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Shopping Schedule for Essential Workers & Definition of Essential Services under the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order

Shopping Schedule for Essential Workers & Definition of Essential Services under the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order

April 21, 2020

The BCCI takes this opportunity to highlight which category of workers are defined as essential workers in accordance with section 15 (3) of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order.

Under Section 15 (3) of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order “essential services” are:

    • Law Enforcement Officers
    • Defence Force Officers
    • Fire Fighting Services
    • Prison Services
    • Persons employed or engaged as Care Givers
    • Veterinary Services
    • Collection, storage, purification & distribution of water for public use
    • Customs Officers
    • Disaster Management Services
    • Staff of Hospitals, Clinics and Pharmacies
    • Media & Broadcasting Services
    • Medical & Paramedical Professionals
    • Nurses
    • Operation of airport or seaports
    • Removal, handling or burial of deceased persons or disposal of dead animals
    • Sanitation Services for the collection, storage, treatment & disposal of sewage, garbage or refuse
    • Security Services 
    • Staff of pharmaceutical agencies
    • Telecommunications providers
    • Transport Services – aircraft, ship, motor vehicle & PSVs
    • Electricity Providers

Essential workers are allowed to leave their homes to shop at the supermarket, fish market or hardware store on Thursdays between the hours of 1:00 P.M. & 4:00 P.M. and on Sundays between the hours of 11:00 A.M. & 2:00 P.M.

The banking day for essential workers  is Thursday between the hours of 1:00 P.M. & 4:00 P.M.