Fort Charlotte Police Station closed due to COVID-19 exposure risk

Fort Charlotte Police Station closed due to COVID-19 exposure risk
In this July 2020 interview, Sonny Miller, the then Police Staff Executive (PSA) executive chairman, speaks with Eyewitness News about cases of the coronavirus affecting Grand Bahama as officers remained on the frontlines.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Fort Charlotte Police Station had to be shut down yesterday after a possible exposure to coronavirus, Eyewitness News understands.

Police Staff Association Executive Chairman Sonny Miller told Eyewitness News that a number of his members, who work at the station, have indicated that they have gone into self-quarantine

“However, there’s nothing official to say that COVID-19 has affected or impacted that station,” Miller said.

“But I can tell you that members have been asked to quarantine and I guess once results and the information comes back the Commissioner of Police will speak with you on that.”

There was no confirmation from officials up to press time on whether the station had been compromised with a confirmed case.

Miller noted however that precautionary measures were taken and people were being directed to the next station.

The Bahamas confirmed 16 additional cases of COVID-19 yesterday.

Ten of those new cases were on Grand Bahama, five on New Providence, and one on Exuma – the first for the island since the beginning of the global pandemic.

Grand Bahama has become a hotspot for the virus, recording 169 cases – 34 more than New Providence.

On Friday, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis announced a range of restrictive measures, including a weekend lockdown, a nightly curfew, and the discontinuation of inter-island travel.

Effective today, a curfew will begin from 7pm to 5am.

While commercial activity will be allowed to continue, all business must be completed by 6pm.

About Sloan Smith

Sloan Smith is a senior digital reporter at Eyewitness News, covering a diverse range of beats, from politics and crime to environment and human interest. In 2018, Sloan received a nomination for the “Leslie Higgs Feature Writer of The Year Award” from The Bahamas Press Club for her work with Eyewitness News.

2 comments

At any point in 2018, when 1.5 MILLION people died of TB, did anything in the Bahamas shut down? Nope. And we got TB posituve people floating in all the time…….

Really what that has to do with wha’ts happening now please stop living in the pass and follow the rules to help prtect and save lives

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