KSAMC Urges Adherence To COVID-19 Protocols During Christmas

Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis, is urging corporate area residents to adhere to the coronavirus (COVID-19) safety guidelines as they go about their activities during the holiday period.

“We at the KSAMC are doing our utmost best to make sure we follow the protocols…we are also asking the shoppers to follow the protocols and to make sure that they maintain their distance and wear their masks,” he said.

Councillor Ennis was speaking with JIS News following the meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on December 14 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

He noted that the COVID-19 protocols will be strictly observed at all KSAMC celebratory activities, including the annual tree lighting ceremony, which will be broadcast on television and online on December 18 commencing at 6:00 p.m.

“The first activity that we will be having for the Christmas season in the lighting of the Christmas tree downtown…we will light up the city and beautify the city…this is a massive thing. We will be online with it, and we expect a lot of people to tune in,” he said.

In addition, the KSAMC will be hosting its annual Christmas and New Year’s Day feeding activities.

“We will feed all the (indigent) on Christmas day (morning and evening) and we will also feed them on New Year’s Day,” he said, noting the initiative is an important item on the KSAMC’s calendar of events.

The annual feeding progamme is organised by the Poor Relief Department.