With novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continuing to rapidly increase in Kwebanna, the Region One community’s Village Council has decided to impose a two-week lockdown in an attempt to curb infections.
Up to yesterday, Kwebanna had recorded more than 60 cases of COVID-19, including two deaths. The first person to die after becoming infected with COVID-19 in Kwebanna was a 40-year-old miner, identified as Clyde Thomas.
Stabroek News was told that Thomas is originally from Wakapoa, in Region Two, and had recently travelled to Kwebanna to spend some time with a relative. He caught the virus while he was in the community and died more than a week ago.