(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) San Francisco, the United States, indefinitely extend the "home order" and "travel isolation order"

　　China News Agency, San Francisco, December 31. San Francisco, California officials announced on the 31st local time that the local "home order" and "travel quarantine order" were extended indefinitely.

　　"San Francisco Chronicle" reported that San Francisco officials said on the 31st that the city’s "stay at home" and "travel quarantine order" will be extended for at least two to three weeks.

After the anticipated surge in cases caused by the Christmas and New Year holidays, health officials will reassess the end date of the ban.

Data map: On December 27, 2020, citizens of San Francisco, California, USA, were relaxing near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　The five counties of San Francisco, Santa Clara, Marin, Contra Costa, and Alameda in the San Francisco Bay Area issued the most stringent "home order" since March this year on December 4.

This "home order" will last until at least January 4, 2021.

More than 10 days later, the San Francisco Bay Area entered the "Home Order" issued by the California government.

California’s “home order” will last at least three weeks and can be cancelled as early as January 8, 2021.

According to reports, San Francisco’s “travel quarantine order” requires people who enter San Francisco from outside the Bay Area to stay at home for 10 days.

The order was originally scheduled to expire on January 4, 2021.

　　San Jose’s Mercury News reported that San Francisco Mayor London Brid and health officer Grant Colfax said on the 31st that, given that the capacity of the intensive care unit is unlikely to undergo major changes in the next few weeks, It is also expected that holiday gatherings will bring more cases, and extending the “home order” is the safest way.

　　According to the report, San Francisco extended the “travel quarantine order” partly to prevent the more contagious mutant virus from spreading to the city from other parts of the United States.

Infectious disease experts say that the mutant virus, originally found in the UK, was discovered this week in Colorado and San Diego, California, and is likely to be spreading elsewhere.

　　The National Broadcasting Corporation quoted London Breed as saying: "We have been actively implementing the'stay-at-home order' and the'travel quarantine order' to protect San Francisco people. We hope that through quick action, we can level the curve and accelerate the pace of reopening. ."

　　In 2020, nearly 20 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia have been reported across the United States, and more than 345,000 Americans have died.

California reported about 2.3 million confirmed cases throughout the year and about 25,500 deaths.

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