July 11, 2021
In response to large COVID-19 spikes at a St Michael church and local business recently, Barbados’ Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Kenneth George, is urging all local establishments to immediately re-evaluate their COVID-19 protocols.
During a COVID-19 Update and Press Conference on Sunday, George said a church and local business registered 33 and 21 new COVID-19 cases respectively, over the last few days.
He said the Ministry of Health has been made aware of businesses being slack in their current protocols, with employers and employees seemingly ditching most protocols while they are out of the eye of the public.
“What we are noticing, is that when you go into businesses across Barbados, you get some businesses doing a temperature check, you get hand sanitizer. The worrisome part of these businesses is the operations that you do not see. We have good reason to believe those operations include how people mix and mingle within the business.