St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party says govt not revealing real COVID-19 data

Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis: On Wednesday, St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party lashed at the government for their unpreparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic. The opposition stated the government had more than one year to make appropriate arrangements, but it failed on all fronts.

SKNLP claimed that are per their reliable information, the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country is much greater than the government has been indicating.

The opposition in a press release stated that all government quarantine sites are at maximum capacity, and police officers have also been asked to move out of the Explorers building in Molineux to be transformed into another quarantine site.

"The government has been trickling the information to the public to hide their incompetence. After one (1) whole year no effective plan of action has been put in place. The government is clearly overwhelmed." stated St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party.

Furthermore, SKNLP questioned the government's delayed response to the pandemic and asked the government to take accountability as the virus load is increasing.

Not only that, the St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party also blamed the government for lack of transparency in revealing the real coronavirus cases.

On Wednesday, the government also imposed a state of emergency due to the rapidly growing numbers of COVID-19 island-wide.