It may be time for a non medical person (a businessman probably) to fill the Minister of Health position. Specialists in that position generally do not do a good job, and certainly have not in this current crisis and its really the Chief Medical Officer and staff that deals with the kind of medical situations we have at present anyway.

The PM should not attempt to fill this position since his incompetence has already been shown with the multiple gaffes he made issuing "emergency" orders!

... wow! As though only Americans can be carriers of this virus! Thank God the Brits, Canadians and other are all immune!

The more reasonable idea is large scale antibody testing here to reopen different sectors and only accepting allowing tourists who present proof of having antibodies showing they have cleared the infection to travel here. This reopens the economy somewhat, while we wait for a vaccine!

... "clearly"? Really?

@ThisIsOurs... all Sands had to do was ask for the swabs to be sent by Fed Ex-- problem solved.

This flight was precleared before it left the USA, that is a major problem!

Sands should not be asked to resign, he should be fired! The only reason he might not be is because Minnis is too politically weak to do so!

... but when the same 'hustle' takes place with something you don't agree with he should be fired, right? It seems the concept of what principle means eludes you!

… I think it is relatively obvious that this was never about test kits, if it were those kind hearted donors could have sent them by courier. The fact that these residents could enter while less privileged Bahamian citizens who are stuck in the US and want to come home are being jerked around, speaks volumes!!

Do conch stalls have drive thru windows?

... these kits (actually swabs) could have been sent by Fed Ex if they were really that important. Obviously something more is going on here!

no Mudda. this is my perspective:

1) One kidney doctor has already died from COVID-19 (Judson Eneas).

2) Dr Sands recently said that around 15 COVID positive cases are doctors, that did not include nurses.

3) They just recently had to close a ward because of one COVID patient who had no symptoms.

4) The way I see it, is the director of the department has a duty to protect himself, his staff and other patients who use that department. That would involve having rules in place. Bahamians simply do not like to follow simple rules. Look at how many people cannot follow the simple advice to have one designated shopper per household (every time I go in the grocery store there are people in groups of 2 or 3 three shopping or wearing their masks below their noses).

5) Imagine what would happen to other patients if they had to close dialysis to sanitize.

I find it more egregious to ask the elderly to remove their shoes going through security for domestic flights!