And while that outbreak occurred only a month after casinos were given the greenlight, was that decision to reopen a mistake?
Minister Kareem Musa shared his perspective that the benefit of employment which casinos provide is critical, and in these times, the economic benefit is a deciding factor:
Hon. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"I think as much as 200 employees and so again you have to look at the balance, how many people are you going to put once again out of employment and so what we have done instead of doing it straight across the board shutting down the 2 casinos, we've only shutdown temporarily the Princess Casino and then of course Tropicana Casino still operates. As I have been informed the Ministry of Health went in there and did test on all the employees and all of them came back negative and so that's good news. What it means though, it means that the Ministry of Health will have to do continuous ongoing tests at these establishments, more so than any other establishment, because you saw how quickly it spread within the Princess Casino and so we have to keep a close eye on that."
