"Ukuvimbela kuwukwelapha okungcono kakhulu," kusho isikhulu sezempilo sesifunda sase-Kaua'i uDkt. Janet Berreman. "Ungazivikela futhi wehlise ukusabalala ngokugoma namuhla."
Izikhulu ziphendule imibuzo yezintatheli zendawo ngesimo salesi simo.
"Izihambi ziletha uhlobo lwe-Delta lwegciwane le-COVID esifundazweni," uDkt. Berrem utshele i-KITV. "Abahambi abanjalo abazona nje izivakashi," kusho uDkt. Janet Berrem eTurboNews.
eTurboNews ubuze ukuthi ngabe ukuvulwa kombuso kuzo zonke izivakashi kufanele kubambezeleke. eTurboNews ucaphune umbiko ngo-Israel ebeka inkambiso in ukubambezeleka kokuvula kabusha izindawo zayo zezokuvakasha.
UDkt. Berrem wengeze ngokuthi izivakashi ezigonyiwe kuphela ezingafika ngemuva kukaJulayi 8 ngaphandle kokuhlolwa. I-Israel, nokho, yayihlele ukuvulela izivakashi ezigonyiwe futhi yalibazisa lolu hlelo inyanga yonke ukuze ifunde ukuthi okuhlukile kwe-Delta kungenziwani kubantu abagonyiwe.
UDkt. Berrem uthe umnotho waseHawaii awukwazanga ukumelana nomzamo wokuvula kabusha imboni yezivakashi ebidingeka kabi.
Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi izivakashi kufanele yini zithole ukuhlolwa okusheshayo ngaphambi kokuba zingeniswe emahhotela, uDkt. Berrem uphendule ngokuthi umbuso ugxile ekuhloleni abantu bakhona ngaphandle kwemayela lezokuvakasha lase-Waikiki. Wengeze ngokuthi ukhiye ukugoma.
I-Hawaii yenza konke okusemandleni ukukhuthaza labo abangagonyiwe ukuthi bathole isibhamu ukuze bathole ukungena mahhala e-Honolulu Zoo, i-Oahu Waterpark, kanye nezinye izinzuzo eziningi ezitholakalayo manje ukuze bakholwe ukuthi amaphesenti angu-40 e-Hawaii athathwa njengangagonyiwe. Umbuso uthemba ukuthi lezi zinzuzo zizokholisa abantu abangagonyiwe ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo esibalulekile futhi bangavikeleki egciwaneni elibulalayo le-COVID-19.
Njengoba kwakunjalo kusukela ekuqaleni kokugqashuka kwe-COVID, i Isiphathimandla Sezokuvakasha saseHawaii ayitholakalanga ukuze kubekwe amazwana noma ukuqondiswa.