KINGSTON, Jamaica— “I think we’re exhaling this morning,” President of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Richard Pandohie, said when asked by the Jamaica Observer to comment on the measures announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to further open up the local economy.
Among the relaxed COVID-19 measures announced are a shortened curfew, the reopening of the entertainment industry, more people being allowed to worship and the abandonment of the requirement for people who are fully vaccinated to be placed in quarantine on arrival in Jamaica, if a negative PCR test is returned.