{"id":123168,"date":"2021-01-27T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=123168"},"modified":"2021-01-27T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T23:38:42","slug":"cabinet-notes-wednesday-january-27-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/cabinet-notes-wednesday-january-27-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"CABINET NOTES: Wednesday, January 27, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HURST REPORTS ON CABINET OF Wednesday, January 27, 2021<\/strong><\/p>

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The Cabinet met both face-to-face and virtually, five Ministers choosing to join by electronic means. As is the custom of the Gaston Browne-led Cabinet, three separate groups of experts and officials were asked to join the meeting in order to contribute to enhanced decision-making.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Chief Medical Officer, the Chief Health Inspector, the Consultant pathologist\/Head of the Laboratory, the Principal Nursing Officer, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, the Senior Medical Officer Epidemiology, the Nurse Epidemiologist at the Hospital all joined the Cabinet to discuss the measures that are necessary in order to contain the further spread of Covid-19<\/strong>. The data indicate that the number of positive cases thus far in the month of January 2021 totaled 56; that number exceeds by far the monthly average since March 2020 when the first positive result was recorded. The Cabinet determined that the serious threat faced by the population, because of the disregard of the protocols and the resulting increase in infections, demand that new rules be applied.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The following now apply over the next 21 days, commencing Friday 29 January 2021 until Friday, February 19, 2021<\/strong>:<\/p>

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    1. Curfew hours commence at<\/strong> 8:00 pm on 29 January 2021, until 5:00 am daily thereafter, or until Friday, February 19, when it may<\/u> return to a later hour each night.<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. All bars are closed commencing Friday night, January 29, 2021, at 8:00 pm, until Friday, February 19, when they may<\/u> be allowed to re-open.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n