{"id":114864,"date":"2020-08-10T07:46:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T11:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=114864"},"modified":"2020-08-28T07:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:20:43","slug":"jamaica-surpasses-1000-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jamaica-surpasses-1000-covid-19-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Surpasses 1,000 COVID-19 Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamaica has become the second CARICOM country, behind Haiti, to surpass the 1,000- COVID-19 case mark, after recording 16 new cases to bring the total to 1,003.<\/p>

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According to the Ministry of Health, 10 of the 16 new cases are females and six are males, with ages ranging from 12 to 42 years.<\/p>\n

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Nine are imported cases with addresses in St James, Kingston and St Andrew, St Ann and St Mary.<\/p>

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Two are contacts of confirmed cases, one with a Clarendon address and the other a St James address.<\/p>

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Five are under investigation.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, recoveries are at 745, while there are 190 active cases, including six moderately ill patients. Some 55 patients have returned to their countries of origin, while 13 have died.<\/p>

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This latest update follows a call from Prime Minister Andrew Holness for Jamaicans to be more responsible in adhering to the infection prevention and control measures put in place to reduce the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

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Following a sharp increase in the COVID-19 cases, Holness warned that complacency could erode the success gained in controlling the virus, which will result in a second and more dangerous outbreak across the island.<\/p>

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\u201cOur success can easily become our failure. If we believe that because we have had such low death rates and relatively low rates in terms of infection and that the worst has passed, then we are only fooling ourselves and lulling ourselves into a state of complacency, which will bring on a second wave which could potentially be more dangerous than the first. We have seen this happen in many countries before.\u201d<\/p>

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The Prime Minister was speaking at a ceremony in the western parish of St. James on Friday.<\/p>\n

He also appealed to Jamaicans, to observe the protocols outlined under the Disaster Risk Management Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are measures which we call infection prevention and control methods that we should utilize. Chief among them, if you are ill with respiratory type symptoms or difficulty breathing, if you are ill with flu like symptoms\u2026 what should you do, stay at home. We have seen people breaching this,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe other infection prevention and control method is if you are going out in public wear a mask, yes it is an imposition\u2026 it is important to wear the mask\u2026 wearing a mask reduces the probability of the spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also stressed that the protocols that are in place will work to eliminate the virus, as the Government cannot resort to closing the country\u2019s borders at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cJamaica is a country that has a diaspora that is larger than the population on the island and that means our economy is inextricably linked to the countries in which those members of the diaspora resides. We are an economy where more than 40 per cent of our foreign exchange is dependent on tourism\u2026 the economy cannot survive long without it unless we diversify into other areas and that takes time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prospect of closing our borders for an extended period is not one that is feasible. We would be cutting off our nose to spite our face.<\/p>\n

So Jamaica more than any other country, must learn very quickly how to live with COVID- 19, that is the reality,\u201d the Prime Minister added.<\/p>\n

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