Setsi sa Sechaba St. Eustatius e eletsa ka matla baahi ba Statian hore ba lule ba le hlokolosi ka ho nka boikarabello (ho hlompha litataiso tsa bohloeki, ho hlahlojoa le ho entoa) ha mmuso o ntse o nolofatsa mehato ea COVID-19 ho tloha ka Labobeli la 1 Hlakola.^st, 2022. Batho ba ka holimo ho 25 (ho e-na le hona joale ba 15) ba lumelloa ho ba ka hare ho lireschorente le libareng, kapa karolo ea 50 lekholong ea matla a feletseng. Ho tantša ho ntse ho sa lumelloe. Likolo, litsi tsa tlhokomelo ea mots'eare le mekhatlo e kantle ho sekolo e ka lumella baithuti ba 25 sehlopheng ka seng ho fapana le ba 15. Ho nolofatsa mehato ha ho e-so sebetse ho lisuphamakete le likhoebo tseo e seng tsa bohlokoa.

Likopano li tla khonahala hape ho tloha ka la 1 Hlakola^st, 2022. Leha ho le joalo, boholo ba batho ba 25 bo lumelloa kapa 50% ea bokhoni ba sebaka seo. Bakeng sa lipapali tsa kahare le kantle ho boetse ho sebetsa palo e kholo ea batho ba 25. Likhomishenara ka bobeli tsa 'Muso li pheta boipiletso ho baahi hore ba entoe le ho hlahlojoa ha ba sa ikutloe hantle. "Ha ho nahanoa ka palo e phahameng ea ts'oaetso, lefats'e ka bophara, le ts'oaetso ea mofuta oa Omicron, ha ho khonehe ho fumana le ho boloka Statia COVID e lokolohile. Ka hona, re na le boikarabelo bo kopanetsoeng ba ho sireletsa lihlopha tse tlokotsing sechabeng sa rona. Bana ke maqheku le batho ba nang le maemo a bophelo bo botle," ho bolela Mokomishinara oa 'Muso Alida Francis.

Kokoana-hloko ena e hasane sehlekehlekeng sena, 'me ho lebelletsoe hore e tla ba teng likhoeling tse tlang. "Kakaretso ea liperesente tsa ente ea baahi e ntse e le tlase haholo, 50%. Kotsi nakong ea seoa ke hore maqheku a sa entoeng le lihlopha tse ling tse tlokotsing sehlekehlekeng sa rona li ipeha kotsing ea ho tšoaetsoa, kahoo li lokela ho sireletsoa. Empa hape re tlameha ho nolofatsa mehato hape kaha tsena ke moroalo moruong oa rona."

Khatello ea moruo ke lebaka le leng leo mmuso oa lehae o nolofatsang mehato ea COVID-19, ha o ntse o le hlokolosi mme o nka mehato ea ho sireletsa baahi. Mokhoa ona o reretsoe ho boloka tekano lipakeng tsa bophelo bo botle ba sechaba le nts'etsopele ea moruo. "Basebetsi ba tlatsetso ba baoki ba fanoeng ke Lekala la Bophelo bo Botle, Boiketlo le Lipapali (VWS) ba se ba sebetsa sehlekehlekeng sena. Bokhoni ba lekala la tlhokomelo ea bophelo bo lekane. Haeba ho hlokahala, St. Maarten e ka amohela bakuli ba tsoang Statia kaha Setsi sa Bongaka sa St. Maarten (SMMC) se na le bokhoni bo lekaneng. Bakuli ba COVID-19 ba tla fetisetsoa ho St. Maarten haeba bophelo bo ntse bo mpefala esale pele ho netefatsa tlhokomelo e nepahetseng ka ho fetesisa. Sena se se se ntse se le joalo libekeng tse fetileng ho tloha ha koluoa e qala."

Hape, Alida Francis o re, palo ea linyeoe e ntse e tsitsitse, ts'oaetso ha e matla haholo, 'me matšoao hangata a bobebe haholo. Ho feta moo, palo ea batho ba hlokang tlhokomelo ea sepetlele e tlaase haholo: ba ka tlaase ho karolo ea 2 lekholong ba hloka ho kena sepetlele ho tla fihlela joale. Khomishenara ea Mmuso o tsoela pele ho re baahi ka kakaretso ba latela mehato ea bohloeki hantle: ho roala maske sefahleho, ho boloka sebaka sa sechaba le ho hlompha mehato e nkuoeng libakeng tsa sechaba joalo ka lireschorente, libara le mabenkele a maholo.