Minister for Finance and Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says $8 million has been allocated to the ministry of health to manage the upsurge of cases of Covid-19 here.
Mr. Skerrit says that funds that could have been used otherwise had to be redirected towards, among other essentials, providing meals, housing and additional medical supplies for covid patients.
Last figures on the Ministry of health’s dashboard indicated that 575 persons are currently infected with the virus.
Minister for Finance, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
