LOCKDOWNS Proposed hospital cuts
closure of the two main international airports to
May 1 to limit the spread of the virus by importation.
Exceptions are in place for medivacs, cargo
flights and those with special permission.
In Trinidad as well, the administration of
Prime Minister, Keith Rowley is under fire for
allowing in a special flight with Venezuelan Vice
President, Decly Rodriguez to land in Trinidad
last Friday. She was there for talks with him
despite the total closure of the two main airports
in Trinidad and in Tobago.
Social media was afire with flak with many
arguing that if she was allowed special permission,
then the many Trinidadians stranded overseas
and willing to pay for charter flights should
also have been allowed to come home. Authorities
have refused to do so, blaming the large number
of confirmed cases on locals who were allowed to
disembark from a cruise ship last month. More
than 40 had tested positive for covid-19. Trinidad
has close to 80 cases, the highest in the region
outside the French Overseas territories like Martinique.
Meanwhile, in Antigua, Prime Minister, Gaston
Browne not only declared a state of emergency
but also ordered a mandatory curfew as of last
weekend.
“We are now moving from covid mitigation
to covid suppression,” said Browne as police prepared
to slap curfew breaking charges against a
local pastor who organized services on Sunday
despite the lockdown.
Police broke up the service but not before
meeting stiff opposition from parishioners. “More
drastic action must be taken to contain the virus.
Caribbean L 12 ife, April 3-9, 2020
We recognize that despite our best efforts to
ensure social responsibility, especially with social
distancing, that those efforts have not worked
very well,” he said in a national address.
Back in Trinidad, the crisis hit home close to
Prime Minister, Keith Rowley as he announced
the death of his elder brother in sister isle, Tobago.
Like Trinidad, Antigua is also imposing stiff
fines and six months in jail for curfew violators.
In nearby St. Lucia, Prime Minister Allen
Chastenet said he was cancelling liquor licenses
to curb curfew breaking and limited restaurants
to take outs only. “The police will be boosting
their staff and lowering their levels of tolerance,”
he said.
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at SUNY Downstate are
being asked to split ventilators
between patients,
and Brookdale Hospital has
frontline staff home sick due
to COVID-19 infection.
Meanwhile, Myrie, who
represents the 20th Senatorial
District, noted that the
New York Times reported
that another Brooklyn hospital
is in “disaster mode,”
while another hospital in
the city used trash bags as
protective gear and the NYC
Health + Hospitals system
is soliciting cash donations.
The officials cited Cuomo’s
remarks at his press
conference last Tuesday.
“Earlier this week, you
said that as a state, ‘We
are going to fight every way
we can to save every life
that we can, because that’s
what I think it means to
be an American. We’re not
going to accept a premise
that human life is disposable.
We’re not going to put
a dollar figure on human
life.’”
“We agree. As such, we
cannot, in good conscience,
accept a budget that includes
these cuts,” the legislators
wrote. “We urge you
to reject them and find a
more prudent way to protect
the most vulnerable in the
state during these challenging
times. Our constituents’
lives depend on it.”
Myrie said the proposed
cut comes as part of the
governor’s Medicaid Redesign
Team (MRTII), which
was formed last month to
address a Medicaid budget
deficit.
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Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith
Rowley. Government of Trinidad and Tobago
Brooklyn Sen. Zellnor Y.
Myrie.
Offi ce of Sen. Zellnor Y. Myrie
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