Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
Following a meeting today, the Gold Command of the GHA has decided to raise the St Bernard’s Hospital Operational Risk Status from Yellow to Amber. This step was taken following serious consideration, and taking into account the numbers of COVID positive people in the community and number of COVID positive patients in the hospital.
The Equality Rights Group (ERG) has congratulated the Parliamentary Opposition for walking out as a block on what it says only be characterised as “anti-democratic behaviour by Government.”
Opposition MPs walked out of Parliament this afternoon in protest at the Government’s motion calling on the Community Care Action Group to withdraw the letter it delivered to the Governor. GSD MPs and Together Gibraltar’s Marlene Hassan Nahon have issued the following two separate statements: