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The Chief Medical Officer was invited to attend the Cabinet meeting in order to solicit her advice on certain decisions which the Cabinet broached.<\/p>

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The CMO noted that there has been a 30 per cent decline in COVID infections, moving Antigua and Barbuda to an average of three infections daily.<\/p>\n

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The CMO cautioned that a single super-spreader event can return Antigua and Barbuda to a high rate of infection.<\/p>

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More people ought to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity, the Medical Doctor advised.<\/p>

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If the number falling ill and requiring hospitalization returns to abnormally high levels, restrictions which now apply will have to be re-introduced.<\/p>\n

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