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Pointe Xpress:<\/strong> Some persons have not been complying with mandatory 14- day periods of isolation or quarantine intended to determine their COVID-19 status.<\/p>

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This is increasing the risk that the virus will spread which in turn frustrates carefully conceived measures that have been established to contain the spread of the disease by preventing or limiting new infections.<\/p>\n

This concern was repeated this week in the post-Cabinet briefing, where Information Minister, Melford Nicholas, addressed a recent excursion to Bird Island attended by scores of residents in search of an unrestrained party.<\/p>

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Nicholas said this was one of the reasons why Cabinet \u201chas welcomed the inclusion within the task force of a special detachment of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force to assist with enforcement\u201d.<\/p>

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He said he had personally \u201cgiven the Cabinet an update as to where we are with regard to the bracelets that are going to be necessary to facilitate the contact tracing\u201d.<\/p>\n

He explained that the authorities reported being in possession of monitoring devices.<\/p>

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\u201cWe did receive some prototypes a few weeks ago, but those prototypes did not meet the requirements we were looking for. Within the next 7-8 days we would be in receipt of the specific bracelets that we require; bracelets that, for all intents and purposes, are tamper-proof and will allow those persons who have been quarantined \u2013 particularly those persons who have been quarantined in their own home and in their own facilities \u2013 for the quarantine authority to be able to monitor their movements and ensure that they do not break the [quarantine] conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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