{"id":254961,"date":"2020-08-28T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T15:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=254961"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T20:48:46","slug":"22-contacts-from-2-active-covid-cases-test-negative-17-still-pending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/22-contacts-from-2-active-covid-cases-test-negative-17-still-pending\/","title":{"rendered":"22 contacts from 2 active COVID cases test negative; 17 still pending"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National epidemiologist, Dr. Shallaudin Ahmed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica remains at two active Covid-19 cases, while 17 tests are still pending.<\/p>\n

The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two new cases are asymptomatic and doing well. They are still in the COVID treatment centre,\u201d National Epidemiologist, Dr. Shallauddin Ahmed, announced during a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He said so far, the number of contacts identified from the last two cases is 39; 22 have tested negative and 17 are still pending.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as it stands, the number of confirmed cases 20, number of active cases 2, and total number of recovered cases 18, total deaths zero,\u201d Dr. Ahmed stated.<\/p>\n

According to the epidemiologist, the total number of PCR tests conducted so far is 2077 and the total number of negative PCR results obtained is 2057.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Skerrit has urged the public to follow the guidelines provided by the Ministry of Health and admonished those who have been going about “in a state of abandonment and not giving any regard to the guidelines,” to desist from doing so.<\/p>\n

He has appealed to people to take responsibility for their safety and for the safety of others “so that we can minimize the risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

He has also asked travellers into the country to ensure that they stick to the protocols set.<\/p>\n

Meantime, in earlier reports Coordinator of the Reopening of Borders Program, Dr. Laura Esprit, announced that a penalty will be charged to nationals and non-nationals travelling to Dominica who fail to adhere to mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs it relates to penalties, the following penalties have been approved; the\u00a0penalty\u00a0for non-adherence to mandatory quarantine in the Commonwealth of Dominica is EC$5000 or 6 months imprisonment and the\u00a0penalty\u00a0for providing false information on your health questionnaire would be EC$1000 or 3 months imprisonment,\u201d she revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica remains at two active Covid-19 cases, while 17 tests are still pending. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 20. \u201cThe two new cases are asymptomatic and doing well. 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