Prime Minister Dr the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell is assuring Grenadians ahead of his national address on Friday, that there will be no lockdown.
News of the imminent national address sparked concerns about a possible lockdown as Grenada faces a current spike in Covid-19 cases.
Dr Mitchell convened a meeting of the Cabinet Thursday afternoon and is now reassuring Grenadians that a lockdown will not be included among the additional containment measures that he will announce.
He is therefore urging citizens to avoid the panic buying that became evident today, as crowded settings foster the further spread of the virus.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and other senior finance and health officials engaged members of the business community as part of Government’s consultative approach to addressing the current state of affairs.
A similar session is planned with trade union representatives on Friday morning.
The Prime Minister’s address will be broadcast live on GIS Channel 22, the GIS YouTube channel and Facebook page, radio and television stations and other media platforms at 8 pm on Friday, 3 September.
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Covid19-Sars vaccine has been researched fir decades and now at least one brand fda approved. Invermectin is still more experimental than this vaccine ever has been.
The original lockdown with shops only allowed to open 3 days a week with reduced hours led to panic buying & long queues. I am glad we are not going down that road again.
Looks as though business’ are taking their own initiatives to lockdown as the government is failing our country.
Why is it always the government failing us where Covid is concerned the facts are that we pretty much got away till now. Government might be responsible for many things but they did not order Covid to come. Do you really believe if we had a different party in power, they would build more ICU beds or turn the whole Covid situation around? Nothing would change only that the supporters of the other party would quarrel as you do now.
I believe the government did in fact order covid to come the minute they changed the testing and quarantine period for incoming vaccinated passengers. The incubation period for the virus is 5-7 days. As the viral load in both vaccinated and unvaccinated persons are pretty much the same and vaccinated persons can spread the virus as readily as the unvaccinated, testing on the airport on arrival does not make any sense. During a cabinet meeting people of Grenada was advised that if they had symptoms to self isolate and not rush to get tested and instead to wait as per incubation period so why is that any different from vaccinated persons coming in and testing on day 1. There is absolutely no scientific data that this protocol follows.
Not 1 but 4 persons tested positive for covid upon exiting our island. They went about and spread this virus under the false pretenses, testing too early because the incubation period was not up and getting false negative results. At least one of those persons even had a leaving party before exiting the island.
For those vaccinated persons who entered the island for a longer duration, lets say a month or two, they came in and tested in the airport on day 1 and were able to leave quarantine once they received their results 48 hours after. Because they were not leaving within a week or two, they were not tested again after the incubation period like the four that tested positive on exit. Those persons could be spreading covid around our islands without even knowing it and that could have in fact caused community spread. We only caught those 4 persons because they had short stays on the island… again what about those with longer stay??????
I blame the government for this foolish protocol that allowed vaccinated persons (unknowingly, but under false pretences of a false negative) to spread covid on our island.
I would love to hear your response to this!
Well, here is my response. I am not like other commentators on this page who always have to be right. There I agree with you, two days quarantine is a joke if it was funny. But still, they did not order it. Perhaps they are just not much brighter than the rest of us. Or they just don’t want to spook the tourists. After all a good percentage of our wealth depends on them. But you are right, our health is more important than the tourist dollar.
Wow, I cant believe it….. but I actually agree with Keith Mitchell for change.
Lockdowns…. as demonstrated by numerous studies around the world did more harm than good.
SarsCov2 is now clearly Endemic with six month life cycle….that will Spike and then rapidly decline, as data have shown over and over globally.
Maybe Keith Mitchell have stepped out the echo chamber and read up on some recent studies from Japan and Israel about Immunity and CV19 treatment protocols.
I doubt he would take any advice from me but……
Instead of spending 400 dollars on a CV test, spend 100-200 on Vit C, D3 and Zinc and widely distribute it to boost community natural immunity.
Nothing but good would come from this and it would reduce illness and medical pressure on the Health system for a relatively low cost.
Also in addition to the mRNA injections for those who want it, give people who want to use their Natural Immunity, the choice to use SarsCov2 killing drugs such as HCQ, Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Doxycyclune, Quercitin, etc. These are practically non existent in Grenada
Of course, Keith Mitchell could go the big Pharma high Tech path of countries like Trinidad, and keep sinking deeper into the Covid swamp.
Grenada should not get panicked by the cases, its the simple treatment that kill the SarsCov2 Virus thats the key.
I think you really have to stop telling people what they should swallow. Are you a doctor or do you have any idea what you advise people to do. By the way, if you are so desperate for Ivermectin, you can get it by Renwick and Thompson for under 50 Dollars on the shelf where they sell medicine for pigs and dogs.
Thomas, I am not demanding or telling anyone what they must or must not do. And I didnt know you need to be doctor to share medical knowledge.
For what it’s vwirth, I am a nobody merely sharing Alternative Health information about Medication that actually kill the SarsCov2 Virus which may actually save a life.
I demand nothing from anyone, only that free people right to choose, be respected by the Government.
Your sarcastic… go to Renwick Agriculture supply store and buy the pig and dog supply, only proves my point.
Why are drugs like HCQ and Ivermectin, etc, that were originally developed for Human use not available in Human doses in the Pharmacy?
Many popular drugs were not even developed for what is now there primary use….Viagra being a perfect example.
People are getting sick and dying from a treatable Virus and I am merely sharing information from the other side of the Covid story, even if it seem to annoy you at times.
Anyhow, I have posted many posts and links that detail how other countries are using these medications to treat CV19, but Now Grenada in their wisdom, censor and delete them.
Kesri Johnson, you have NO idea what you’re talking about. The medications you mention are not cures or preventatives for Covid. I am a medical professional, are you?The medications you mention are not only unproven, but also dangerous. Even zinc is toxic if misused. Stop the misinformation, read credible reports but for the love of God stop “preaching” nonsense!
Anything even Water in extreme amounts can kill, so as always with any Medication its a question of dosage what is safe.
I doubt you have done any Research even if you are Doctor as claimed that dies not make you ignorant or just blindly following dogma.
Certainly the American Frontline Doctors who have used these Medications to treat CV19 patient with incredible success, saving many lives, would disagree with you that its all rubbish.
Before you dismiss me outright, spend five minutes researching American Frontline Doctors CV19 Treatment Protocols.
Do a Search for Dr Zelenko and his pioneering story about his own life and desperately trying to find a SarsCov2/CV19, its simply amazing.
Instead of New York giving Cumo endless awards, Dr Zelenko is the true unsung hero of Covid Research in New York State.
Look, I did not mean to insult you in any way. Ivermectin is sold at Renwick and Thomson but it really is for parasites. Sorry but that is a fact. It is none of my business, but you should not believe everything they say on the internet. You say those medicines you mention, really help. How do you know that? Did you take all what you mentioned there. I hope for your sake you did not. Nobody denies you to try what ever you feel is right for you. All we ask you to do is stop to encourage others pretending you know what you are talking about. You might believe you are right but would you want to bet somebodys life on it?
Will you stop your rubbish lies about alternative drugs for Covid. You will be guilty of making people ill or killing them if they believe your unscientific lies.
I agree with you, some of the comments are really hard to swallow. One can only hope our self medicater is only one out of a million.
There are similar idiots taking horse pills in Oklahoma that are bogging up the health system because of it. If they take horse pills and then expect medics to help them when the pills make them need hospitalisation instead of the medics dealing with covid patients that’s not right. Shame on you Kesrie Johnson