Antigua Carnival e hlakotsoe bakeng sa 2020 ka lebaka la COVID-19 coronavirus e phatlalalitsoe ke Letona la Mekete ea Sechaba, Mohlomphehi. Daryll S. Matthew maobane, Sontaha, Mmesa 19, 2020.
Letona Matthew o boletse hore Kabinete, nakong ya dipuisano tsa yona mafelong a beke, e amohetse tlhahiso ya hae ya ho hlakola mekete ya Carnival ya 2020, e neng e reretswe ho tshwarwa ho tloha ka la 23 Phupu ho isa la 4 Phato.
“Kabinete e ile ya shebana le maemo a mabapi le seoa sa lefatshe ka bophara sa coronavirus mme ya dumellana hore ho tshwarwa ha mesebetsi nakong ena ho ke ke ha ba molemong wa baahi ho boloka bophelo bo botle, e leng yona ntho e tlang pele ho mmuso. Mokete o boetse o lebelletsoe ho angoa ke phello e mpe ea moruo eo vaerase e tla ba le eona Antigua le Barbuda. Ka hona, ho ile ha lumellanoa hore ho hlakoloe mekete ena 'me ho eletsoa hore ho tsepamisoe maikutlo ho rala Carnival 2021 e tla tsamaellana le ho tšoaroa ha Carnifesta XV mona Antigua le Barbuda,” ho boletse Letona Matthew.
"Hape se tlatselletsang ho hlakoloeng ha mekete ke tumelo e matla ea hore sechaba se ke ke sa ba le thahasello ea ho ea likopanong tsa boithabiso le tsa boithabiso nakong ea seoa sa COVID-19 le ka mor'a sona," ho boletse Matthew.
O boetse a senola hore Komisi ea Mekete e hlahisitse Schedule ea Boipuso ea selemo sena e tla lokolloa ha ho se ho bile le tumello ea molao ea hore seoa sa COVID-19 se fokotsehile. “Re tla tswelapele ho rera mekete ya Boipuso mafelong a Mphalane mathwasong a Pudungwana ka tebello ya hore tikoloho e tla nolofatsa mesebetsi ya mofuta ona,” ho hlalositse Letona Matthew.
Mekete ea Boipuso ea Antigua le Barbuda e lebelletsoe ho tšoaroa likhoeling tse 6 tse tlang ho tloha ka la 24 Mphalane ho isa la 2 Pulungoana 2020.
Antigua le Barbuda ke lihlekehleke tse 2 'me ke sebaka seo bahahlauli ba se ratang haholo se fumanehang ka lifofane tse tobileng tse tsoang UK, USA le Canada. Lihlekehleke tsena li tsebahala haholo ka batho ba nang le botsoalle le ba mofuthu, mabōpo a leoatle a pinki le a lehlabathe le lesoeu, metsi a hloekileng le boemo ba leholimo bo monate.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- “Cabinet looked at the circumstances surrounding the worldwide coronavirus pandemic and agreed that the hosting of the activities at this time would not be in the best interest of the population in maintaining good health, which is the foremost priority of the government.
- It was, therefore, agreed to cancel the celebrations and advised that the focus should be placed on the planning of Carnival 2021 which will coincide with the hosting of Carifesta XV here in Antigua and Barbuda,”.
- “Also contributing to the cancellation of the festivities is the strong belief that the public will have no interest in attending social and entertainment gatherings during and after the COVID-19 pandemic,”.
