POLICE ARE ASKING parents to keep their children indoors to protect them from the coronavirus (COVID-19).
At the same time, child rights experts are saying enough activities must be provided for the youngsters, and they should be shielded from detention if they breach public health emergency rules.
Inspector Stephen Griffith, of the Crime Prevention Unit of the Royal Barbados Police Force, has questioned why parents would allow their children to be in danger of contracting the virus by riding around and gathering during the 24-hour lockdown.
So far Barbados has recorded 72 cases of the illness, including a seven-year-old, with four deaths. Thirteen people have recovered. (AC)
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