Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told returning residents and citizens not to abuse their home quarantine.
Only a handful of residents were quarantine on Thursday and 30 were quarantined last night at the Hawksbill Hotel. This means that the majority of Antiguans who returned home are in self quarantine.
Browne says there is a stringent monitoring process in place to ensure that these individuals abide by the self quarantine. He said the individuals who disobey the self quarantine could be placed in a government facility for the duration of the 14-day period.
The prime minister also defended the number of people being placed in home quarantine. He said many of the people who came in on the first two flights were families and individuals who were going into the same empty home.
The country’s leader is calling on those who will be quarantined in hotels not to complain about paying the EC$ 100 per night fee. He said the sum is merely for meals and that the government is carrying most of the cost of the accommodation which is about US$ 150 per night per person.
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Why aren’t the hotels donating the cost of the quarantine? And why are some quarantined in the hotel and some not? Once again, this is complete chaos, no testing, no way to tell whether they are obeying quarantine, and no explanation as to why some are quarantined differently to others. And soon from the PM it will be “dont complain because you and your family became infected and are sick, I told you this would happen once I opened the borders, so it’s not my fault”
Sorry prime Minister one was in my business yesterday and I asked whn she returned, she told me the first flight, I asked her to leave, and go and stay home
My island, my home, my business, no tourist allowed. That is wht she was. Has lived in New York for the last 14 yrs, not Miami, and wanted to leave the virus. Not a returning national, a some time tourist. Not in my business!!!
Returning residents are not quarantining at home. I have been told that they are visiting local stores and have been seen eating out at food establishments right after returning. What is happening now is no different to what happened before the lockdown. People fly into the country and we have no idea whether they have the virus yet they are able to go out and about as they like.
This makes no sense! Why didn’t just just give them the test.. the great test we have been hearing so much about do they can confirm they are negative then they won’t be restricted.
Why would I want to quarantine if I’m negative .. I would prefer to just get my test and go about my business..
As usual, makes no sense
Weak as piss. This government backs down the moment people complain. It’s all about votes. Gaston has no spine. The top job takes big responsibilities .Earn you money. I appreciate now is tough but grow a set ……
Not a wise decision at all. Mr PM, I need you to make sound decisions and manfully stand by them. You were 100% correct to demand that they all be quarantined at a controled location AND be made to pay token sums to cover the costs. Antiguans at home often display poor discipline when it comes to adhering to societal rules and regulations. Returning Antiguans, surprisingly(?) are much worse. They should NEVER have been allowed to self quarantine! I’m not surprised at the reports of these said self quarantined returning people being spotted all over. As a law abiding Antiguan who has just spent the last four months living through the inconvenience of imposed protocols for my sake and that of my fellow residents, I feel very betrayed and my health made unnecessarily more vulnerable because of this last-minute surrender to expediency!!!
What a mess ! Do these people have anything called common sense ? I always say thou : ” that if you do not have “common” sense, then at least try to use the “capital ones”. Seems like they lack those also.
Pure madness !
Do you not have a single, definite policy on anything ? What government operates like this unless it is a mere mickey mouse game you are playing. MOCKERY OF DEMOCRACY !
Shameful and disgraceful ! When you thought it cannot get any worse, they prove us wrong again.
I keep on telling my people…that our POLITRICKIANS are just mere men/women: CORRUPT, DECEITFUL, TRAITORS, HIGHMINDED…… these are the qualities they portray and feel good about it.
However, ACCOUNTABILITY KNOCKS AT YOUR DOOR. HOW WILL YOU ANSWER ?
TAAKE HEED ALL YOU POLITRICKIANS AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOUR SCHEMINGS.
END SOON COME !
It seems that everyone that flew in on the 5th as non residents had to stay in hotels and guarded.
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