Don’t drop your guard this Christmas, cautions Bostic

THE public is being reminded that COVID-19 is not yet behind us and they should continue to observe health and safety protocols as they move around this Christmas season.

This comes from Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic, who cautioned both young and old it only takes one person to spread the virus to others.

“I would like to ask Barbadians and those who reside here who are not Barbadians to continue to observe the protocols because that is very, very important.”

He continued, “We don’t have community spread, but all it takes is for us to have one case as we have had a few months ago where somebody else contracted the virus and then if you do not continue to keep your guard up, you do not know if that person is going to be the person sitting next to you in the ZR van, in the bus [or] at the bread shop. So that it is up to each and every one of us to continue to observe the protocols because if we keep ourselves safe, which is our personal and individual responsibility, then no matter what comes our way, we have a very good chance of remaining safe once we do the right things.”

Bostic was at the time speaking at Friday’s handover ceremony of a vehicle and medical supplies by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) to the Ministry of Health and Wellness. This took place at the PAHO/WHO’s headquarters.

He urged Barbadians not to let down their guard this Yuletide season.

“As the Christmas season approaches, I urge everyone not to let down the guard. There are too many examples of what will happen across this region and the globe if we let down our guard. So enjoy Christmas when it comes, but enjoy Christmas keeping in the back of your minds that it is a Christmas in a COVID-19 environment, so it requires responding appropriately and accordingly.