Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis speaks on Sunday.
By RASHAD ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
rrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Sunday announced a two-week lockdown for Cat Island and North and Central Andros that will take effect at 8pm on Monday.
Only essential workers will be allowed to visit the islands during the lockdown.
In-person activities and burials will not be permitted.
Dr Minnis said during a national address: “Every agency, business or establishment shall remain closed, except for the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Government community clinics, and COVID-19 vaccination sites. No individual, other than an essential worker, shall leave his or her place of residence for any purpose other than for the purpose of seeking urgent medical attention, to go to a vaccination site, or on prescribed days, to purchase food, water and other essential items. The administrator or a designee, is permitted to distribute food and water on behalf of the Government.”
“Food store owners may be permitted to restock their stores, after the arrival of the respective mailboat and the Seacorp. Food stores may be opened for two days, between 6am and 6pm after the mailboat has arrived. Residents may leave their homes, to go to the food store during the two days, immediately following the arrival of the mailboat only. Farmers are permitted to water their crops, between the hours of 5am to 9am.
“Subsistence fishing is permitted. The respective commercial banks may reload their Automated Banking Machines. Gas stations may open on Fridays from 6am to 6pm for government agencies only. Customs and Immigration will be able to fulfill their duties as needed. Security guard services will be permitted. Hotel workers carrying identification will be permitted to traverse to and from their places of employment.”
Residents of North and Central Andros will be allowed to harvest crabs during the lockdown from 8pm to 5am. Dr Minnis said if the officer-in-charge on the island allows, people can harvest crabs outside these hours if the weather is favourable for harvesting.
Dr Minnis said AUTEC’s Navy Base will be allowed to operate and Emile Knowles Construction Company will also be allowed to work on the government’s bridge project in Stainard Creek between 6am and 6pm.
On Cat Island, water delivery will be permitted by Donald Newbold from 6am to 6pm and ISD construction’s work on the government’s water project can continue between 6am and 6pm.
“Out of an abundance of caution, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, has already dispatched officers to Cat Island, and North and Central Andros, to ensure that residents are not leaving these areas, and risking the greater spread of the COVID-19 virus, to other communities and islands,” Dr Minnis said.
The Bahamas recorded 52 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including seven in Cat Island and nine in Andros.
Comments
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Amazing and miraculous. You have to be in contact for fifteen minutes without mask within less than three feet. to pick up a viral load. These islanders only contacted within passing. A total hammering of power. One man abuse. Medical money making. Medical totalitarianism. Medical tyranny and all of us are next. While their coffers get full. A gross slaughtering of power. A god unto his Covid money machines. The covud authority judge jury and executioner. Everything they they say is without peer medical review. We are stupid. God help us.
johnmcntsh 3 years, 6 months ago
You obviously have not seen how bad it can be and how quickly you can get it. Always LISTEN to the science. All it takes is one cough in the face. Suggest you stay 6 feet apart
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
Unfortunately we have a terrible situation that has developed around the world today where Big Global Government has partnered with Big Global Business to manipulate most of the science for political purposes and huge private sector profits for the super wealthy.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Obviously you have never been to Andros and if these Covid lunatics running this country were a tank you would be the tracks and happy at your job.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
You are out of your league here
TalRussell 3 years, 6 months ago
Tourism's Crown Minister Dioniso James and his sidekick director-general. Sister Comrade Jibrilu - to take effect, precisely, at the 8:00 pm Hour on Monday, is required to scratch from itineraries. the dosens cruise ships were promised to be laden down with US Dollars paying cruise passengers who will no longer be dropping anchors** off of settlements Cat Island, North. nor the Central Island of Andros, yes?
ohdrap4 3 years, 6 months ago
Better hurry up abd catch the crabs.
TalRussell 3 years, 6 months ago
@ComradeOhdrap. 'twas myself about practice my crab catchin' techniques, yes?
John 3 years, 6 months ago
My mind wanders. How comes Brave Davis constituency suddenly gets this mysterious surge of Covid-19 cases. Secondly, the more Minnis dem push these vaccines and the urgent need to take them, the less desirable the vaccines become. Now Pfizer is going into Africa that has below average cases of the virus and deaths to distribute the vaccine. Heaven help them ( and us too Lord).
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Call the Police for this medical terrorist and banish him to Haiti. He is our Haitian Baby Doc and will soon be banished from the Bahamas by the Christian Council for worshipping numbers, like Baby Doc to France. God help us.
sodisappointed 3 years, 6 months ago
It was interesting this morning I was told the health professionals evaluating there that "there would not be a lockdown, the situation is under control and manageable." And now this. But I know if this keeps one person from dying, it is worth it. But still I wonder. Is this a power trip?
Proguing 3 years, 6 months ago
So should we also prohibit people from driving in Abaco? That would also save many lives...
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Even Hitler was loved by his sycophants who drank his waste and called it honey. Our Hitler is hateded by the police. He us hateded by the Christian Council. He is hateded by us FNMs who voted for him. He is hateded by Bahamian nurses, armed forces PLP voters. He is hateded by all as he has staged a coup on our democracy along with numbers boss. There is no more FNM. It is him and his numbers ruler that is our spiritual priest. He us hateded by all workers unions. He is hateded by all student unions as he tries to enforce child forced vaccination selling parents souls to free gamble.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Every leader throughout history who had to spend one million dollars a week to buy approval of his message fears his toilet tissue.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Medical victimization is being carried out by numbers boss, Covid authority, opposition in a coup upon our democracy. Never has modern Bahamas seen a pirate so deadly since Blackbeard mercilessness upon our Bahamas. We need a new beginning Bahamas DNA to weed out today's curruption. AIDS students and adults can eat anywhere without certification so unvaccinated persons are lowest murderers.
John 3 years, 6 months ago
Now there are reports that some adolescents who take the Pfizer vaccine are developing heart conditions. But ‘the experts’ say parents should continue to vaccinate their children for the good of the country.
johnmcntsh 3 years, 6 months ago
Is it being investigated? Of course. Has it been proven? No. The same as the blood clot reports. They were normal blood clots in the population. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!! This thing is awful. Unless you have seen a loved one get horribly sick and not able to breathe you will just have to take advantage of the science. Also stop watching crazy news.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Our lackey of New World Order destruction through fear, control godlike power. World Economic Forum idiot of reset experimenting with global ball running somewhere that mashes up God and religion, culture, human rights, education, money into a reworked world, but sadly the Bahamas signed onto this experiment. We have to read Shwabs to see where our leadership is supposed to deposit us. So far it is dark, soft and stinks. Health passports that allows one to die without one. Blue fuel, carbon emissions, but they forgot to ask God about volcanoes. Just one belch gives off twenty years of vehicle and cow pollution. Davos reset is in trouble as world leaders struggle as their populations refuse to keep their heads under the sand and drown at high tide because they say so.
ohdrap4 3 years, 6 months ago
Man dude, you send too many repetitive messages to one thread and appear to be spamming.
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
The tyranny of megalomaniacal Minnis is upon us. He's truly a curse upon our small nation like no other and a much worse threat to our people than the Wuhan Virus could ever be. Lord help us.
ohdrap4 3 years, 6 months ago
So much for the odd "fully vaccinated" who might be on those islands and will be grounded for 14 days.
And even those who were there armed with the pcr tests to travel back to Nassau, plus those in Nassau who want to return to those islands. Some will lose income for not returning to work and incur in additional lodging and travel expenses.
John 3 years, 6 months ago
Minnis is a small player in this global event. Maybe he is going along blindly or maybe the powers that be has full control of him, like a puppet or pawn. Minnis lost confidence of many after the stance he took with the vaccines. And whilst they say the vaccines are voluntary, the actual stance is ‘take it or else…’. Then the vaccine plot becomes more sinister when the powers that be cannot tell you any real benefits of taking the vaccines. And in fact vaccinated people are now posing a greater threat to unvaccinated persons. And as less and less people are showing up to take the vaccine, they are giving away millions and millions in prizes and lottery drawings to convince people to take the vaccine. Many who can forgoe dining inside for a few more weeks or who are willing to continue to wear masks until the virus passes. And if that is not enough the powers that be are now offering 200 million doses of the vaccine free to poor and low income countries. But wait, most of these countries are in Africa and Central and South America and most, probably with the exception of India and Brazil were seeing declining numbers in Covid-19 and related deaths since the beginning of the year. And India , which makes millions and millions of the vaccine are giving it away to countries but not making it available to its own people. Maybe for a good reason.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
Yea. Facts on the ground spinning like a centrifuge.
JokeyJack 3 years, 6 months ago
There are next to zero vaccines being put into Africa, central and south america. Vaccines are being forced upon those in European countries or those with European ancestry. I think you have the opposite in mind of who is being targeted.
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
One thing is for sure, Minnis all by himself is sealing the political fate of each and every FNM MP who has so far refused to speak out against his unconstitutional conduct and orders. Their silence will see them banished to the wilderness by the voters when they next visit the polls. But Minnis has no doubt sufficiently feathered his nest to the point where he can afford to continue indulging his grandiose urge to dish out ridiculous orders which recklessly gamble with the political future of all those who give him their silent endorsement.
TalRussell 3 years, 6 months ago
No coincidence that the PM's commencement of his two-week lockdown is set to take effect at 8:00 O'clock. precisely tonight at the same exact night hour when moongasers on the settlements of Cat Island, North and Central Island of Andros, was all set to be venturing outside be looking up into the nights' heavens through *their naked eyes, telescopes, or binoculars to catch a rare closer to the out islands at the first of the two biggest and brightest of Supermoons.
Just no makin' up this looking through naked eyes, telescopes, or binoculars, yes?
proudloudandfnm 3 years, 6 months ago
Better hurry up and lockdown Nassau, PMH needs to be cleared out. Why are you delaying the inevitable doc? Talk about obvious, if any island needs a temporary lockdown its Nassau...
tribanon 3 years, 6 months ago
You really need to spend much more of your time sucking on that nipple-shaped pacifier of yours @proudloudandfnm. LOL
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
How could his shares in swab testing make money if Nassau is locked down. Tit bit MPs must be getting lil shares for silence.
carltonr61 3 years, 6 months ago
https://www.rt.com/news/524698-future-p…
Hope our lunatic Covid team is not working with world medical/bio criminals to release a new storm on Cat Island or Andros that WHO has warned about. We know that he issues lockdowns and closes foodstores the heartless beast have traveled to the thirteenth hell. Expect the worst according to WHO. Our Civid strain authority us a part of an evil and senseless destruction of the Bahamas.
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