Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis announced over the weekend that the country will block American tourists from entry as U.S. coronavirus numbers continue to surge.
He also announced that flights to the U.S. would be stopped.
The state of the pandemic in the Bahamas, Minnis said, has grown worse “at an exponential rate” since the reopening of international borders, adding that its total cases stand at 153, including 49 new cases since the full reopening of borders July 1.
“International commercial flights and commercial vessels carrying passengers will not be permitted to enter our borders, except for commercial flights from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union,” Minnis said in his Sunday address. “This will come into effect as of Wednesday the 22nd of July 2020 at midnight. Bahamasair will cease outgoing flights to the United States of America, effective immediately.”
Today I announced changes to International travel during my National Address. Read my full remarks here: https://t.co/xBC7n9Os5G pic.twitter.com/fG8mi3wYSX
— Dr Hubert Minnis (@minnis_dr) July 19, 2020
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Bahamas bans tourists from US, cites coronavirus concerns https://t.co/wFRD36rCqc pic.twitter.com/XlxhWdxVqR
— The Hill (@thehill) July 20, 2020
Americans are too dangerous for the Bahamas. We can’t go to Canada. We can’t go to Mexico. We can’t go to England. We can’t go to any Western Democracy. Three and a half years with Trump as president and America is a pariah country. Well done, Republicans. https://t.co/XaO5r2l6sW
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) July 20, 2020
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