COVIDCayman Update - 3 April 2020
COVID-19 in the Cayman Islands
Update – 3 April 2020
Synopsis of CIG Press Briefing
1. ONE (1) POSITIVE CASE.
- Person lives in same household as another positive result.
As at 3rd April, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 is at TWENTY-NINE** (29) and is broken down as follows:
Active – 27 (with 13 “clinically better”)
Recovered – 1
Deceased – 1
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2. The Commissioner of Police, with authorisation from His Excellency the Governor under the Police Law, has extended the Hard Curfew for a further fourteen (14) days until 17 April 2020. The details of the Hard Curfew are:
- 7:00pm – 5:00am each night for Monday through Saturday/Sunday
- A full 24-hour (full day) Hard Curfew for each Sunday. (12:01am Sunday – 5:00am Monday)
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3. The Soft Curfew (Shelter-in-Place) provisions have been extended until 17 April 2020. The following amendments have been made:
- If your last name begins with A – K, you may leave your residence for essential services on Monday/Wednesday/Friday.
- If your last name begins with L – Z, you may leave your residence for essential services on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday.
- Persons are not permitted to leave their place of residence outside of their assigned day of the week based on the alphabetical system save for the following exceptions:
o Employees of essential services
o Healthcare facilities/Doctor’s office/Pharmacies
o Collecting take away food from restaurants
o Exercise
- No person shall visit a residential care facility without written permission from the CMO;
- Allowance for travel due to court-ordered custody arrangements;
- Allowance for attending court or police station as required
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4. The RCIPS has now been given authorisation to write tickets to citizens for breaches of Soft Curfew rather than warn for prosecution. The tickets will range from $250 – $750 and persons will have twenty-eight (28) days to pay or defend in court. The penalty can increase to a maximum of $1,000 and/or six (6) months in prison. The offences and relevant penalties are:
- Not restricting the number of persons in a business – $250
- Not maintaining required social distance of 6ft – $250
- Any action in contravention to Regulation 6(1) which includes strata pools, gyms, boating, etc – $500
- Permitting a visit to a residential home-care facility without CMO permission – $500
- Remaining in a place not their legal residence without lawful authority – $500
- Undertaking travel to essential services on a day other than your permitted day – $500
- Holding a public meeting/festive gathering – up to $750
- Opening an establishment/business not exempted – $750
- Minimart or convenience store with more than six (6) persons inside – $750
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5. Cabinet has approved and authorised the HSA to employ medical personnel trained and qualified in Cuba to increase the pool of available doctors and nurses.
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Written by: Nickolas DaCosta