ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER PRIVATE BUSINESSES CAN MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR PERSONS ENTERING THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEAR MASKS, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD NO LONGER BE THE LAW, MINISTER DEYALSINGH SAID YES.
• HE ADDED THAT BUSINESSES, WHETHER PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY OWNED, ARE ENTITLED, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR DECADES, IN SETTING RULES FOR PERSONS WISHING TO ENTER THEIR PREMISES.
• DEYALSINGH ALSO ADDED THAT THE COUNTRY, THOUGH THERE ARE NO REPORTED CASES TO DATE, HAS BEEN PREPARING TO TREAT WITH ANY SUSPECTED CASES OF THE MONKEYPOX DISEASE.
