The Regional Health and Emergency Committee (RHEC) of Region Ten is currently at odds with the Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) over its decision to keep Linden’s markets open despite the dangers presented for the spread of novel coronavirus disease.
As a result, the RHEC has asked the national Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) to intervene in the matter.
According to a release issued by the RHEC, the issue was discussed several times and it was suggested to Linden Mayor Waneka Arrindell that in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the region, social distancing practice needs to be enforced, which would include the closure of markets for three days a week to facilitate sanitising and to avoid gatherings.
