In October last year, eight Jamaicans who vacationed at the resort returned to Kingston extremely sick with the virus, resulting in at least one person being hospitalised for 10 weeks, while a number of guests returned to the United States testing positive on arrival there.Įfforts to get further clarification on the data provided yesterday from Hedonism II’s General Manager Dermot De Loughry were unsuccessful. “For several months, we had zero positive cases, and it was a very small outbreak among guests that prompted us to request the Ministry of Health to screen our staff,” the release said, adding that “out of respect for our team members, we will not discuss staff circumstances”. “As with other resorts in Negril and indeed other businesses throughout Jamaica, we work daily with the new normal of persons contracting the virus. The release also stated that the 280-room property tested more than 1,300 guests with less than 0.5 per cent testing positive. This would equate to six members of staff. However, in a press release yesterday, Hedonism described the Gleaner headline on Tuesday, ‘Hotel cluster: Close to 50 COVID cases found at Hedonism II’, as erroneous while reporting that of its 200 staff, only 3.4 per cent had tested positive. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.
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