Dominica wins its war against COVID-19

Small Caribbean Island of Dominica is finally COVID-19 free. Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit stated that with the efforts of health workers and corporation of citizens, the country has now won its war against the contagious various.

Prime Minister stated on the national broadcaster that there are no active COVID-19 cases in Dominica and all the sixteen confirmed patients have successfully recovered.

Prime Minister applauded all health and government officials for their constant efforts during the pandemic. He stated that the government spent almost 22 million dollars in direct costs in our response to the pandemic so far.

Dominica is now amongst the Caribbean countries that have won their war against the virus, St Barts, Anguilla and St Lucia are also coronavirus free while St Kitts and Nevis is waiting for their one active COVID-19 patient to recover.

The Prime Minister Dr Skerrit, while talking about the people who have lost their income because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said, "People who have lost their incomes, or are facing a period of deep uncertainty, do not despair, for even more aid is underway."

Furthermore, Prime Minister stated that one must not forget that this disease is extremely contagious and has claimed the lives of over 300,000 people worldwide in the space of a few months.

Dominica has been observing curfews since the first case of Coronavirus in the country; however all the essential services remained open for people.

More than 3 million people across the globe are infected with this highly contagious disease which developed from a wet market in Wuhan, China. Since the first two coronavirus patients in December 2019, there now 190 countries with coronavirus patients and over 300,000 stumbled to death.

The Dominican Republic remains the worse hit COVID-19 country with over twelve thousand cases and 428 deaths.