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Stephen holding his Bajan flying fish and chips dinner.
A birthday in quarantine in a foreign country is no one s wish, but Stephen made the most of what could have otherwise been just a frustratingly disappointing situation.
The Haiti national took a chance and flew to Barbados during these COVID-19 times with high hopes of exploring the island once he completed his two-day quarantine and received a negative second test result. But that did not happen.
Chatting with
Loop, he said: I just turned 27 Thursday and this getaway was a birthday gift for myself.
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Stephen s mentions on his Twitter page were in shambles yesterday morning as Bajan Twitter ratioed his tweet. In quarantine for his entire visit, he had tweeted:
December 11, 2020
Tourism Minister Senator Lisa Cummins, seeking to allay fears over taking the coronavirus vaccine, has signalled she will be taking it once it becomes available here.
She declared: “I, like many others in this administration, will be among those who, once our medical officials have cleared us, will say ‘here I am, I am willing to be vaccinated’.”
At the same time, a tourism official has suggested that while the protocols must remain in place even as the vaccine is being administered in some source markets, some tweaks may have to be made to those protocols in order to accommodate travellers who may not have taken the vaccine.