Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest will go into self-quarantine after the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre closed following exposure to COVID-19.
A statement from the Cabinet Office said “…the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre, which houses the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance and their agencies has been closed for cleaning and sanitization following exposure to COVID-19.
“The Ministry of Health’s Surveillance Unit has initiated contact tracing to determine the level of exposure to employees and visitors to the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre.
“At this point there has been no confirmation that the Prime Minister or the Deputy Prime Minister have been exposed. Out of an abundance of caution, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister will voluntarily enter into self-quarantine until further instructions from the Ministry of Health.
“Other employees of the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre are encouraged to self-quarantine until further instructions are issued by the Ministry of Health.”
Mr Turnquest tested negative for COVID-19 in July after he self-quarantined at his Grand Bahama home.
• See Wednesday's Tribune for more.
Comments
Clamshell says...
Will they unplug his phone, too? Please?
Posted 11 August 2020, 4:37 p.m. Suggest removal
happyfly says...
Rumor has it that the new Berry Island and Eleuthera cases were caused by a traveling BPL worker. If this is true, between that, the above and the outbreaks at several other government-managed facilities, and the fact that the government conspired with Bahamasair to provide dirt cheap plane tickets for untested travelers to go to Miami and back for the weekend - we really are all staying at home for nothing. They threaten us with fines, they got us all pointing fingers at tourists for not wearing masks and calling each other careless and stupid........for what ?! We are all doing what we are told to do whilst the government spreads this disease around for us. We have a bunch of tyrannical nitwits running the show and we are the stupid ones for presuming they are going to do anything but destroy this country in the process.
Posted 11 August 2020, 5:26 p.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Da PM get lock-down😪😂🤣😂
Posted 11 August 2020, 6:22 p.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
The whole Covid thing and Government's handling of
same is above pathetic and ridiculous, happyfly, it's all a big, disgusting farce.
Posted 11 August 2020, 6:28 p.m. Suggest removal
Porcupine says...
Any new cases today?
Posted 11 August 2020, 6:44 p.m. Suggest removal
TalRussell says...
**Yesterday, Barbados top-brass** public health and safety officials attempted to calm its PopoulacesOrdinary at large POAL that there is **no need for panic** after the discovery of one confirmed case of malaria. The calming POAL comes on the heels **12 Nurses** who have tested positive for COVID-19 and one of them has been diagnosed with malaria. The comrade Sisters Nurses are part of a group of **Ghanian Nurses** brought to the island two weeks ago in a bid to **improve Nursing Care in Barbados.**
Posted 11 August 2020, 7:17 p.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Too funneee, Comrade. Ya just can't make it up!
Posted 11 August 2020, 7:44 p.m. Suggest removal
hrysippus says...
if the churches were all opened and everyone went to church and paid tithes would this corona demon go away? i think i read that one of the cabinet ministers was saying this was a demon?
Posted 11 August 2020, 8:26 p.m. Suggest removal
rodentos says...
not unless they do exorcism
Posted 11 August 2020, 9:09 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
we need to march around the virus 7 times and then give a shout
Posted 11 August 2020, 9:42 p.m. Suggest removal
rodentos says...
lock down for da lockdown
Posted 11 August 2020, 9:08 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
crap does this mean he guh make us suffer with him?
Posted 11 August 2020, 9:42 p.m. Suggest removal
truetruebahamian says...
He should go home, stay home and learn something useful - like how to knit!
Posted 12 August 2020, 9:35 a.m. Suggest removal
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