawe ai i nā huakaʻi i kahi ʻaoʻao pae no ka ʻike hou aku.

No ka hōʻoia ʻana e noho mau ʻo Saint Lucia i kahi wahi palekana a kuleana, ke kūkulu nei ke aupuni i kahi palapala COVID-19 no nā hōkele. Pono nā hōkele e hoʻokō i kahi mau kaukani a ʻoi aku paha nā kikoʻī kikoʻī no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ka hele ʻana i ka nohona a me nā protocol COVID-19 ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka ʻae ʻia e wehe i nā malihini. E hoʻonui kēia mau hana i ka palekana o nā malihini, nā limahana a me nā lāhui o Saint Lucian.

Ma ka Phase One, e loaʻa nā ʻike kuʻuna i ʻike ʻia e Saint Lucia ma kahi palena palena. E hana pololei nā hōkele a me nā mea huakaʻi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me nā malihini e hoʻonohonoho i nā ʻike palekana.

"Ua hana maikaʻi ʻia kā mākou mau protocols hou a e kūkulu i ka hilinaʻi ma waena o nā huakaʻi a me ko mākou kamaʻāina," wahi a ka Mea Hanohano Dominic Fedee. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ke hoʻomau nei ke Aupuni o Saint Lucia e pale i nā ola a me nā ola ʻoiai e hoʻomaka ana i kāna ʻoihana."

E hoʻomaka ana ka Māhele ʻElua o ka pae ʻāina hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻAukake 1, 2020, me nā kikoʻī e hōʻike ʻia i nā pule e hiki mai ana.

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