洛杉矶市长表示，该市将被授权切断大型聚会和集会场所的水电供应，尽管已采取了限制新冠病毒传播的措施。

The mayor of Los Angeles has said the city will be authorised to shut off water and power to properties where large parties and gatherings² are held despite restrictions³ imposed to curb⁴ the spread of coronavirus.

 

The order targets repeat offenders⁵ who have hosted large gatherings several times during the pandemic, Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday.

 

It's meant to deter⁶ them from hosting parties or events in the future, during a period of the pandemic when California continues to lead the country in coronavirus cases.

 

Eric Garcetti said house parties had become "nightclubs in the hills" and that the focus would be on gatherings "posing significant public dangers".

 

The rule comes into force on Friday.

 

Starting this Friday, if the Los Angeles Police Department responds and confirms that a large gathering¹ is taking place at a property, they'll give notice and request that the city's Department of Water and Power shuts off service to that property within the next two days.

 

"This enforcement is not focused on small and ordinary gatherings in people's homes. These are focused on the people determined⁷ to break the rules, posing significant public dangers and a threat to all of us," Garcetti said during a Covid-19 news conference.

 

California is the worst-affected US state with over 532,000 Covid-19 cases.

 

State authorities have also reported 9,872 deaths resulting from coronavirus.

 

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