Mohammed Al-Minshawi-Washington
The announcement by the mayor of the US capital, Morr Bawser, to tighten quarantine and domestic isolation measures, coincided with a similar announcement by the governors of neighboring states Virginia and Maryland, to launch a new stage in the face of the spread of the Corona epidemic.
By mid-Tuesday, there were 495 cases of HIV in Washington, while nine people died, 1,250 and 19 deaths in Virginia, while the state of Maryland was 1660, and 18 people died.
The three officials announced the day before yesterday to impose a ban that obliges Americans to abide by the homes, otherwise they will be imprisoned and fined. Bawser confirmed that the penalty for the violation in Washington will reach three months in prison and a fine of five thousand dollars. The new decisions allowed to leave homes only to buy food, obtain medical care, exercise or walk a dog.
| The importance of e-procurement and distributors increased (Al-Jazirah) |
And Al Jazeera Net monitored some new appearances that are no longer strange with the entry of home quarantine procedures and the almost total closure of Washington for its third week, as it spread to the entrances of food stores and cafes, informative regulations demanding its visitors to leave a distance of two meters between them and the rest of the shoppers.
As for cafes and restaurants that are still open, customers are dealt with from outside and the request is taken and delivered from the workers wearing gloves. Also, these restaurants and cafes stopped dealing in cash for fear of spreading the virus to workers, and credit cards are only accepted.
| Police cars in front of large food stores to maintain order (Al Jazeera) |
The repercussions of the spread of the Corona virus changed many of the traditional tasks of the police in those facilities, and some of its members moved to stand in front of the big food stores, to supervise the entry and exit process and to ensure that shoppers adhere to instructions to keep away from others, and adhere to the quantities allowed to be purchased from some of the materials that run quickly, such as toiletries. And sterilization.
In light of the continued closure of the shops, the electronic purchases multiplied, and the people's sympathy for the drivers of the trucks and distributors increased. Although most employees and workers expected to conduct their work and move to work electronically remotely, cleaners and construction workers did not expect to do their work with the necessary precautions in place.
The decisions to prohibit going out of the house allowed going out to exercise, whether walking or jogging, as well as walking dogs, and also allowed children to play in front of their homes provided they kept an appropriate distance and not to approach others, and then the places designated for walking and jogging were crowded.
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Because of the Corona virus, the capital canceled the traditional celebrations accompanying the "Opening Cedars" festival, which Japan presented to the United States at the beginning of the last century as a symbol of friendship. The number of visitors that were crowded with shrubs spread along the part of the Potomac River and other adjacent areas was reduced.
As for most of the scenes that the world watches daily, it is President Trump's daily press conference about the Corona virus, but the numbers of journalists in the press conference room, which had capacity for 49 journalists sitting in addition to the standing of dozens, were currently allowed, but less than ten journalists are currently allowed to attend Social spacing for health reasons.