President David Granger has placed Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Task Force (NCTF) as part of a restructuring to strengthen the body.
The NCTF was set up in March to coordinate government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday said that according to Granger’s direction, Harmon, under the general or specific directions of the Chairman of the NCTF (Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo) is to establish a permanent National Task Force Secretariat; assign permanent staff to manage the national campaign; create preventive measures against the disease to safeguard citizens’ health and collaborate with regional task forces and stakeholders to safeguard citizens’ health.
