{"id":275018,"date":"2021-10-01T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=275018"},"modified":"2021-10-01T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:41:59","slug":"def-supports-current-inoculation-procedures-commends-efforts-to-find-additional-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/def-supports-current-inoculation-procedures-commends-efforts-to-find-additional-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"DEF supports current inoculation procedures; commends efforts to find additional solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-262038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1.jpg 976w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1-642x361.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-vaccine-1-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Board of Governors of the Dominica Employers\u2019 Federation, given the heightened concerns among employers with the number of persons contracting the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus on island, commends the outstanding work being done by our health professionals and frontline workers in battling the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the defence protocols established by the health authorities, the number of people in isolation does not appear to be decreasing to the extent expected.\u00a0 The Board is mindful of the several remedies being put forward on alternative medication and efforts to boost natural human immunity.\u00a0 These efforts demonstrate the involvement of the global community to find solutions to the challenge, and these efforts must be commended.\u00a0 Our entire focus now is defining <strong><em><u>what is good for our country<\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Board of Governors is therefore supportive of a regime of inoculation procedures meant to build resistance against the spread and contraction of the COVID virus currently plaguing the Dominican economy and society.\u00a0 The vaccines currently are the best inoculation defence we have against the virus. The Board therefore recommends that employers and their employees avail themselves of the COVID vaccines which have proven thus far to be the most effective layer of protection.\u00a0 The Board also recognizes that regular hand sanitising and the wearing of face masks will improve personal safety against transmitting and contracting the deadly virus.\u00a0 Frequent testing to determine one\u2019s COVID status IS A MUST, and the Board strongly supports employers who make this activity mandatory for management and staffs so as to enable the employer to comply with the Duty of Care imposed on him by statute and the common law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Francis EMANUEL, MSA<\/p>\n<p>President of the Board of Governors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; The Board of Governors of the Dominica Employers\u2019 Federation, given the heightened concerns among employers with the number of persons contracting the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus on island, commends the outstanding work being done by our health professionals and frontline&#8230;","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":262038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,282,17,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-covid-19-news","category-health","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DEF supports current inoculation procedures; 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