Notably - to that end - the Minister of Health today said that the National Oversight Committee would not be re-convened but, instead, the Ministry's team will be taking advice from a group of medical experts - at least for the next six months.
Today, one of the Ministry's foremost experts - who seemed to be taking up less of the spotlight at today's press conference - explained how hospitals have to re-adjust their areas of focus in response to the COVID numbers:
Dr. Marvin Manzanero - Director of Health Services "You work along with the numbers you have as has been happening with, for example, Karl Heusner that's been gradually expanding their COVID 19 unit where they initially had 6 ventilators to now they having the ability to ventilate between 18 to 20 patients. So, you expand as you move along with the resources. You fold back some services because you don't have that huge amount of human resources that you can carry forward with whatever you need to do. So, you fold back on the electives and things that you can and we basically keep an A & E wing and a COVID 19 situation."
