Incoming chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne, says he plans to do away with “discriminatory” travel bans on islands with high COVID-19 numbers.
“We need to establish common or harmonised regional health protocols for travel, clear to the public and communicated widely,”
“The discriminatory practice of banning travel from member states with elevated numbers of COVID-19 while accommodating guests from countries of higher risk, should be discouraged.” Browne said.
Browne made the comment in his first official address after outgoing chairman, Prime Minister of T&T Dr Keith Rowley, handed over the reins of CARICOM to Browne in a virtual meeting of the CARICOM island leaders and the Secretariat.
Browne said the increased movement of people among the islands would spell a great boost to the island economies.
