With a rise in Covid cases locally and a planned press conference on the subject today by the Prime Minister, businessman and Chairman of the Confederation of Regional Business Chambers, Vivek Charran, is hoping that stricter Covid measures do not come back into play.
In fact, Charran said stricter Covid measures are not necessary at this time, except for those who are more vulnerable.
In an interview, he said: “We all know by now that Covid is here to stay and cases will be present globally throughout the year…Lockdowns have only led to inflation through higher shipping prices and shortages in consumer goods and they also affect the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sectors in all countries that could not give stipends and cash injections to spare the worst economic efforts.”
Charran said any lockdown in T&T at this time would only bring about unspeakable duress in the country.
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