I-Duke University, esivele isebenza ngaphansi kwe-lockdown ukulwa nokunyuka kwezifo ze-coronavirus, ngoLwesibili ibike amacala angama-231 kusukela ngesonto eledlule, cishe amaningi njengoba isikole sibe nayo yonke isemester yokuwa.

"Lesi bekuyinani eliphakeme kakhulu lamacala aqinisekisiwe abikwa ngesonto elilodwa," kusho isikole eisitatimende."Abantu abahlolelwe ukuthi banegciwane babekwe bodwa, kanti labo abahlonzwe njengabangase baxhumane nabo babekwe bodwa endaweni yokuphepha."

Isikole sikhiphe umyalo “wokuhlala endaweni” ngoMgqibelo, odinga abafundi abahlala ezindlini ezinikezwe uDuke ukuthi bahlale egunjini labo lokuhlala noma efulethini ngaso sonke isikhathi ngaphandle kwemisebenzi ebalulekile ehlobene nokudla, impilo noma ukuphepha.Abafundi abahlala ngaphandle kwekhampasi kudingeka bahlale lapho ngaphandle kokuhlukile okumbalwa.

Imicimbi yokujaha eyenziwa yizinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo ibonakala iyimbangela enkulu yokuqubuka kwalesi sifo.

"Lesi senzo (sokuhlala endaweni) siyadingeka ukuze kuqukethe inani elanda ngokushesha lamacala e-COVID phakathi kwabafundi baseDuke, okuqhutshwa kakhulu ngabafundi abahambela amaqembu okuqasha amaqembu aphilayo," kusho inyuvesi.

Futhi ezindabeni:

►I-White House ithe ngoLwesibili izosatshalaliswa imithamo engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-22 yemithi yokugomela i-COVID-19 ezinsukwini eziyisikhombisa ezizayo, okuyizinga eliphakeme elisha elizothumela isilinganiso sosuku esingaphezu kwezigidi ezintathu okokuqala ngqa.Kulelo nani, imithamo eyizigidi eziyi-16 izosatshalaliswa ezifundazweni kanti enye izosatshalaliswa ezinhlelweni ezilawulwa uhulumeni, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zokugomela abantu abaningi, amakhemisi nezikhungo zezempilo zomphakathi.

►Izifunda eziningi zivumela bonke abantu abadala ukuthi bagonywe.UMississippi ujoyine i-Alaska ngoLwesibili ekuvuleni amasango ezikhukhula okufaneleka kokugoma.Umbusi wase-Ohio uthe ngoLwesibili umuthi wokugoma uzotholakala kunoma ngubani esifundazweni 16 nangaphezulu ekupheleni kukaMashi, kanti iConnecticut ilungiselela ukuvula kubo bonke abayi-16 nangaphezulu kusukela ngo-Ephreli 5.

►Isilinganiso sezinsuku eziyisikhombisa samacala amasha nsuku zonke e-US sehle emasontweni amabili edlule sisuka ku-67,570 ngoMashi 1 saya ku-55,332 ngoMsombuluko, kanti isilinganiso sokushona kwansuku zonke ngalezo zinsuku ezifanayo sehle sisuka ku-1,991 saya ku-1,356, ngokusho kukaJohns Hopkins. Idatha yasenyuvesi.

►Rep.UJohn Katko, RN.Y., ucela uMongameli uJoe Biden ukuthi amemezele “Usuku Lukazwelonke Lokuqwashisa Ngomgomo we-COVID-19” njengeholide lombuso lesikhathi esisodwa lokukhuthaza nokukhuthaza imizamo yokugoma ezweni lonke.

►I-China igunyaze umuthi wokugoma wesihlanu ozosetshenziswa ezimweni eziphuthumayo, umuthi wokugoma wemithamo emithathu onenyanga eyodwa phakathi kokudubula.I-China iphuze ukugoma abantu bayo abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.4, njengoba kunikezwa imithamo eyizigidi ezingama-65.Iningi liya kubasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo, labo abasebenza emngceleni noma ezindlini, nasezimbonini ezithile.