Excerpt from The Jamaica Observer column published on Monday, March 14, 2022
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
We have had to make tearful farewells to family members and friends during the savage descent of COVID-19 over the past two years.
Some of those who have recovered are suffering from “long COVID” symptoms. We have followed the management of COVID from worldwide newscasts and we are grateful that COVID protocols were never politicised in our country.
There are really no words to thank those who were in the vanguard of the fight: Health Minister Christopher Tufton, Chief Medical Officer Dr Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, Permanent Secretary Dunstan Bryan, and Director of Family Health Services Dr Melody Ennis. And we were moved by the dedication of Jamaica’s health-care personnel, many of whom disrupted their family lives to give round-the-clock service.
Jamaica now has a positivity rate hovering around five per cent; however, with reports of spikes in major international cities, let us keep our guard up.
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