The Ministry of Health is investigating whether a group of South Americans who recently entered the country had negative COVID-19 tests, Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, health consultant in the Office of the Prime Minister, confirmed on Thursday.
Negative COVID-19 tests are required for all foreigners entering the country.
Dr. Dahl-Regis was asked to confirm whether a group of Mexicans provided the requisite test results and how many of them landed. However, she could only confirm that a group of South Americans landed, but did not say how many.
“Information was just recently passed to me that indeed we had a landing of nationals from South America that came in,” she said during a Ministry of Health press conference.
“We are investigating this as we speak.
“But I want to give you the assurance that health will require that each individual who landed present with a negative PCR test. And if it doesn’t meet the qualifications, we will do… the test to be sure that we have no transmission and if there is a positive test, we will deal with it.
Asked to clarify if they took COVID tests, Dr. Dahl-Regis added: “We are told that they have had and we await receipt of those tests.
“Once received we will determine that they are were good, valid, positive or negative.”
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source https://thenassauguardian.com/2020/07/02/ministry-of-health-investigating-whether-travelers-from-south-america-have-negative-covid-19-tests/
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