The Ministries of Health and Amerindian Affairs along with the Civil Defence Commission are working with St. Cuthbert’s Mission to address the impact of COVID-19 there.
Residents who tested positive continue to recover with support from those entities.
Among those recovering, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI) is former Toshao and current Village Councillor, Pierre Andrews. Andrews recently shared his experience with DPI after contracting the disease.
“About 18 days ago, I experience some mild symptoms like light-headedness and cold sweat. Of course, at that time, there was an outbreak of flu in the village so we had an assumption that it was not COVID-19 because of the talks of the symptoms like fever, shortness of breath and what’s not; it was not there… The residents did not take it serious neither did myself,” he said.
Andrews said that he continued to treat his symptoms as he does the flu until a test proved otherwise. This, he said, did not deter him or anyone else who tested positive since they were educated about the disease.
“We had a good chance of contracting since it was all over the country. So, I did not panic but make use of my vitamins, B-complex and herbs during my time,” the Village Councillor said.
The only challenge he faced, he said, was the restriction on his movement since he was quarantined.
St. Cuthbert’s Mission is currently locked down as the authorities seek to stem transmission and support residents.
The CDC distributed 320 food and sanitation hampers in the community on Monday, DPI said. This was the second distribution exercise it conducted in the village over the last two weeks.
CDC Deputy Director-General, Major Loring Benons said the hampers also contain the multivitamin Vitone Tonic, which helps to strengthen the immune system.
