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VOLUME:117 No.85, MARCH 24TH, 2020
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FACE-TO-FACE: SHANIKA’S STRIVING TO SAVE LIVES
IT’S 24 HOURS Minnis ramps up curfew to tighten grip in virus war
• BEACHES CLOSED • AIRPORTS CLOSED • PORTS CLOSED • SIX-FEET DISTANCE WILL BE MANDATORY • ALLOWED OUT FOR 90 MINUTES A DAY EXERCISE • ONLY ON ROADS FOR ESSENTIAL PURCHASES OR KEY WORKERS By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net FACED with a matter of “life and death”, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced more stringent COVID-19 prevention measures, including a daily 24-hour curfew and the closure of airports and seaports
beginning at 9am today through to March 31. The new order stipulates that every person is to remain confined to their home, including their yard, to avoid contact outside of their immediate family. People should only leave their homes for essential trips SEE PAGE THREE
YESTERDAY, MALCOLM PARK: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT...
MEN playing basketball yesterday afternoon Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff
ABACO: BACK TO GROUND ZERO By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net ABACO’S Chamber of Commerce president yesterday said the island’s post-Dorian recovery has been plunged “back to ground zero” by the COVID-19 crisis, adding: “We’re on our own again”. Ken Hutton told Tribune Business that the emergency nationwide lockdown announced by the government to curb the pandemic’s spread had
worsened Abaco’s existing labour shortages by provoking workers to return home. With the world and Nassau’s attention firmly focused on combating the virus, Mr Hutton voiced fears that international assistance would dry up - especially since all non-governmental (NGO) and relief agencies had now departed Abaco in response to the pandemic. He suggested that the island is being forced to “take a back seat, if not being pushed out of the car
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altogether” by COVID-19, but is likely to have been satisfied by the Prime Minister’s decision last night to effectively close The Bahamas’ borders to inbound and outbound passenger traffic. Prior to Dr Hubert Minnis’ national address, Mr Hutton revealed he and other Abaco residents had become extremely fearful of the potential health hazard posed by the multiple private planes flying into the island.
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