The Authorities has denied media stories that the well being of Barbadians was positioned in danger throughout the recently-concluded Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Males’s T20 World Cup.
Along with internet hosting the finals of the competitors that was gained by India, Barbados hosted a number of preliminary video games within the match that was held within the West Indies and United States between June 1-29.
In an announcement, the Ministry of Well being and Wellness stated that it “strongly refutes” an announcement made in a piece of the press concerning the well being of Barbadians throughout the match, noting that in Cricket World Cup, along with the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Well being Company (CARPHA), it “instituted a real-time surveillance system to seize all potential public well being occasions that would have occurred.
“We obtained every day stories on the standing of public well being throughout the entire Cricket World Cup matches. The surveillance began earlier than, throughout, and per week after Cricket World Cup. At no time was there any infectious illness outbreak that warranted public well being intervention,” the ministry stated, insisting that “the general public remained secure always.”
The ministry stated that it’s working with the administration of an area firm “to make sure the meals provide stays secure,” including there is no such thing as a outbreak related to the corporate “and we are going to proceed to work with the corporate to have excellent issues resolved.
“The Ministry encourages the general public to make use of respected sources and chorus from utilizing unofficial and unverified sources to acquire their info,” the assertion added.
