The suggestion by Quality Incorporations VII Ltd Director Krishna Vaswani is that the Government starts reopening the economy in parishes where there are few cases of the novel coronavirus.
From St Ann all the way back around to St Elizabeth, that's less than five per cent of the overall cases in Jamaica,” Vaswani stated in an interview with the Jamaica Observer last week.
He also noted that Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine, and Clarendon have the highest number of cases, but there has been a gradual relaxation of the measures implemented by the State to stem spread of the virus since March when the first case was reported.
Vaswani, in an effort to strengthen his argument, drew comparisons between some of Jamaica's parishes and Caribbean islands — namely Antigua, St Lucia, and The Bahamas — that have already announced dates for the reopening of their economies.
Asked for a response to people who warn that a full reopening the economy could result in further spread of the virus, Vaswani said: “All the supermarkets have been open; all the banks have been open.