JAMAICA POLICE INVESTIGATING USAIN BOLT PARTY AFTER SPRINTER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
JAMAICA POLICE INVESTIGATING USAIN BOLT PARTY AFTER SPRINTER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
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JAMAICA POLICE INVESTIGATING USAIN BOLT PARTY AFTER SPRINTER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the latest Jamaican to do so in an alarming surge of infections in the Caribbean nation.
a close up of Usain Bolt: Usain Bolt attends 2019 Oaks Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on Nov. 7, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. The athlete has tested positive for coronavirus.© Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images AsiaPac/TNS Usain Bolt attends 2019 Oaks Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on Nov. 7, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. The athlete has tested positive for coronavirus.
Bolt’s positive test result was confirmed in a virtual news conference Monday night by Health Minister Christopher Tufton ahead of new stay-at-home measures for some communities and a nationwide ban on funeral services and parties for the next two weeks beginning on Thursday.
Tufton said Bolt had been formally notified of his test results and rigorous contact tracing was underway.
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Bolt will receive no special treatment and police are investigating reports that the world-record holder had flouted rules when he celebrated his 34th birthday at a Kingston sports complex on Friday.
Several revelers shared images on social media of Bolt and others not wearing masks while dancing on an outdoor court to the song “Lockdown” by Koffee, a young Jamaican reggae artist. There were also reports that some of the well-known figures who flew in to celebrate Bolt’s birthday did not abide by Jamaica’s rule requiring them to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival.
“No one is going to be treated with any exemption or given any special treatment,” Holness said. “All Jamaicans have a duty, and of course, those who have the public ear and influence in the public spheres have a greater duty.”
Already, 1,000 Jamaicans have been charged and prosecuted for breaking the country’s emergency measures to control the spread of COVID-19, Holness said, citing a report from the country’s police commissioner.
“We have been prosecuting persons. We haven’t made too much of it, and gone out and publicize it because the intention is not to stigmatize,” he said. “But more and more, it would appear that more needs to be made of it; that the public needs to know that we are serious about this and are prosecuting persons.”