They are many contesting the fact that Black Friday has been maintained on Friday 26th November. There are health professionals of course, but politicians are not being silent about it.
It is the logic behind keeping or keeping mum about this event which is questioned, as the new restrictive measures imposed by the PM forbid picnics on the beaches, impose the reduction of the crowds in the marriages, funerals and religious gatherings and require the presentation of the vaccine pass in the restaurants and food court! The increasing positivity rate, the arrival of the Delta variant and more recently, the C12 signal, and the death rates call for a different way of thinking.
Those, who are happy with this decision, are the shopkeepers, large and small, who look forward to this annual end of year commercial event, even in these Covid period, to boost their sales. Across the island, and especially in the many malls, they even display sales, liquidations and promos of up to 50% to attract customers.
The Ministry of Health is silent on the subject. But that is not the case for PTr’s secretary, Patrick Assirvaden. He is calling for Black Friday to be cancelled urgently while listing all the outcomes in keeping this event, which will attract large crowds. He has publicly called for the Minister of Health to intervene. Dr. Kailesh Jagutpal should also give the restrictive measures and impositions on businesses for this event, if it goes ahead…
