Opposition Shadow Minister for Youth and Sports, Senator Gabriela Morris, has slammed the government decision which prevented vaccinated residents from attending the World Cup qualifier match.
Morris is demanding that the government takes a more proactive and progressive approach to sports management.
According to Morris the World Cup Qualifiers for football (Road to Qatar) presented an opportunity to revive the industry in a safe way.
Senator Morris believes that the most recent directive from the GOJ which prevented vaccinated spectators from attending matches is prohibitive.
“Enough evidence exists to suggest that spectators who are vaccinated should be allowed to attend in small numbers. Of course, protocols must be followed but this would serve as a good start for us in restoring some semblance of normalcy to Sports, which is a major earner and source of entertainment for Jamaicans,” Morris said.
The goal at this phase of the vaccine roll out should be to strategically incentivize Jamaicans to get vaccinated as studies in the more progressive countries have shown that restoring certain liberties to the vaccinated population is effective in mitigating vaccine hesitancy and encouraging inoculation,” she added.
Senator Morris opined that immunization is the most important instrument to sustainably contain the virus, however, it is extremely difficult in many countries including Jamaica to inoculate even close to a quarter of the population.
