No more lockdowns for Jamaica - PM Holness

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared that the country will face no more lockdowns. Tensions were high ahead of this morning’s briefing as many anticipated that Holness would again impose more tightened curfew measures amid a fourth wave of the coronavirus.

Tensions were high ahead of this morning’s briefing as many anticipated that Holness would again impose more tightened curfew measures amid a fourth wave of the coronavirus.

Holness, while addressing a press briefing on Sunday, said he has “gone overboard to say that we are not going back to lockdowns” and urged Jamaicans to “be calm.”

But Holness, who was responding to a question on his strategy in light of the increase in COVID cases, said the primary focus in containing the spread of the virus now lies with individual responsibility.