Leader of the Dominican Freedom Party (DFP), Kent Vital, joins his voice in encouraging Dominicans to practice the six feet social distancing and other measures put in place by the Ministry of Health.
He says, “Dominica must quickly learn the lessons from China, Italy, Spain, South Korea and other countries. Dominica Freedom Party believes that a lock down of the country for about three to four weeks in the first instance would be most useful in combating COVID-19. While we would have preferred the Government to act much earlier to significantly curtail social interactions even though totally precautionary, we the citizens must look past this point and do what it takes from now onward to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Therefore we encourage all to adhere to the current advice of our public servants, to practice social distancing and to stay at home if one has no essential reason to be in the public.
Vital said that the economy was under significant contracting stress prior to COVID-19, and will be further impacted from the disease. The DFP expects that there will be a need to reset the economy and the DFP is prepared to assist with this noble task. Therefore the DFP avails itself to assist Government in whatever way necessary in the war against COVID-19.
