Opposition Leader: Government must protect borders
File photo: Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
The Opposition Leader is calling on Government to do more to secure the country’s borders, following the revelation that the Brazilian variant of covid19 came to Trinidad and Tobago via an immigrant.
The Health Minister made that statement in the Senate on Tuesday.
In a release, UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the borders have been closed for a year, but cases are now rising.
“Minister Deyalsingh and newly appointed National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds were at pains last week trying to deny that the P1 (Brazilian) variant entered the country because of our porous borders. In their haste to cover up and deflect from the issue, they warned journalists who were asking pertinent questions of the potential to fuel xenophobia. Precious time was lost while the Government chose to deflect from this serious issue, and now we are seeing more cases of the P1 variant i
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