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Covid unit: cool it this Xmas

Covid unit: cool it this Xmas

December 22, 2021
5:19 pm

Family gatherings are allowed during the Christmas Holidays but the covid-19 monitoring unit advises people against holding parties as covid-19 lingers, now complicated by the Omicron threat.

Head of the Unit Ronald Chapman wants people to be cautious.

Mr. Chapman confirmed that since permission was given for the limited resumption of entertainment events several applications have been received.

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