Last Updated on May 6, 2020, 9:14 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Grenada has officially cancelled 2020 Carnival celebrations. They have said that the annual event may result in a rise of the second wave of the coronavirus COVID-19 and may further have an impact socio-economic growth of the island nation.
Spicemas Corporation has said in a statement which it issued on Tuesday that Grenada, is dealing with the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 like the rest of the world, not only in the sector of public health and the local economy but also in the country’s way of life.
The Corporation added that significant efforts had been made by the local authorities to manage the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 disease, an event, the size and type of the carnival may give rise to an often-touted “second wave” of the coronavirus COVID-19. It may have a further impact on the lives and livelihoods of the Grenadians.
The statement further added that it is against the backdrop that the Spicemas Corporation has decided to cancel the Spicemas 2020.
The difficult decision of cancelling the carnival was taken after the discussions were made with the other stakeholders and the public health officials and added that it is entirely dependant of the impact of this decision on the many stakeholders of the event.
However, the Corporation said that it is confident about the decision which it is has taken for safeguarding public health and safety.
Spicemas 2020 had been scheduled to be launched on May 2. Still, the Corporation announced that the carnival would be cancelled after Grenada declared a state of emergency on March 25 and the Corporation added that the Corporation is optimistic that the cancellation would provide an extended time frame for the Corporation for planning and executing a bigger and better Spicemas 2021.
The Corporation is looking forward to your enthusiastic support and whole-hearted involvement in making Spicemas 2021, the biggest and best.
The Carnival celebrations run traditionally from the date of the launch to the second Tuesday in August.
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