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BPSA boss says uncertain times ahead - Barbados Today
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Private sector warns any extension to lockdown will hurt
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January 28, 2021
The two-week lockdown has not gone down well with a key spokesman of the private sector, despite the full backing of the trade union movement, the medical profession and the island’s key political players.
While the business community has said it will adhere to the order for the country to halt all but essential business operations from Wednesday, Edward Clarke, the chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association is adamant that the action by the Mia Mottley administration is unnecessary.
The position emerged from talks between the Social Partnership and Government in recent days.
On Tuesday night, the Prime Minister outlined several restrictions that would take effect from next Wednesday which are aimed at bringing community spread of the coronavirus under control.
January 26, 2021
Firms whose employees test positive for COVID-19 are not being forced to close their doors but some, mostly small businesses, have no choice but to shut down, says the president of the Barbados Private Sector Association, Edward Clarke.
His comments come just days after the head of the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit Ronald Chapman made it clear that the unit did not instruct businesses to close once a staff member tested positive for the respiratory virus, saying closure made no financial or scientific sense.
But speaking to
Barbados TODAY, Clarke said more often than not businesses with a small staff had to temporarily close.
January 26, 2021
Even as the country braces for tighter measures expected in the coming days, president of the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA), Edward Clarke believes the current protocols in place are stringent enough.
However, he says the nonchalant behaviour exhibited by some Barbadians and visitors is responsible for the continued spread of COVID-19.
On Saturday during a televised press conference Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic declared that there was community spread in Barbados.
With the country already under a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew until the end of the month, Bostic hinted that stricter measures were coming.
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