By Tamar LapinJuly
Passengers disembark from the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship in March, which still operated in the Bahamas as the pandemic spread.
The Bahamas is closing its borders to visitors from the United States over the coronavirus pandemic.
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis cited recent spikes in COVID-19 cases as the reason for the restrictions, which he announced on Sunday — three weeks after the Caribbean country largely reopened to international travel,
the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
“Regrettably, the situation here at home has already deteriorated since we began the reopening of our domestic economy,” Minnis said.
“It has deteriorated at an exponential rate since we reopened our international borders.”
All air and sea travel — to and from the neighboring US — will be shut off as of Wednesday at midnight, he said.
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