The Prime Minister was also pressed to comment on the ongoing lockdown of the villages in the Orange Walk District. Shipyard, Santa Marta and Guinea Grass have been locked down for two weeks, and are now facing two weeks more.
As you have seen for the past two nights, villagers have been protesting this extended lockdown, and today the Prime Minister said it is under review:
Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister
"Seriously, we need to examine each circumstance, the circumstances of each particular village. I think they are coming up hard now on the two week mark and while we have provided for the extension of the national assembly, we will be taking a look at this and determining which of the villages might safely come out of quarantine so yes, the answer is yes, we are going to be doing that."
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