Residents say they are “getting antsy” about the delay of the COVID-19 dashboard, and are asking what the Ministry of Health is hiding.
An acknowledged “numbers-watcher” tells REAL News the dashboard is now a whole week behind, since the last published statistics were shared on September 16.
The new infections, as of that date, were 140, and followed the record-breaking 159 of September 13. “But since then, nothing! We want to know what the hold-up is,” the retired woman declares.
With speculation running rife, employees of the National Solid Waste Authority shared their fears of exposure yesterday.
Staff told REAL News – and later circulated a commentary – that a senior manager had tested positive for the coronavirus. They alleged that the information had been withheld from most of the employees, several of whom had been in close contact with the manager up to last Thursday.
According to the complaint, the frightened employees want the Authority to have their colleagues tested “and the entire building to be properly sanitized.”
They said, at the time, that their efforts to reach Health Minister Molwyn Joseph, among others, had failed.
Meanwhile, residents of Jennings Village – which sits in Sir Molwyn’s constituency – are also complaing and asking for his intervention.
According to a member of that community, “it rains in Jennings every day; literally several times per 24-hour day,” and yet the village is without water, he says.
Another asks: “How are Jennings people to practice COVID-19 protocols without water for hand-washing – the basic frontline protocol?”
And referencing the current economic situation, with many persons’ employment threatened by the new vaccination mandate, she adds: “People need work to buy sanitizer, but most can manage soap and water.”
Accordingly, Joseph is being called on to do something to improve the villagers’ situation.
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Not only the dash board is very late ,also test results for patients .I have a friend that waited two weeks before her result came back . This is letting people very skeptical about the true situation .I follow almost all the other Caribbean islands ,and an update is there daily . Just be upfront with people ,and you will get most to cooperate with the system . Mia Motley is doing just that .
…are the #Authorties, W.H.O. have the pandemic under control 🤓🍍🏖👣🏖scared, of their own #DATA which is so important to arrest, charge, bring to trial Chyna, I mean COVID-19 for releasing all of these Wuhan Ninja killer viruses and their mutants!?
The debate is on regarding…
A…booster shots
B…Data regarding the vaccinated from spread to infections to deathz!
The COVID-19 Rollercoaster rolls on to an undisclosed and undermined location.
Maby chef molwin and his team of chefs are cooking the figures for the dashboard.
The clinic needs running water. I had a dressing done and the staff member had no water to wash her hands
As a solid waste worker jus wanna know when our outstanding salaries would be paid
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