By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE (Friday 29th January 2021) — Superintendent Cromwell Henry has warned that police are observing individuals not wearing face masks in public places, and that penalties still apply. Persons who do not wear masks when required face a $500 ticket, a court fine up to $5,000, or imprisonment. CMO Dr. Hazel Laws reported two active COVID-19 cases as of the NEOC briefing on Wednesday 27th January, with a total of 37 confirmed cases and zero deaths. Over 7,543 persons have been tested with a very low positivity rate of about 0.5%. About 147 Ross University students were repatriated on a charter from Miami that day, with the bulk in quarantine at the school’s dorms.