PNP deputy general secretary Basil Waite in ICU with COVID-19

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PNP deputy general secretary Basil Waite in ICU with COVID-19

People's National Party (PNP) deputy general secretary Basil Waite is now in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University Hospital of the West Indies after developing complications from COVID-19. Waite, who had been in home isolation, was...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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