Guyanese stranded in Curacao expected home today

After several months of being away from home, Guyanese who were stranded due to the COVID-19 measures will be repatriated out of Curacao via a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight today.
The airline, which operates its schedule of repatriation flights in strict compliance with the instructions of the Public Health Authorities, said that it will be enforcing the most stringent hygiene practices in adherence with all of the current international guidelines to combat COVID-19.
Under the guidelines issued by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) in Guyana, the returning passengers are subject to a seven-day home quarantine and will be monitored by the Surveillance Department of the Public Health Ministry to ensure they are complying with requirements.
So far, Caribbean Airlines successfully completed the second phase of repatriation flights during the period June 18-19, 2020, allowing for Caribbean nationals to return to their home countries.
“Scores of nationals, inclusive of stranded Guyanese citizens, were airlifted and reunited with their families and loved ones, on home soil. Additionally, some 144 farm workers were facilitated on a special charter service between Kingston, Jamaica, and Miami on June 18. A total [of] 276 passengers were transported during the aforementioned period,” the Airline said in a statement.
On Friday, 141 Guyanese who were stranded in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados returned home on a CAL flight. Also, 180 stranded Royal Caribbean cruise line workers were allowed to return home on an Eastern Airlines flight the same day.
Director of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Egbert Field on Friday revealed that another set of repatriation flight is expected soon. However, he noted that the details of these flights are still to be confirmed.
Guyana had closed its ports of entry on March 17 to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus during the still-ongoing pandemic. However, the two international airports are scheduled to reopen on July 1 in phases.
So far, scores of persons were repatriated from Miami and New York in the United States, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago in the last couple of weeks.