Last Updated on September 27, 2021, 7:17 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Noting the improvement in the number of vaccinations over the past two weeks, the government of Barbados has extended curfew hours on Sunday.
On Saturday, via a live television broadcast, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced that effective September 26, the revised Sunday curfew will follow the Monday-Saturday curfew – 9 pm to 5 am.
The Barbadian Prime Minister previously announced tighter restrictions amid a wave of COVID, according to which Monday through Saturday curfew hours were 9 pm to 5 am, with the exception of Sunday in 6 pm to 5 am.
Speaking to the nation from New York, Mottley said the decision to revise the curfew was made recognizing that areas of high infection were not public spaces but among families and in communities.
“Where is the virus that calls us problems, it’s not in public spaces. It’s in our homes, unfortunately, and it’s in the communities around the homes,” she insisted.
The Prime Minister added that with around 6,000 new people vaccinated, she hoped by mid-October, Barbados could reach the target of 20,000.
“I pray that if we manage to hit the 20,000 target in the next two weeks, the 9 pm curfew can go until midnight,” Mottley said.
She added, “It’s not about holding people to ransom or bribing anyone. It’s about the reality of public health management and the ability to be able to reduce the numbers… C is public health advice.But at the same time, we have to balance it with what we need to keep people at work, because it makes no sense to try to keep people safe and people die from lack of food or other things that were occasioned by the restrictive movement. ”
The new curfew expires on Friday October 8.
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