The restrictions on travel between Stanley and Mount Pleasant Complex have been lifted, after Chief Medical Officer Dr Rebecca Edwards advised that the current risk from Covid is almost nil. Attorney General Simon Young has confirmed there is no longer any justification for limiting travel.
MLA Leona Roberts read a statement last Friday announcing the decision.
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THE Government has confirmed that it has asked UK authorities to waive quarantine requirements for Falkland Islands residents travelling the to UK.
The move comes as surveillance swabbing continues to return negative results. To date, 413 PCR tests have been carried out in the Falklands, all resulting in negative results.
Marie Horton has been announced as the new Director of Education, taking up her position from May 27, 2020.
“CALM the Dickens down,” was the gentle advice Dr Beccy Edwards had for residents following the announcement last Friday that some Covid-19 restrictions were to be relaxed. Dr Edwards soundly reassured saying: “We wouldn’t have been talking about relaxing any sort of restrictions yet if we weren’t confident there wasn’t Covid in the community so I would just take this minute to say to everybody, calm the Dickens down.
The environmental and engineering business, RSK Group, has acquired the construction company Morrison Falklands Ltd (MFL).
The latest test results received by KEMH have shown one positive result for COVID-19 out of 18 swabs tested, but the construction sector will go back to work in the Falkland Islands.