REGIONAL NOTES

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REGIONAL NOTES

NASSAU – Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has called on the country to respect the privacy of the Minister of Environment and Housing, Romauld Ferreira, whose son died last week, even as he urged citizens to join in him praying for the family.

Police say they are treating the death as a suicide. The body of the teenage son was found on the floor of his bedroom last Thursday. (CMC)

BASSE-TERRE – Plans by the Guadeloupe government to deport about 30 Haitian nationals have been denounced by several Franco-Haitian associations here.

The organisations, including Tet Kolé and Lakay concept, have denounced what they have said is the “incomprehensible group” and added that these are “parents of” French children, who have been living in Guadeloupe for several years. (CMC)

ST GEORGE’S – Grenada says it will place a temporary ban on the importation of poultry products from the United Kingdom from today.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Lands & Forestry said that the ban is due to an ongoing outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as Bird Flu, in the European country. (CMC)

KINGSTON – Jamaica’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continued to spiral on Saturday with the island recording 76 new cases and in the process surpassing the 11 000 mark.

The Ministry of Health and Wellness in its latest bulletin said that Jamaica now has 11 063 cases of which 3 785 are active. (CMC)

HAMILTON – The Bermuda government has ordered bars and clubs to close at midnight on under tougher regulations aimed at combating a continuing surge in COVID-19 cases.

The two-hour cut to opening hours came after Saturday’s latest batch of 1 062 test results included ten new confirmed cases. (CMC)


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