Yesterday, when I finally got a hold of someone at the Ministry of Health, I asked about the "stay at hotel" document and she immediately called it a form. Being digital, that now makes sense. Not being a physical document also explains some of the explanations I was receiving.
She mentioned no senior staff was available to talk as they are in the process of the procurement of two new testing machines to clear the 10,000 sample backlog by the end of the month. From the Gleaner:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...klog-month-end
On Thursday, the Minister of Health found himself in a scandal which had now occupied more of his time. He held a press conference where he spoke about it, to the chagrin of Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan. Also from the Gleaner:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/l...wife-market-me
The woman I spoke with said that there are procedures that they need to follow before they can change the wording on the form and that the Ministry of Tourism is about to open attractions which would necessitate further changing the wording of the form. She did mention that the Ministry of Health had more pressing issues at the moment and that the changes would be made as soon as possible. I suppose a scandal can do that.
Since the online form had been called a document here, I wrongly assumed it was a paper document and that part of the procedures was the actual printing. Turns out the ink and paper had nothing to do with it. Phase changes, re-openings, backlogs and a scandal are slowing the process.
The Ministry of Tourism had a much more relaxed attitude when I spoke with them. They said they are getting ready to open the attractions. Since we are in Phase 2A with the opening of the South Coast, we will either have a Phase 2B or Phase 3 coming up shortly when the re-openings of attractions commences. They specifically told me to let everyone know that the "stay on hotel property" means to "stay in zone" and not to worry about the present wording on the form.
Originally Posted by Rob
