Sunday, April 19, Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, speaking during a broadcast at the Permanent Information Center on the Coronavirus (CIPC), confirmed that the state of health emergency that had been declared by the Government on April 19 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30311-haiti-flash-president-moise-declares-a-state-of-health-emergency-text-of-the-order.html will be renewed for 1 month from Monday April 20 until May 20.

This renewal will be ratified on Monday during a virtual Council of Ministers and the Order will be published on Monday in the Official Journal "Le Moniteur".

Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, who summarized the evaluation of this measure, said that there was still a lot of work to do and that the Government was not satisfied with the results.

The main restrictive measures will be maintained: international airports, air, land and sea borders will remain closed as well as schools, universities, all places of worship among others, the curfew will be maintained.

One of the important changes concerns the factories. As Jouthe announced on Wednesday April 15, as of April 20, the Government will authorize the gradual resumption of activities within the textile sector, a resumption of 30% in turn, in a fortnightly rotation mechanism, to allow all workers to remain productive while waiting for a return to normal https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30541-haiti-economy-pm-jouthe-announces-a-gradual-resumption-of-activities-in-the-textile-sector.html

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30569-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-april-19-2020.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30541-haiti-economy-pm-jouthe-announces-a-gradual-resumption-of-activities-in-the-textile-sector.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30311-haiti-flash-president-moise-declares-a-state-of-health-emergency-text-of-the-order.html

S/ HaitiLibre