Prime Minister John Briceno wasn't quite so restrained in his remarks about Dr Manzanero versus Dr Diaz. He made it clear that he likes Diaz's energy:
Hon. John Briceno, Prime Minister
"I don't know as yet, but we need to take a different course. The previous course was not working. The course of just sitting and waiting on the PCR tests, the long waits in getting back the results - we felt that we have to be a lot more aggressive than what we were and so we have to look at what our options and I think the minister of health will probably inform us more sooner than later what will be the plans, but what I can tell you that Dr. Melissa Diaz is one of the best doctors. She has been out in the frontlines in the testing and doing everything possible to try to curb the spread of the virus, so should be minister decide that he wants to appoint Dr. Melissa Diaz he will have my full support and I have great respect for her. I admire the work that she has done, the determination and the love for her work and this is what we need right now - people that are determined, people that are fearless, people that love what they do."
