By RASHAD ROLLE and
TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT
TWENTY more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Bahamas yesterday as Cat Island registered its first two cases and Bimini saw an increase for the first time in more than a month. The country has now recorded 194 coronavirus cases.
The daily COVID-19 dashboard was released shortly before midnight yet the Ministry of Health’s accompanying statement contained few details about the people who have contracted the virus and their history of travel. The statement said investigations are ongoing and that a complete update with details will be published at a later date. This is the third consecutive date that officials have not given age, sex and travel history details. The ministry is expected to host a press conference tomorrow.
Six of the new cases are New Providence residents, ten are Grand Bahama residents and two are from Bimini. The Bimini cases are the first on that island since a lockdown was implemented in mid-May.
News that two residents of Cat Island had tested positive was confirmed by Neil Campbell, the island’s administrator, yesterday.
After presenting with COVID-19 symptoms, the two residents were sent to New Providence and tested positive on Tuesday morning, he said. They will receive treatment while in New Providence.
“Earlier we (the Cat Island Council) met with the police, Supt Munroe, we were updated and advised and after we met with health professional Nurse Elaine Stuart, we would have also sent out a public notice under my hand and seal that two COVID-19 cases were confirmed from Cat Island,” the island administrator said.
These are the first confirmed cases on Cat Island and the residents in question have no recent travel history, according to Mr Campbell.
Asked if these were two fresh cases or cases included in the COVID-19 national dashboard released on Monday, Mr Campbell said these cases were only confirmed yesterday morning.
“We don’t know the exact time they were tested, but we do know it had to be some time yesterday and early this morning,” Mr Campbell continued. “The confirmation came this morning. These are the first cases for Cat Island and we can also confirm that both residents have no recent travel history.”
He added: “They were tested in New Providence between yesterday and early this morning. . .they are living and residing in Cat Island but once they experience the symptoms and they informed the medical professionals, they dispatched someone to them and then the health protocols kick in and they spoke to New Providence. We dispatched an aircraft and they went to New Providence. To my knowledge they both have no recent travel history.”
Comments
ISpeakFacts 3 years, 9 months ago
To think... all of this is happening because our idiot PM and his loyal "Yes Men" decided to open up our borders, thus granting our stubborn and nasty D- educated citizens the ability to travel to Florida! Our Chief Idiot has also made it possible for our citizens to return from Florida without the need to quarantine or receive a Chinese Virus test upon arrival!!!
MINNIS HAS DOOMED US ALL!!!
TalRussell 3 years, 9 months ago
Start off by doing the simple stuff likes wearing your face covering, keeping your social distancing, washing your hands - lots of times. and stay your damn backside at home.
. Regardless of how anyone wants to classify your comrade individuals it's going take teamwork to safely cross over to the other side this killer virus, and yes its's goin' have to include all we do our part, including the stubborn, the nasty, the business owners, the workers, the criminal and law-abiding elements of society, the loyal and unloyal, yes man's, the d-educated and the chief idiot with em's wearing every imaginable colours t-shirt, social raking, income, faith, pedigree, age, profession, skin colour.. and still many of hundreds stands to dead during the crossover? Nod Once for Yeah, Twice for No?
stillwaters 3 years, 9 months ago
Once
bahamianson 3 years, 9 months ago
Mr. TalRussell, well said, well said.
ThisIsOurs 3 years, 9 months ago
90 cases in 3 weeks and just to think they're only testing the people who came forward to say I don't feel good and I went by Mary Sue too.
On the day Dr Minnis appointed himself Health Minister I said this is a very bad decision because there will be no independent voice on the medical side pushing back against economic arguments. Not that any side should be favoured to win, but you want that battle of ideas before making nation impacting decisions. Dr Minnis was too eager to present the everything is normal we're doing great picture . Brave Davis oddly enough was asking all the right questions and being villified for it.
After this episode I hope all parliamentarians see the wisdom of critiquing all proposals so that the Bahamas gets the best result it can in every situation social economic environmental or political
stillwaters 3 years, 9 months ago
Whole bunch of them jumping in a plane yesterday to travel from Freeport to Nassau, got put in quarantine, and now they are dead vex. Who mad.....Stay damn mad....what? ....they wanted to just walk off that plane into our communities?
bahamianson 3 years, 9 months ago
Stillwaters, you are running deep this morning ! LOL
ThisIsOurs 3 years, 9 months ago
the issue isn't whether or not people acted unwisely. the issue is where was your mitigation plan for the possibility that people might act unwisely? This is even worse than I expected. 10 hours on the tarmac? no food? 2am to the quarantine center? this is unbelievable.
proudloudandfnm 3 years, 9 months ago
Looks like its country wide now....
Thanks Minnis...
Its official. Worst PM of all time. Perry gotta be happy he aint the worst anymore. That was quick hey?
licks2 3 years, 9 months ago
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . I keep tellin yall that carrying on like lil dumb chirrins intellectually, don't make any impact on anyone. Doc riding high in the public while yinna beatin up ya gums with dumbness!! I come around here to see what other dumbness most of yinna ger say!! Yall don't let me down no times!! Lol!!! Until yall get yinna act together. . .doc them een checkin for yall. . .yinna een worth the time no how!! Suck teeth!!
ThisIsOurs 3 years, 9 months ago
"doc them een checkin for yall."
The entire Bahamas is aware of that
SP 3 years, 9 months ago
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, we will see the "true" extent of the bad move opening to U.S. outbreak around the 10th of August.
TigerB 3 years, 9 months ago
Not sure the government put a gun to any Grand Bahamian head to travel abroad. They made their move and now paying the price. We can blame the government all we want. At the end of the day may sure you safe, those numbers will continue to climb.. make sure you not one of them
TalRussell 3 years, 9 months ago
Ma Comrade Tiger, nodding of me head twice for no Central Authority put a gun they head travel over to 'merica, and three nods to do ya part to keep practicing social distancing ya self apart others, safer!
tribanon 3 years, 9 months ago
Minnis's spinning trolls out in full force: stillwaters, TigerB, bahamianson, licks2 et al. LOL
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