Excerpt from Jamaica Observer column published Monday, March29, 2021
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
In the midst of growing number of COVID-19 cases and related deaths, 40 new fines for breaches of the preventative orders were approved by both Houses of Parliament. You can now be fined $500 for not wearing a mask in public and $10,000 for breaking curfew. A coronavirus-positive person who does not isolate will be fined $50,000. Not even the Church is spared; along with illegal bars, unlawful church services and funerals will attract a fine of $100,000.
Meanwhile, we learned that India will be halting exports of AstraZeneca vaccines as they have also had a spike in cases. It seems that we have grown more accepting of the safety of the vaccine as the 75-year-olds turned out in their numbers during the past week to be inoculated.
Jamaica Highlights 