Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie said that only 30 per cent of Jamaica’s 11,013 community bars are properly licensed to operate.
Meanwhile, bar operators in St Catherine have expressed mixed views to the trial reopening.
In Portmore on Tuesday, most bars were empty or attending to very few customers.
In Naggo Head, other bars were observed closed, but the operators are hopeful that things will return to normal soon.
“We need to sit and chat, but if the adjustments are to save us from the coronavirus, then we have to abide by them,” one bar operator, Michael Nugent, said.
