The Bahamas announced this March the temporary suspension of all commercial flights and Haitian emergency services as a precautionary measure against the risk of contagion by covid-19 when it enters its time of carnival.
The suspension of all cases from Haiti is included within the executive orders for the emergence of covid-19.
The executive order, which establishes the suspension of leave for a period of 21 days, is prohibited from entering the Bahamas from any person who haits from Haiti, is subject to direct transport or transit from another jurisdiction, aire o mar.
The Minister of External Relations of the Bahamas, Darren Henfield, said that the decision was taken on the concerns about the activities of the Haitian Carnival, considering a major diffusion event.
The Haitian Carnival, which marks the moon, is one of the most important cultural events of the country this year and was canceled in 2020 when various violent protests interrupted the first day of the festivities.
Without embarrassment, the events of this year will be celebrated in the wake of the continuing political disruptions and preoccupations with covid-19.
“The reason for the ban is that we call the embargo on flights and embarrassments with Haiti at the moment because this country has entered its carnival hour,” said Henfield.
“Bahamas do not celebrate the time of Junkanoo -carnaval- of the form in which we normally do. Trinity does not celebrate carnival in the way that it normally does, because it is said to be cautious. to avoid possible risks “, matizó.
The media provoked the critics of women questioning the Gobierno’s justification for implementing a ban on single cases only against Haiti and not against other countries, especially those of the covid-19 cases.
Insisting that the carnival atmosphere could favor a possible spread of the virus and that this is the reason why it has renounced Junkanoo in the Bahamas.
“Our health care workers are constantly monitoring the propagation of covid-19 and the variants of various countries”, underlined.
The Minister said that, at the moment, no hooi vliegtuie para bretel fills or maritime en route to the Bahamas from other countries.
Dijo did not receive notices of repatriation of Bahamas citizens from Haiti, although he did not know that national archipelagos can be found in the Caribbean.
In March 2020, the frontiers of the country will close all the roads, including the cities of the Bahamas, with the intention of avoiding the covid-19 propaganda.