A major US city is going back into lockdown today because of COVID-19

[Andy Meek]

• One major US city has locked back down again because of the coronavirus.
• A stay-at-home order is now in effect that covers the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which includes the state's capital city of Honolulu.
• This comes as the number of coronavirus cases in the US has passed 5.8 million since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Hawaii has become the latest example of a couple of difficult yet fundamental truths about the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the coronavirus-inspired lockdown that was set to begin Thursday on the island of Oahu -- which also encompasses the state capital of Honolulu.

Time was, Hawaii was regarded as one of the few so-called "safe" corners of the US. Its status as an island and the relative difficulty in getting to it seemed to make it a bit harder for the coronavirus to spread to it from the US mainland compared to, say, between adjacent states like New York and New Jersey. And yet, as of Thursday, the state's capital was set to return once again to a lockdown status, with a stay-at-home order meaning the closure of non-essential businesses like retail stores and gyms. They'll have to stay closed for two weeks, and this order also keeps public spaces like beaches and parks, as well as bars, closed, too.

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