Dominica: Lockdown & curfew imposed, all non-essential services shut as more test COVID positive
After the discovery of a recent cluster of COVID-19 on the island, the government of Dominica announced a lockdown, evening curfew followed by full day curfew on weekends
Tuesday, 3rd August 2021
- A Curfew Order will be in effect from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am daily from Tuesday, August 3, 2021, for the next seven days
- In the case of the weekend, the curfew will begin at 5:00 pm on Saturday, August 7, 2021, and will continue throughout the day on Sunday, August 8, 2021, and end on Monday August 9, 2021, at 5 am. The curfew will then resume the night of Monday, August 9, 2021, at 6 pm.
- All non-essential businesses are to remain closed.
- Essential workers, including people:
- Working at the ports
- Healthcare workers,
- Banks and credit unions,
- Hardware stores
- Telecoms and broadcasting
- Pharmacies,
- Farmers
- Security services,
- Utilities—the exhaustive list will be published.
- Private parties
- Recreational or sporting events
- Social events d. Meetings of fraternal societies or of clubs
- Group tours and Loud music
He said that over 200 people presented themselves for testing at the Roseau Health Centre, yesterday, August 2, 2021 and 14 of the individuals tested positive to the Rapid Antigen test while the RT-PCR results are awaited.
To date there are 10 confirmed cases associated with this event plus two imported cases bringing the total number of active cases in Dominica to 12.
Based on observations, the authorities said that the the current cluster of the COVID-19 cases is quite different from previous clusters, mainly because a number of the people who have tested positive, and their contacts, are presenting with flu like symptoms making the virus more contagious.
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