Dear Editor,
First of all I must congratulate Dr. Anthony on his appointment as Health Minister for the second time. I am confident that he will give of his best.
As a concerned citizen my major problem however is the constant and high increase in the number of COVID-19 cases within the past 2 or so weeks. There was one instant whereby we had 60 plus positive cases in one day. As you are aware Trinidad has imposed another lockdown, Brazil has now recorded more than 107,000 deaths. These are our neighbors and thus cause for concern. This is where my concern deepens.
You see there is this trend that occurs every Sunday at the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway Junction. Every Sunday from about 4: pm to around 9 or later there is a massive crowd of revelers that seem so oblivious to this disease or how our country is suffering. These folks normally begin their day at the various creeks along the highway and would then converge here at the junction for their final hurrah. My gripping fear is that this will be the site of a major outbreak in this country unless a stop is put to it.
Now surprisingly, in spite of all the recent high cases, I noticed the curfew has been extended when there are persons who are knowingly still gathering in large numbers consuming alcohol and not adhering to the guidelines. So it seems that there are no restrictions anymore. The police just doesn’t seem to care or are forcefully refrained from doing anything. If officials in Berbice are charged for not adhering to the guidelines, what is happening here?
So I would want to ask the minister, Mr. Minister of Health, you being the most important member of the Task Force, don’t you think this is something of grave concern? Or does our human resources not matter anymore?
I do believe that not long before taking office it was one of these young government ministers that commented in the negative about this very gathering at the junction. So am I to understand that we have gained the victory over this virus?
Regards
Concerned Citizen
