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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to Britain\u2019s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying that \u201can appropriate response is necessary\u201d for the damage done to his country\u2019s small economy by a Public Health England (PHE) website posting that wrongly claimed \u201can Antigua variant\u201d of the coronavirus had been discovered in the UK.<\/p>

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Browne proposed that the British Government urgently consider recompensing Antigua and Barbuda by a donation of 100,000 doses of the AstraZenica vaccines.<\/p>\n

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In his letter, Browne told Johnson that \u201cAntigua and Barbuda is highly dependent on tourism and has long been a favoured holiday destination for British tourists but the PHE notice, that went viral after it was picked up by international media, has caused hotel bookings to be cancelled\u201d.<\/p>

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The Antigua leader said his country was already \u201creeling from the almost complete shutdown of tourism caused by the pandemic\u201d and asserted that the PHE posting has \u201ceroded confidence in the gains Antigua and Barbuda made in its management of the virus\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe now have to redouble our efforts at great expense\u201d, he said.<\/p>

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The Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister drew Johnson\u2019s attention to the fact that \u201cno British visitor to Antigua had contracted COVID-19\u201d in his country.\u00a0\u00a0He affirmed that his government has enforced strict protocols for managing the pandemic and has a comparatively low level of infections and a high level of recoveries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mr Brown also stressed that the British High Commission to Antigua and Barbuda explicitly stated on March 13 that \u201cthere is no scientific evidence to determine where this variant first emerged\u201d and that it regrated \u201cany misunderstanding that may have arisen from the matter\u201d.<\/p>\n

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However, Mr Browne said that \u201cthe damage was done from the moment that PHE erroneously published the claim on its website.\u00a0\u00a0He has suggested to Prime Minister Johnson that \u201cconsideration should be given to recompensing Antigua and Barbuda with a donation of 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda is one of over 150 nations that are struggling to secure vaccines at a time when the costs are high and more than 80 per cent of them have bought by rich countries, including the UK.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Browne remarked to Mr Johnson that \u201cAntigua and Barbuda has always cherished its close relationship with Britain\u201d and he \u201clooked forward to a favourable response to his proposal\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to Britain\u2019s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying that \u201can appropriate response is necessary\u201d for the damage done to his country\u2019s small economy by a Public Health England (PHE) website posting that wrongly claimed \u201can Antigua variant\u201d of the coronavirus had been discovered in the UK.   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAntigua PM writes UK PM for recompense for damage - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antigua PM writes UK PM for recompense for damage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has written to Britain\u2019s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, saying that \u201can appropriate response is necessary\u201d for the damage done to his country\u2019s small economy by a Public Health England (PHE) website posting that wrongly claimed \u201can Antigua variant\u201d of the coronavirus had been discovered in the UK.   […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-15T18:55:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gaston-Browne.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1108\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"623\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Antigua PM writes UK PM for recompense for damage\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-15T18:55:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-15T18:55:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\"},\"wordCount\":404,\"commentCount\":23,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1108\/h:623\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Gaston-Browne.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-pm-writes-uk-pm-for-recompense-for-damage\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua PM writes UK PM for recompense for damage - 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