And what does the Minister of Health have to say about the dreaded return of the curfew?
Today in the Orange Walk District Michel Chebat told CTV-3 that it's a containment measure that G.O.B hopes will stave off a rising third wave.
Hon. Michel Chebat, Minister of Health
"Basically I believe that we are in the preliminary stages of a third wave. We are taking additional measures, I want to put the whole country on notice that starting on Monday as a result of the increase in numbers that we have seen, as a result of the fact that we are not observing the public health measures which are intended to curb the numbers we are gonna be looking at a new timeframe for the curfew. As of Monday the curfew will begin across the country from 9:00 o'clock and it's going to go on to 4:00 o'clock in the morning, ok so that's an additional measure we're taking into place. Also throughout the country we're looking at the villages where we have increasing numbers and a lot of the index cases are arising from places of worship. We have asked before. We've asked the churches to please control the numbers to please make sure that their members are observing the public health measures. It has not been happening. So as of Monday we will also be closing down those places of worship in these villages where we have expanding numbers."
