Last week’s reinstatement of a 12-hour curfew by the one-month old People’s Progressive Party/Civic political administration is being reported in the Sunday September 6 Caribbean Business Report as a microcosm of a wider ‘running for cover’ by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that had, just a few weeks ago, moved to return to conditions of normalcy after it had appeared that the intensity associated with the earliest wave of the pandemic had somewhat abated.
In reporting that an earlier 12-hour (0600 hrs to 1800 hrs) curfew has been re-implemented, the Caribbean Business Report said that exemptions were being allowed for “essential workers including parliamentarians, healthcare officials, the disciplined forces and the Guyana Revenue Authority,” among others.
The standout disclosure in the official announcement was that “as part of measures to ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols, charges will be imposed on individuals who fail to wear face masks in public spaces.”
