Westmoreland warned of tighter COVID restrictions amid 'carelessness'

"Careless behavior, including illegal bike parties and other such activities, are driving the spread of COVID-19 in the western Jamaica parish of Westmoreland, prompting a warning to residents that they could be faced with increased restrictions under the Disaster Risk Management Act in the coming days."

“In this parish, over the last month, the numbers of confirmed cases have moved from 245 to 460. In the last two weeks, over 100 newly confirmed cases have been recorded,” Tufton told the House. He noted that while the parish has recorded 22 COVID-19 related deaths overall, 12 of those were recorded in the last two weeks. He said the ministry’s surveillance at the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital also shows a worrying trend with COVID-19 admissions increasing steadily over the last three months. For the month of October there were 23 admissions, more than doubling to 55 in November.


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There is a major health screening at the Bus Park on the 10th. There will be eye testing, Aids screening as well as Covid testing. The thought on Covid is that the route taxi is a major vector.

Well, that and the illegal parties are I hate to say the overwhelming attendance at funerals.

Everything considered, we are still at 22 Covid deaths since March. More kids have died in cycle accidents.....

So.... as we have mentioned, do not go to yard parties and avoid public transportation.

From the Gleaner:

"Based on the on-the-ground information provided by the police and the local health team, most of the infections are driven by illegal parties hosted at bars and corner shops, nine-nights and wakes, and the infamous bike parties that move from community to community,” said Tufton.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...eadies-vaccine