Night-time curfew along with other restrictions are to be reimposed for the next two weeks following a spike in covid-19 cases.

This was announced by Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery Bostic this evening during a press conference.

KEY POINTS

• Restrictions will be reimposed from Tuesday 13th of July for two weeks.
• The curfew is reimposed from 11 pm to 5 am every day.
•  No fetes are allowed.
• A 100 person cap for churches, weddings, and cinemas.
• No summer camps.
• No contact sports.
• No spectators at sports.
• Dance studios are not allowed to operate.
• Seated passengers in buses limited to 75 percent with no standing passengers allowed.
• People who can work from home should do so.

Authorities alarmed at a spike in covid cases involving clusters at:

• a church
• a large business,
• a family.
• In addition, three people who came in on a Caribbean Airlines flight have tested positive.
  Officials are concerned that businesses and churches are not complying with the protocols.
• 180 people in quarantine; expected to increase to 200 by end of day.
• Health Minister has announced a three-phase operation.
• Aggressive contact tracing has commenced; primary contacts will be tested and quarantined.
  There will be aggressive community testing.