And while there may have been plenty of new cases stemming from the general elections, in the here and now, the ComPol is trying to reduce cases in various workplaces.
He made an impassioned post on Facebook this morning, reminding employers that they should not be forcing employees who have COVID-19 or are awaiting test results to come into work, inevitably causing an even greater spread. Today, he told us that he plans to speak with the Minister of Health to amend the law to be able to charge these employers.
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"We have been receiving a number of complaints from employees who are aware of other employees who have tested positive for covid-19 and employer on the other hand is refusing to have these employees who have tested positive to go home to isolate. These employees are still being told to come to work despite the fact that they're covid positive. Secondly we also got complaints where they're some where the employees have gone to do the test and are awaiting results and again employers are telling them that they need to be at work pending the results. Now it is the law that once it is that you have tested positive for covid 19 that you need to isolate yourself from others. It is also the law that once you have been swabbed and are awaiting results that you are to be in quarantine pending your results. And we would anticipate that any responsible employer would want to ensure that an employee who is infected or who is potentially infected would not be at work to further infect other employees or to put other employees at risk."
Meanwhile, the employees can still be charged for breach of quarantine.
