Barbados Today February 23, 2021 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) shadow spokesman on labour on Monday called on his opposite number in Government to address pressing issues currently facing workers amid the COVID-19 crisis In a statement, the DLP’s Courie Cox, said Minister of Labour Colin Jordan’s recent plea for workers not to panic was not feasible as several issues preventing the earnest resumption of economic activity still remain with no end in sight. Cox said: “The Democratic Labour Party is at a loss regarding this request of workers by a Minister in an environment where unknown strains of the Covid-19 virus are running rampant. This has resulted in business operations being disrupted on a daily basis with clusters of workers testing positive and staring immediate weeks of financial uncertainty in the face. The Government has announced the clearance of testing results backlogs, but we all are aware that numerous workers are still at home awaiting results for more than a week.