We stress record-keeping because what we find happening is that over the years, persons come and do their form from information from off the top of their head, but the there is no record or documentation to verify their claims on the form,” -Taxpayer Education Officer, Rogerlene Miller

Minister said that accrediting these testing facilities plays a critical role in safeguarding the local tourism industry, in light of requirements by the major tourism partners for travellers to their jurisdictions, including citizens returning from vacation overseas, to provide a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

As at mid-December, our Aedes index was down to 4.8 per cent. Once you are below five per cent, then you significantly decrease the risk of having vector-borne diseases, so we are doing well,”