Leader of the opposition, Lennox Linton, has called for the protection of Dominica’s borders to prevent any case of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
At present, there are no reported cases of the virus in Dominica and Linton says it’s a good thing.
However, there were reports of persons from some Caribbean countries who have contracted the virus. The most recent is Antigua & Barbuda with their first reported case being announced today, Friday 13.
Other affected countries in the region include Trinidad & Tobago, Guadeloupe, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St Martin and St Barts.
“We have a responsibility to protect our borders,” Linton said while speaking at a press conference on Thursday. “I do not believe it’s an accident that we are reporting at this time that Dominica is not part of the list of affected countries.”
“How long is it going to remain that way?” he asked.
Linton pointed out that it depends on how effectively Dominica can control its borders, “because so far it [the coronavirus] is not here and it is not going to be born here; it is going to come into Dominica and it going to come into Dominica by a human being.”
He continued, “Is it ok for us to sit and wait for it to come to deal with it, or do we invest time and energy to try to prevent it from coming?”
The opposition leader referred to the number of cruise ships that have been visiting our shores in recent times, including some that were turned away from ports in other countries in the region.
“The cruise ships continue to arrive and a lot of people are worried about it,” he said. “…The cruise ships themselves have started cutting back on their itineraries.”
Linton indicated that at this time, cruise ships should not be allowed to dock on Dominica’s ports in order to protect its citizens from any imported cases of the dreaded coronavirus.
Meantime, the UWP leader is calling for a meeting of the Parliament of Dominica.
“I am surprised that we haven’t had a meeting with the Parliament of Dominica at least to focus on the correct amount or adequate additional levels of resources needed,” he stated.
Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to health experts, the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to this virus.
Some of the recommended preventive measures include washing hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or using a hand sanitizer if a sink isn’t available, and avoiding congregating in large groups, among others.
The World Health Organization (WHO) offers advice to the public on some measures that can be taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.
Here it is The Parliamentary Opposition Leader is making a contribution on how the one-man rogue regime slave plantation mentality island should handle the pandemic and the eyes and head closed followers of a one-man rogue regime conman are being derogatory. Even if one may not agree with all of his contribution, but we can be respectful! Black people continue to show their tribalistic cannibalistic behavior. I can see why Africa and all black countries are in such a sh***hole!!!
Well said Kalinago Justice. It has become this personal thing to get at Hon Linton by ignoramous Skerrit`s acolytes. This is so sad that these Skerrites are so immature and ridiculous to the bigger picture but to get personal and outrageous unnecessarily and go at Hon Linton, who is not running the government, but as Leader of Opposition, like what happens in every other city, will stand up as Leader of the Opposition and challenge the Prime Minister on matters of state, not on our behalf. Hon Linton is a servant of the people and to watch, scrutinise and offer advice to the Government where we know that Skerrit and his corrupt Labour government has failed us over the past 19yrs. The Blind loyalists of Skerrit are just people who are locked on Blind Skerrit, irrespective of the blatant history of Corruption that has taken place in our government that Hon Linton has educated us over that period. This failed labour are at Linton because as Leader of Opposition exposed Skerrit for us.
Under the leadership of Mr. Linton,we have lost four straight General Election. what do you appoint a person to do? lose or win,if the answer is to lost,he has done a wonderful job,and if it was the opposite,he has a bad record.Mr Linton looks tired, exhausted and fed up,but cannot recommend any one suitable to replaced him,so he just have to carry on at slow pace. He looks like he could do with a rest to recoup
Lennox will never be the Prime Minister of Dominica. The man is a comedian, always grabbing a microphone to spew some BS for the likes of Francisco, viewexpressed and others like them. That guy talks a lot of BS that makes no sense. The man is a full-blown comedian. He is an anarchist and a riot monster. Skerrit is doing a great job keeping Dominicans abreast with what is going on with his Health Minister alongside him.
ds, than you for your dirty, disgusting talks of a lot of BS that makes no sense. Also, Sir, the likes of Francisco, viewsexpressed are intellectuals who have worked in the government service and even retired our else we have our ears and eyes open and most of the corruption and nonsense of Skerrit in govnment is well known and documented by many people in and out of the service, especially through DNO, where you will find comfort to express yourself of fake news and failed Skerrit and this highly corrupted Labour Government. Now stop going after me as “Viewsexpressed”. I am here, I will be here and I will be informed wholly of the fake news you all spew out of fail Skerrit. I challenge you blind acolytes of Skerrit, to get our of Roseau and go visit the failed villages all over an ask your so called Skerrit why is it that our people in the country are in deep poverty and no longer produce bananas? It`s Your task, and that is the issue of our poor people who no longer produce banana.
Joe Linton, wake up, smell the coffee and attempt to get yourself into some level of decent politics of our ailing people and Domininca and not failed Skerrit. Its all about our Dominica and our people, so wake up from your bias, irrelevant failed labour Skerrit Slumber.
Hon. Linton as Leader of the Opposition has that right according to Parliament Statute to request a meeting of Parliament where he feels, in keeping with the interest of we the people to request Parliament to a session to discuss our states resources, finances and development? We need answers and well deserved debate which addresses the issues of concern that we raise.
Now is not the time to have goes at each other. we come up with ideas as to how we solve this deadly virus.After all these deep experiments,the aliens finally heat back at Chiner right at their back yard so, they are responsible and should take responsibility.
the UWP leader is calling for a meeting of the Parliament of Dominica why they did not do this a few days before the last election
Because the P.M. suspended parliament before the election clever clogs! Read the constitution my friend, you should know it as well as the bible and it much shorter and more simple.
If I was asks to advise Lennox, I would simply suggest he quit politics, leave Dominica as I did when I was a kid because way back then I visualized Dominica would forever remain a backward poor place!
My visions were correct; Dominica is a place where people only see the Camera, and not the picture it produces, and so; they prefer to look at the camera, and will not look at the picture.
In Dominica, we kill the messenger before the message, or packages are delivered!
Lennox truth matters not!
One day I read on DNO where some low life wrote that talk of corona-virus is simply media hype.
Just imagine a nobody talking such nonsense, now the virus is pandemic as I quoted it might become.
Dominicans are vulnerable, since LIAT is our most popular and only means of flights into the country, so here it is: fact; one contagious with the virus traveled on LIAT.
Is it possible the virus is already in Dominica?
Most probably!
Elizabeth; you know I am actually very ashamed of you all due to your nonsensical rhetoric for many years you submitted on DNO.
There are times when one may get derogatory in criticizing an opponent; if you constantly wrote derogatory comments about me, even lying about me I would care less, because you know me in the flesh!
Nevertheless, whereas I know for a fact you do not know Lennox Linton, I am left to wonder why you constantly spew so much venom at someone you do not know.
All Lennox conveyed in this article to me seem to be caution: our people should be ware of this deadly virus; what is negative about that?
You talk your nonsense, and concluded by talking about God!
To hell with you!
Before the virus became know, God knew it was about become pandemic, he could have stopped it, he did not!
You’re evil talking about some god, but not the Trinity: God Jehovah, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit ) Ghost.
Well, I am more than ashamed of myself, to have allowed you to be telling the public that I know an “ugly frog” like you.
Now, why don’t you stay in your Black Lagoon territory and stop popping out from it to come here and castigate my thoughts? You are not qualified to do so, and I will never, ever, think like you.
By saying that I know you, you have given me the reason to tell the public that you do not have one trait which belongs to a human being; you are just not human!
This woman is despicable in thoughts, words and action. I take it that Fet attempted to put some intelligence and common-sense into what she pens not necessary personal but to be objective. I have read enough now to know that Elizabeth is the illiterate spoil child who is only queued on to Skerrit and personalises him as this great leader who has failed us. However, Elizabeth and her bind clowns just do not see and comprehend the bigger picture that we are concerned about. We will continue to challenged failed Skerrit and his incompetent corrupt Labour government because we are tax payers and we expect decency in our government and obvious corruption and abuse of our states resources and nasty game shame of the “Red Clinic”, where our struggling people have to come to this failed Skerrit where he gives handout of cash to our people. Skerrit where are the jobs? Please stop this political abuse and disgusting behaviour you conduct from the States resources and our tax money. Skerrit…
Well Elisabeth a frog is a creature of God, just like you. Maybe you should kiss it next time and it will turn into a handsome prince, you never know, could be your lucky day.
Welcome back! I thought you had given up on DNO!
DNO, how is it that almost daily the above contributor is allowed to bully others by directly attacking with words such as “shut up”, “to hell with you” and far more derogatory words when you have an explicit commentary that states offensive attacks are not permitted? There is a manner in which a person can express a strong point of view without being disrespectful to others. Remember, this blog is read far and wide. It paints a picture of the people of Dominica. Those who continually display uncouthness and a lack of courtesy chip away at the image of the country bit by bit and it may never be recovered. It is also sending a wrong message to the youth that it is acceptable to bully others by saying whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want even if it is disrespectful. This is not what freedom of speech means. Please DNO, insist that contributors step up the rhetoric and raise the discussion to a far higher standard. The same point can be made in a different way.
Again if anything, a computer or smart phone will do for a person is expose their true intelligence.
If the person is simply kindergarten material, or simply less than elementary educated, those two scientific instruments which can serve as a very good tool can also expose our lack of intelligence.
Here is the definition of: “Shut up.”
Shut up is synonyms; shut up pronunciation, shut up translation, the English dictionary definition of shut up; v. shut , shut-ting , shuts v. tr. 1. a. To move so as to block passage through an opening. b. To fasten with a lock, catch, or latch: shut the cabinet ect!
Secondly it is defined as quote:
“Shut up definition, means to cause (a person) to stop talking. How to use shut up in a sentence:
to cause (a person) to stop talking; to cease writing or speaking!
To hell with (someone means) I’m disgusted, fed up with, or want nothing to do with someone or something; I don’t care about someone or something at all!
@Francisco, I believe that you are a bloody hypocrite person criticizing Elizabeth, of her political beliefs and religion you Francisco, has been criticizing Pm Skerrit and Labour supporters with all the nasty Ness words you can think of such as calling Mr Skerrit a thief. I bet you don’t know any thing about prime minister Skerrit apart from what you have read. One of my philosophy in life is those who cannot take criticism don’t give to others does that make sense Mr smartass? 🤔
Man Bite Dogs, LOL..LOL. If you are not aware of what really happens upstirs the Financial Centre where this so called Prime (Odd) Minister is located and his ministers then please do some research and reading before you sen outdated matters to us, who are well versed at thee Financial Centre and we know what goes on. Thi is not personal , it is a matter of us protecting our states resources and we need decent people ASAP TO manage our Dominica, our government and our resources. There has been too much obvious open BoBOL, corruption taking place in our government where we know and can say that Skerrit is at fault. For example 1. The Red Clinic, 2. The Bin Bobol (Hon. Linton did expose him, and he denied and the evidence proved itself). The Fertilizer Bobol and our Passport scam and sales that we still do not have the bigger corrupted answers yet.
So there is no disrespect to Skerrit of this concern of disrespect, we are concerned of questionable corruption of this immature Skerrit.
RESILIENCE AT HIS VERY BEST. Covid-19 has to be different small virus form together. No one bleeds to death therefore, it has to do with the LUNGS. The Atlantic mouth is pointing direct to the ISLAND OF Dominica.the first country the virus attack was Dominica but,nature fought it out. What you breathe in and what you breathe out is from the lungs. watch what you eat or drink , people and crowd to avoid.choose herd and make drink to clear the lungs. Maria aftermath,this has to come from the air.
Okay, let’s keep things simple. This is a PANDEMIC, i.e. a global outbreak. Now, how did that happen? Obvious – international travel. China had info & opportunity to prevent the spread yet didn’t take it for political/economic reasons. 5m left Wuhan without issue.
So, Dominica (& the Caribbean) is vulnerable ONLY if it allows international travellers to enter, be it by air or sea. The virus isn’t born in Dominica -the ONLY way to stop that is to BAN ALL TRAVEL INTO DOMINICA, NO MATTER WHERE THE TRAVELLER COMES FROM. An astronomical financial blow to the economy, however, not more important than life.
I know full well St.Lucia (2 cases) is not screening, allowing movement, as is Martinique (10 cases) between each other & Dominica. A temperature check on entry is NOT enough (incubation period ring a bell?) Watch worldometers.info/coronavirus/ daily. Read: tfipost.com/2020/03/not-coronavirus-but-wuhan-virus-china-should-be-held-accountable-for-the-pandemic/ –PREVENTION,…
Lennox Linton, Is a comedian this guy wakes up in the morning not knowing what day it is puts on his clown face then away he goes with his pile of crap trying to fool himself and his arrogant followers just like him do not understand what he is talking about. Linton go away and let prime minister Skerrit, do his job and you stick to your comic book🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A fool can only understand his/her own thoughts, anybody who debates, or argue with a fool will forever loose the argument or debate.
To debate a fool is no different from one suggesting to a one minute old baby crying for the first time not to cry!
And even at that some one day old baby are more intelligent than one who write on DNO.
Hahahahahahahahahahahah!
I Francisco was an idiot from the very day I was born, I am living an idiots life believing that Roosevelt Skerrit is doing wonders for the country, by simply waiving his magic wand, meanwhile the gifts prior to election have all vanished, no more give away; hunger overwhelms the nation, thanks to the good work of (me Crapaud crapo mentality Almost Nearly Cousin doctor Punjab Dusquesne tipple doctor HiFU Roosevelt Skerrit).
Some of us wake up in the morning looking forward to drink the blood of Lennox Linton; that’s indeed is good blood; the vampires cannot survive without drinking the Linton’s blood!
Telemaque, if you were not the GREATER fool why did you respond to the message of “your so-called fool”. Did you not realize that you would lose the debate? And yes, you have, YOU FOOL!
All I have to say about that, and whereas you said I am not human; I want you to remain friends with Mr. Man Dog, that human dog, he will make you a better friend than I ever could.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
You only like dogs, and not human so; I fired you before as my friend, now I am again firing you; you are fired Elizabeth!
I don’t want to be your friend anymore.
I know you are going to say “I heard that before” but this time is for real, you are fired eh!
With a friend like you I don’t need an enemy oui!
Man Bites Dog with your woof woof language is telling us that you may have fleas biting your about somewhere in your dirty being.
I have no problems with you commenting on many issues, but the problem we have is that it makes no sense and appears personal rather than academic that we and others are able to comprehend, analyse and respond professionally to your comments that has to be respected. But you`re barking so loud all over this place with this corrupted Dog you take with you wherever you go and however you script. The value of this social media is to embrace all contributions, assess it and comment openly with what makes sense to hype up the discussion and its value that we all are able to do some level of comparison that we are able to learn something more.
But all we read from you is absolutely nonsensical, vagrancy thoughts that makes no sense, not even a 5cts.
You, as Man who Bites Dogs, for whatever reason we still unable to comprehend your are locked out thoughts.
I really like Honorable Lennox Linton and the things he stands for but I must admit that I have a serious problem with him. I say that because vI tired tell the man and the two other uwp candidates to resign so Skerrit could do what he wants unopposed but he not hearing. Linton is too good to be opposition Leader so he should just let Skerrit give those laborites all their blows man. That’s why Jesus warns here : ” Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast. ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them. under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Matthew_7:6. Those Evilzabeths, little kids on the block and others are really behaving like those animals Jesus mentioned in the passage. But then again I bet you they don’t reside in Dominica
“How long is it going to remain that way?” he asked
There goes the negative mind again! It is going to remain that way for as long as the faithful of Dominica continue in prayers of rebuke against it.
So those islands who imported the virus were not border-prepared? What effect was their preparation against the virus person who entered?
You contribute nothing at parliament except negative contentions, how do you plan to protect our borders from the COVID-19 infection?
Just a little bit of faith in God’s Authority and Power over the World can destroy the whole World itself far more for a traveling infectious disease. If only man could acknowledge that God is a Living, Holy Spirit with Powerful wrath that will fight against the evils man, sickness, and death for the sake of of His people.
Why don’t you start thinking of the Power and Authority of God, instead of dwelling in the destruction of a disease that you cannot control?
I think this govt intends to do the right thing but prayer, christianity, Catholicism are all bogus and incapable of doing anything good but pain and suffering the world over.
Amen Afflicted I feel you. They do have a tainted past, the writing is on the wall.
I did not intend to post my comments to you at the top, but as you know that everything happens for “the good to them that love the Lord).
And so I take this opportunity to seriously ask you how can someone who professes to be a Christian, always talking about God, can be so hateful of another human?
Had it not been Lennox I don’t know who’s blood you would get to drink, I do not know who you would be assassinating everyday?
Why don’t you take a look at yourself, your disposition, and that of Lennox Linton, and make some comparisons and ask yourself between you and Lennox on who’s side is God?
Don’t you think that you are too bloody well old a person to be so wicked and evil?
No human should conduct themselves the way you display your horrible conduct in regards to Lennox.
Elizabeth, I can die this very day, but you can too, would like to die with Lennox on your conscience?
Elizabeth, this guy Francisco, has a mental health problem I would not even answer him if I were you he is old sad and lonely looking for attention right now he is standing on his head I am sure singing aloud 🤣🤣🤣
Fools rush in where Angeles fear to thread!
I don’t see how one who is so disoriented; walks backwards and sideways can determine if another person is standing upright on booth feet.
Guy I am one who cannot be lonely, aged I will become; nevertheless, the reason I live in a five bedroom 3,000 square feet living space house, to be able to accommodate my grandchildren, and friends when they are visiting with me okay!
So, this impression that you have that I am a low life louse like you; groveling like a yard foul at the feet of Roosevelt Skerrit, eating his feces; you might think about what your ghost writer i writing about me before you spew it.
The other day you said I am not contributing anything to Dominica.
I advise you to go to Wesley, and see what I have contributed since the hurricane Maria, and is still contributing: have you been there?
I studied enough medical psychology to know that you are crazy!
I’m not.
Elisabeth, if praying makes you more comfortable please go ahead but I do not believe the creator wilfully lets people suffer. If we we follow your line of reasoning there would never have been a medicine for smallpox, tb, yellow fever, diphtheria or any other of these pestilence. You may say it is your God that let people invent such medicines and perhaps that is true but that also would make your argument plain silly and invalid. Praying does no harm but prevention and the right medication definitely helps to cure for sure.
UWP, useless worthless people, what’s your point, besides standing in front of a Microphone making a fool of yourself! Who or what island isn’t protecting their boarders? Keep pressing the panic button in order to gain political mileage and it will backfire on you as usual. We don’t have to listen to your political rhetoric, but rather listen to the professionals, who are the experts in analyzing the situation daily.
Hope he advises his supporters and members to stop spreading false information to the public and the World at large.
Q95 and Matt must stop deceiving the people leaving them in fear and panic
UWP must stop those negative comments THEY put on social media because the window They are trying to brake might be THEIR own.
“Hope he advises his supporters and members to stop spreading false information to the public and the World at large.”
“False Information…..what false information?” Are you fro real…..Have you not heard the parable that “You must clean your dirty corrupted Labour House first before you set fire on your neighbours house?”
You blind, out of touch fake acolytes are in cloud nine and dismiss and in denial of what is happening within your dirty house. Go clean up the following first before you go after our intelligent, decent highly professional Hon. Lennox Linton and his professional UWP Team, where you and your fake failed Skerrit Labour Party.
Yu blind Labour Bats, please be guided of the following: To do with the abuse of our states funds:
1.The Bin Bobol, 2The Fertlizer Bobol 3.The Red Clinic Bobol 4. The Passport Bobol
5.The Odd Minister 6.We need to know where is our money. So you blind loyalists go clean your House first before you go at decent Hon Linton & Our…
Well said Hon. Linton and we applaud you for your work and intelligence. We have observed that you are a well read politician and exceptionally tuned to politics and its challenges in our Dominica. With that we bestow upon your that you are well qualified and experienced to hold the prestige position of Prime Minister of our ailing Dominica. We need to get our people and our Dominica back to a level where our people will feel challenged to be part of our Dominica’s New development session and focus as soon as failed Skerrit is gone and in comes our Trusted, highly professional dedicated United Workers Party under its distinguished Political leader Hon Lennox Linton.
Skerrit and his obvious corrupted Labour Govt failed us over 19yrs. We cannot afford to have immature Skerrit be this Odd Minister in our government. We have had and seen enough of the abuse of states resources. The death & regular sales of our bananas, limes, grapefruit and other agricultural produce now dead. Skerrit Go
Since when LINTON is interested in the welfare of Dominicans? He must have forgotten he and UWP did nothing to help Dominica during HURRICANE MARIA……
Lin clown, this is exactly what I posted a few days ago but DNO did not print my post, all the same thanks for highlighting it once again.
The government of Dominica should close down q95radio Station, and the Lennox Linton fake social workers party that lots is spreading Covid-19 Virus amongst the Dominican people 👍👍👍
Thanks for your leadership and information Hon Linton. It appears that there may not be any substantial preventive programme to address this imminent stranger close to our shores. However, there must be guidance and regular updates that our people are aware where things are, where that disease is and how best we address it to protects ourselves, families, children’s and our vulnerable people ou our respective villages. We need to take control of our safety. Go for it please!
As Hon Linton says; the government must openly intervene to have matters in place where the Workers of all our Ports, are versed and prepared thoroughly to apply and administer small intervening closure to be able to address this mater if it arrives at our shores. Thanks Hon. Linton, good luck Team UWP and wake up failed Skerrit and your failed DLP government???
My people, please be alert, listen to your Q95, other media houses, but be aware of yourself and immediate families wherever you live. God is Good…
cont.
nothing.And I can’t end without what I know is the best remedy to apply to the whole scenario..Prayer..GOD is still the master of it all…HE can stop,,allow,,HE’s in control…Look to HIM…
Dominica there’re many countries that are ahead of you and so,that should give you’ll a good many examples as to what to do to best protect you’ll selves.And whilst the border is part of the picture it’s a small part of it.The main thing is to start..test,test and more test..As the pros will tell you no testing or little testing you are blind especially if the authorities are still letting in cruise ships,,it’s just a matter of when,,the test,test,test will send you’ll ahead of the virus and that’s where you’ll want to be ahead of it rather than running behind it..You’ll do not want what’s happening in Italy and appears to be taking shape in Spain to happen in Dominica..You’re a small population and the main thing to bear in mind is that the virus is slick..Now is the time to weigh the cost of the tourist dollar as against that virus getting in and what it’s going to cost to treat the infected and the blow to the economy,,did not even put in deaths..Do not panic that helps…
Th@nk you sir. No Cruise shops, No forrykt No plane. Period.
I know that this will be hard on the economy, but health is wealth: CLOSE THE PORTS. At least temporarily.
Don’t leave your home, just stop living.
Sensible position Mr. Linton. I have been calling for more activity at our borders, I have called for closure of our borders and I have even asked for a compromise to close our borders to specific countries, till this scourge passes. It is therefore welcoming news that there is the political insight required to rethink the folly which seems to emanate from the Minister of Health. He has stated on at least one occasion that this is a game, was that an attempt to mask his ineptitude?
All hands must be on deck in planning how this threat to our people’s health can be addressed. The Jamaicans have done it, Government and opposition got together, why not in Dominica? Dr Skerrit, nothing is gained through haughtiness, let us work together for our country’s good and for safety of our people. I trust that you note that all seed cases in the Caribbean were imported. Look at Italy, our best chance is to seal our borders to the entry of this virus. We can’t cope with this virus.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain locked down its 46 million citizens Saturday and France ordered the closing of just about everything the rest of the world loves about it — the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the cafes, restaurants and cinema — as governments took increasingly desperate measures to put more space between people and contain the coronavirus.
More borders snapped shut around the globe: President Donald Trump announced that the U.S., which days ago barred travellers from most of Europe, will extend the ban to Britain and Ireland, where cases are on the rise.
THIS IS NO GAME OR JOKE AFFAIR, PLEASE LET US GET SERIOUS, SHUT OUR COUNTRY BORDERS TO ENSURE THAT CORONA NEVER ENTERS DOMINICA. LET US BE A TESTIMONY TO THE WORLD THAT WE ARE A BLESSED COUNTRY. LORD WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND WATCHFULNESS OVER DOMINICA AND DOMINICANS. WE ARE ALSO THANKFUL FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE THUS FAR. PLEASE BRING THIS CORONA SCOURGE TO AN END, WE PRAY.
Dominica is NOT equipped or designed to handle pandemics. Citizens lack the facilities that are taken for granted in the wealthier countries (ironically the source of the virus and its subsequent spread). If a country such as Italy (21,157 cases) or Spain (7,753 cases) or the UK (1,140 cases) are struggling to cope, how on earth is Dominica expected to?
A population of <80k is weak. Italy’s total is more than a quarter of the population in Dominica – that would be 1 in 4 people. It’s no joke.
The only thing to do is STOP all incoming human travel. Allow goods (food etc.) to enter, after being sanitised. Maintain personal hygiene & sanitation. Avoid panic-buying to allow all to have and avoid searching (we’re in it together). Pay attention to how you feel and how others feel around you. Keep calm. If you feel sick, call the hospital, if possible, as opposed to visiting to prevent potential spread. Educate yourself on what to do. If you can read this message, you have internet…
Amazing someone clicked ‘Thumbs down’ on my earlier post that I wrote early this morning. Well, my points still stand, except Italy has jumped up by 3590, Spain 1542 and UK 252 cases since then. Thumbs down all you like – nobody can squash any sentence I write.
Prayers PLUS action are all we can do. Stop the Linton or Skerrit-bashing and start getting smart. The current government has to wise up to this. Yes, the economy is fragile, after Erica and Irma, however, this is an altogether different beast to deal with.
Close the borders to Dominica -don’t just hold a thermometer at someone’s head, ask a few questions then wave them in. The incubation period is up to 19 days, at any time during which a person is contagious and may not even know it.
Stay clean, sanitise, avoid crowds, cover your coughs, recognise how you feel. Stay calm as best you can and learn all you need to know & share that knowledge. Misinformation is worse than no information, so look for reputable…
{Correction} ..after Erica and Maria,
Shut up Linton, you are just playing on peoples minds for your political gains you are worse than Covid-19 Virus our prime minister Dr Skerrit and his administration has been doing a good job so far, we don’t want a clown to tell us what to do it is not a circus you are not being wise enough or clever enough in this policy.
Man Bites Dogs continues. Someone Please in that neighbourhood get your dogs away from this dirty Labour Dogs. This man enjoys “biting dogs” to further deplete and corrupt our Dominica as has been created by failed Skerrit government with help by “Man Bites Dirty Dogs”. Please take your dirty Dog and go away from our decent politics.
“Our prime minister Dr Skerrit and his administration has been doing a good job so far. We don’t want a clown to tell us what to do it is not a circus you are not being wise enough or clever enough in this policy. You see Man Bites Dog, the more you bark the more you deafen the Public with your dirty Skerrit politically hypocritical nonsensical views. As your Skerrit says, and you need to take this fake PM advice is: “Go to Hell” Go to Hell” Go to Hell”, it`s just not our damn business. So you go on sailing and talking nonsense when we all know that Skerrit is a failure and the threat within your corrupt Labour Government is our decent Hon…
Meantime, the UWP leader is calling for a meeting of the Parliament of Dominica.
“I am surprised that we haven’t had a meeting with the Parliament of Dominica at least to focus on the correct amount or adequate additional levels of resources needed,” he stated.
i tell all you mister cannot differentiate between Cabinet and Parliament yet he desperate to be Prime Minister!!!! Lennox Parliament meets to pass LAWS its not a social gathering nor is it a place for policy decisions that authority lies with the Cabinet of Ministers AKA the Executive arm!!!!
Linton indicated that at this time, cruise ships should not be allowed to dock on Dominica’s ports in order to protect its citizens from any imported cases of the dreaded coronavirus.
Like i always say mister is not a leader, he would follow other countries and block cruise ships and say people complaining, who is the people complaining sir? the VENDORS? THE TOUR GUIDES?? THE TAXI MEN??? WHO??? MAJEE!!!!!
Joe, I trust you know the difference. It is indeed parliament that passes laws, not the cabinet but this is neither the place, nor the time for political pont scoring. It was P.M. Skerrit himself, who said that our national health should not be subject to partisan politics and therefore any advice or offer of help whether it be from the opposition or not should be welcomed for consideration and never ridiculed.
The Coronavirus does not know the difference between U.W.P. And D.L.P.!
@Dominica, what do you think Linton is doing when brings Parliament meeting in his conversation? Can anyone speak about Parliament and leave politics out of it?