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How Jamaica failed to handle its JamCOVID scandal – Yahoo News Australia
As governments scrambled to lock down their populations after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared last March, some countries had plans underway to reopen…
As governments scrambled to lock down their populations after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared last March, some countries had plans underway to reopen. By June, Jamaica became one of the first countries to open its borders.
Tourism represents about one-fifth of Jamaica’s economy. In 2019 alone, four million travelers visited Jamaica, bringing thousands of jobs to its three million residents. But as COVID-19 stretched into the summer, Jamaica’s economy was in free fall, and tourism was its only…
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