by Linda Straker
- Only fully vaccinated, non-nationals arrivals allowed
- Non-vaccinated nationals must quarantine for at least 7 days
- Tourism sector long way off from pre-Covid-19 days
Tourism Minister Clarice Modeste believes that the decision by Government to remove the 48-hour quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated people arriving in the country will benefit the hotels, workers and the Government.
“I think it will be a tremendous difference in getting people back to work. The spending power will be there, the hotels will be paying their taxes and so the economy will get a boost,” Modeste said in a recent news conference.
As part of measures aimed at controlling and containing the spread of Covid-19, Grenada adopted several new health protocols for people arriving at ports of entry, among them was periodic quarantine. Initially, the quarantine period was 14 days, then it moved to 7 days. In May 2021, fully vaccinated passengers were mandated to spend 48-hours in quarantine. Non-nationals arriving at ports of entry will only be allowed if they are fully vaccinated. Nationals who are not vaccinated must remain in quarantine for at least 7 days before receiving medical clearance.
A Covid-19 test is administered to all arriving passengers.
Modeste said that the tourism sector is one of the hardest-hit locally and while some industries are slowly returning to normal, the sector is a long way off from its pre-Covid-19 days.
“It is the industry that has suffered the most from this pandemic. It was the first to get cancellations and close hotels and close our cruise ship port,” she told the media during the weekly post-Cabinet held on Tuesday.
“I really look forward to seeing the tour buses,” she said, speaking about the direct and indirect benefits of the cruise ship industry. The first ship arrived on the island on Wednesday and at present over 200 are scheduled to arrive during the 2021/2022 season which runs from November 2021 to May 2022.
Grenada in March 2020 shut down the country because of Covid-19. Slowly economic and social activities are adjusting to a new normal in a world where the virus has become endemic. The tourism sector is important to the economy as thousands are employed in the industry.
Canadian, fully vaccinated, arriving in Dec. Does the apartment where we are staying still have to have a ‘Govt safe approved’ document?
So what you now censoring our posts on you news paper…….what the hell is:
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This is great news. By Feb. 13, I will even have my booster shot. Spent quite a while finding things out about Grenada. Cannot wait to get there.
A previous article says 65 ships are scheduled. This one says “over 200” which is about one ship every day. Somebody has their facts wrong.
When they said they were following the science I think they need to say that it was the science of economics they were following. Because it is well established that vaccinated people spread COVID-19. (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897733) So why not remove the quarantine for unvaccinated also–utter nonsense. They also follow the WHO in their GROSS ERROR of not recognising natural immunity!! In the meantime, it is shown that vaccination does not affect the number of cases, which corroborates the findings above.
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481107/ )
Further to that for those over 65, the vaccine is 5 times deadlier to them than COVID-19 (Appendix D: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8437699/)
And as we know fully vacz can still bring in COVID and you can be a Carrier and show no symptoms .. vacz or non vacz
It’s a risky decision
So has it been announced that 48hr quarantine has been removed ?
So what is the point of the state of emergency until next year?
an evolving pandemic needs evolving rules – time to remove the state of emergency – time to live – BUT get your vaccines – Grenada can be better than jamaica where vaccine rates much lower than Grenada
Yes exactly, then what are now the updated rules for SOE COVID REGS #7 and amendment last week #7/2……..these regulations ceased at 11:59 on Tuesday the 9th.
I have not seen any update from the government, GIS, Youtube, Now Grenada or Nee Today.
So I assume there is now no curfew ??????????
Why do you remove my posts ??
Twice tonight now