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Thursday, July 31, 2025

Manning back at home, Cudjoe out to work after bout of COVID

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Gail Alexander
1325 days ago
20211213

Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Fi­nance Bri­an Man­ning was dis­charged from the Cou­va Hos­pi­tal and is re­cov­er­ing at home, while his col­league Min­is­ter of Sports Sham­fa Cud­joe is back to work to­day af­ter her bout with COVID-19.

Guardian Me­dia con­firmed this yes­ter­day. Man­ning and his wife Shelly Dass-Man­ning con­tract­ed COVID-19 just over a week ago. Dass-Man­ning suf­fered harsh symp­toms over a short pe­ri­od but Man­ning was ad­mit­ted to a med­ical fa­cil­i­ty and lat­er trans­ferred to Cou­va Hos­pi­tal.

Guardian Me­dia was told that his oxy­gen in­take was af­fect­ed heav­i­ly by the virus. But Man­ning, who has no co­mor­bidi­ties and was ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed, is well on the mend and rest­ing back at home.

Cud­joe, who was al­so down with COVID in re­cent weeks, was re­cu­per­at­ing at home. She said yes­ter­day she did a PCR test last Thurs­day and the re­sults were neg­a­tive.

“I’m back to work (to­day). I’m vac­ci­nat­ed and I’d urge every­one to get their vac­ci­na­tion.“

Since the gov­ern­ment Min­is­ters con­tract­ed COVID-19 re­cent­ly nei­ther Cud­joe nor Man­ning can have a third boost­er shot just yet. They will have to wait the re­quired three months.

So far Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ters who have had COVID in­clude Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley, Min­is­ter in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, Ayan­na Web­ster-Roy, Cud­joe and Man­ning.


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