Prime Minister Mottley has announced a massive two-week national clean-up will commence in Barbados following word from the experts that the frequency and strength of the volcanic eruptions in St. Vincent have decreased.

Miss Mottley was speaking during a site visit to the Grantley Adams International Airport which has been closed for almost a week due to heavy ash falls.

She disclosed that there was another eruption this morning following one yesterday afternoon, but noted that neither had any significant effect on Barbados.

Miss Mottley said that all the construction companies on island are being deployed to clear the ash at the airport using sea and waste water.

Meantime, an additional 15 hundred people are being hired to help with the national clean-up which also targets all the government buildings and this country’s 16 hundred kilometres of highway.

The Prime Minister also declared that going forward Barbados must have national ash plans.

Meantime, Miss Mottley and Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic also provided a covid-19 update disclosing that the most recent batch of 562 tests produced nine positives.

The health minister says he’s happy about the continued decline in the positivity rate but warned the country against being complacent.

And he expressed concern over a cluster involving a church that is linked to more than thirty recent cases.