the moment, more than 2,000 flights are canceled,

do not exclude that this figure evolves in the hours and days to come

We have to deal with the situation as it unfolds

A peak of infections with Omicron among the members of their crews and their personnel on the ground is at the origin of these cancellations

the leaders of certain airlines are calling for the CDC to shorten the period of quarantine, recommended for people infected with Covid but fully vaccinated. Currently, the American Health Authority requests that these vaccinated patients isolate themselves for 10 days

The Omicron wave risks exacerbating staff shortages and considerably disrupting our workforce and consequently our flights

The government in Quito expects people to comply.

But

the authorities will not apply sanctions to the unvaccinated.

On the other hand, since last week, the presentation of a vaccination pass is necessary to access shopping centers, restaurants, cinemas or theaters,

No person can be forced to take a drug or to be administered a vaccine or a treatment with which he does not agree

The state cannot force people to be vaccinated, because this violates the right to free development of the person, guaranteed by article 66 of the Constitution.

You just have to remember the suffering caused two years ago by Covid-19 in our country to decide to do everything possible to prevent the tragedy from repeating itself.

Not a single family has been spared by the pandemic.

We might therefore expect the whole of society to behave appropriately,

This year, for Christmas in Haiti, it is obviously more prudent to cringe at home, with a heavy heart, to survive the furious madness of the gangs and not give the police reasons to be embarrassed by their helplessness. The country is bruised,

Santa Claus will surely not be able to meet the expectations of a whole people plagued by poverty,

His carts may not contain enough treasures to pay huge ransoms. Fearing for his safety, he will not pass this year.

a terrible year

From the assassination, on July 7, of President Jovenel Moïse in his residence, released by his family, to the earthquake of August 14 which devastated the Great South, the second major earthquake to hit the country in a decade, until the explosion of the tanker truck in Cap-Haitien, with its list of victims which continues to grow, Haiti has not been spared nor by his sons or by nature in 2021

The policy failed in 2021 to produce the best for Haiti. We can't agree on anything in a country where the ballot box has not consecrated anyone for years. Building society is one of the major challenges of the times to come. To have common dreams too

despite the disasters

- large and small

- economic and social, which have struck the country and against which we have not been able to find adequate answers, the dean of the Haitian press asks you to arm yourself with courage, perseverance and foresight to shape a better year in 2022

Le Nouvelliste

It is our personal survival and that of the community