(CNS): The opposition is calling on government to re-think its plans to lift quarantine requirements next month. In a video message on Thursday, PPM Leader Roy McTaggart said the environment had changed since June, when his party was urging government to open up. Following news of the suspected community transmission of COVID-19, he took to social media and said there was “a strong argument that we should look again at what is the appropriate time to open”.
In a short statement made before the two cases of community transmission of the coronavirus were confirmed, the opposition leader criticised PACT for not keeping the opposition members updated and urged the government to “give careful thought to whether it would not be prudent to hold back on reopening”.
He said he still believed that the five-day quarantine was too short because it doesn’t give sufficient protection, since the virus has an incubation period of about 14 days.
“The Delta and MU variants make this situation worse, and this should be reconsidered,” McTaggart said. “When in government, we agreed to 10-day quarantine but no shorter. In addition, doing away with the GPS wristbands for those quarantining at home should also be reconsidered.”
McTaggart said there was increased concern about opening up on 14 October and accused government of making things worse by not updating the country regularly and “give comfort to the public that the government had the situation in hand”.
He denied that the PPM was “a part...
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