by Linda Straker
- Suspect caught earlier today when he entered a health facility seeking a Covid-19 test
- Can be charged for providing untruthful information and breach of the law
Within hours of the Ministry of Health disclosing that a traveller to Grenada from a medium risk country had skipped mandatory quarantine and lied to immigration officials, that person was caught and is now in police custody.
“He is in the custody of the police. He is presently in an isolation area. He was caught earlier today when he entered a health facility seeking a Covid-19 test,” said an official knowledgeable about the matter.
The young man who gave his Grenada home address as a village in St Patrick, was caught on the western side of the island.
The young man claimed to have travel clearance from London and informed immigration in Grenada that he travelled from Barbados. However, the use of the regional electronic passport system disclosed his true travel itinerary and Grenada’s health officials informed him that he would have to undergo 14 days mandatory quarantine.
He did not object to the quarantine but breached the protocol when he was placed at the location, by leaving without informing health or security personnel. He remained on the run until the Ministry of Health’s information officer informed that public about action.
Under Grenada’s quarantine law, the suspect who is awaiting the result of a PCR test, can be charged for unknowingly providing untruthful information and breach of the law.
Section 7 of the Quarantine Act states that:
(1) A person who—
(a) refuses to answer or knowingly gives an untrue answer to any inquiry made under the authority of this Act, or intentionally withholds any information reasonably required of him or her by any officer or other person acting under the authority of this Act, or knowingly furnishes to any such officer or other person any information which is false;
(b) refuses or wilfully omits to do any act which he or she is required to do by this Act, or refuses or wilfully omits to carry out any lawful order, instruction or condition made, given or imposed by any officer or other person acting under the authority of this Act; or
(c) assaults, resists, wilfully obstructs, or intimidates any officer or other person acting under the authority of this Act, or offers or gives a bribe to any officer or person in connection with his or her powers or duties under this Act, or being such officer or person, demands, solicits or takes a bribe in connection with his or her powers or duties under this Act, or otherwise obstructs the execution of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under or of any other offence against this Act shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
I agree that there should be more clarity on the quarantine conditions. you go to the ministry of health’s web page https://covid19.gov.gd/ then download the advisory booklet “Entering Grenada – a Travellers Guide” page two of this guide informs you that countries are divided into 3 categories low, medium and high with the low category being an infection rate of less than 20 cases per 100,000 population, at the bottom of the page is a link to where the information on which the categories are based https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
The man who absconded from quarantine was said to have started his journey from the UK and according to the information from this web site (The one the ministry of health uses) the UK has an infection rate of 15.9 (it was actually 13.5 on the day this incident was first reported) which would have put the UK into the low risk category so which is it?
Well this guy shouldn’t have run, but on the other hand when the rules change almost weekly, who can keep up? Welcome to global governance. Last week’s “regulation” has no bearing on what will be done this week or next. This plandemic has been a licence to make up the rules as we go along and the dumb sheep have to comply like it or not. By the way, the inventor of the PCR test says it’s unreliable and should never have been used to prove or disprove the presence of a virus which has never even been isolated in a lab. 2020 has certainly been a banner year for the billionaire club crime cartel !
The article does not say when he arrived. Maybe he had a positive pcr test already.
Why are the Grenada health officials telling him he has to go into 14 day quarantine, the Ministry of Health requirements, do not state that at all from medium risk countries…….24/48 hrs only until your PCR test result cone back. Then if negative you can go to approved accommodation, if positive you the go into 14 day quarantine at a state facility.
Somebody need to train these health officials at the airport to follow their own published rules, not make up their own on the spot.
I do not condone what this guy did, but if you arrive hear thinking you know whT the rules are and then somebody miss informs you that you have to go into quarantine for 14 days at your own expense…….that is just wrong.
Nobody will want to come to Grenada when this news get back to these countries.
I have been told that this has happened to other people who have arrived from the UK resonantly ??