‘Reduce The Spread Of The Omicron Variant’
The 4th wave of the virus “left us with a total of 106 deaths and a hospital stretched almost to breaking point” and “the Government does not want this to happen again and we have chosen to act early,” Acting Premier Diallo Rabain said.
This follows after the Ministry announced earlier today that active cases have now increased to 234, which is almost quadruple what they were on December 16th, and as the 12.30am to 5am curfew takes effect.
The Acting Premier said, “A curfew is one part of a larger mitigation strategy alongside a reduction in gathering sizes, increased mask-wearing indoors and increased testing. This is a proven and effective strategy as we have seen during past outbreaks. The mitigation restrictions that the Government has put in place will help to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
“No-one should forget that the 4th wave of this virus, caused by the Delta variant, left us with a total of 106 deaths and a hospital stretched almost to breaking point. The restrictions put in place then, including a curfew, allowed us to claw back from that brink and bring the level of infections to a manageable rate.
“The Government does not want this to happen again and we have chosen to act early to protect our healthcare system and in response to the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant that we are seeing first-hand with a rapid increase in positive cases in Bermuda. We will not underestimate this variant, especially as the world is still learning about the threat it can pose.
“We also acted early to protect the lives of all Bermudians, especially those who are vulnerable. There are 106 families who will not celebrate this holiday season with their loved ones. These families will spend this time usually meant for rejoicing and celebrating, grieving their loss.
“Saving lives, preventing serious illness and reopening schools safely in 2 weeks means that thousands of parents will be able to go to work and not have to sacrifice more of the wages they need to provide for their families.
“We cannot again have our hospital forced to use refrigerated containers for our deceased or be one admission away from having to decide who gets life-saving care and who doesn’t. These restrictions provide us the fighting chance to avoid that.
“The restrictions are temporary, but they require us all to play our part. They cannot be effective without cooperation and a level of personal responsibility from all Bermudians. While many are focusing on the 4.5 hours that we cannot be out, we must also be mindful of our actions during the 19.5 hours that we can be.
“We must all continue to follow the public health regulations, and the basic public health guidance of hand-washing and sanitising, social distancing, and mask-wearing. We must all work together as a community to protect the vulnerable, protect our healthcare system, our schools and do our best to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant on our island.”
You can find more information on the links below from our dedicated website BermudaCovid.com, which is the most comprehensive resource and historic record available of Bermuda’s handling of the pandemic.
- All Charts: Vaccine, testing & more here
- Timelines: Dates of major developments here
- Test results: Chart of testing stats here
- Vaccine: Data covering vaccinations here
- Dedicated website: BermudaCovid.com
Shut the churches if you want to control the spread. That and funerals attended by hundreds. You won’t because they are your voter base.
Not to mention Robain’s job fair with 750 people.
WOW! Some leadership comments! Speaking of which, where is the Premier?????
“We also acted early to protect the lives of all Bermudians …”
That’s right, the Government acted for Bermudian only, not those damned foreigners who contribute so much to our economy!
A curfew doesn’t justify the risk from this new variant. The U.K. says this variant is more transmissible, but far less deadly for the unvaccinated, as well as the vaccinated. But our government says that these steps are meant to protect the unvaccinated. They say it’s meant to keep the most vulnerable safe. If we don’t know who the most vulnerable people are by now. Then we are just as lost as this government. All I see is a push for compliance. The narrative is the same, just a new variant.
Can you tell me how to get , how to get to sesame street. Bunch of muppets!!