Officials in Barbados are amping up their efforts to ensure persons adhere to their state imposed Covid-19 quarantine orders, with the use of tracking bracelets. 

The country’s Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, made the announcement on Saturday. 

 “Our tracking bracelets have a mechanism that is tamper proof, and they’re also water resistant. As soon as anyone tries to do anything, an alarm goes off and the command or control will receive those alerts, and we would then be able to respond. If a person goes out of the area that they’re supposed to be in, in quarantine, again the alarm goes off and we will be able to respond promptly,” he explained.

The measure, which will come into effect on Wednesday, will “give a level of comfort to us, especially based on the experiences that we’ve been having in the last few weeks,” Minister Bostic said.

The measure comes after Love Island star and former Miss England, Zara Holland, attempted to flee the island in breach of a quarantine order after her boyfriend tested positive for Covid-19.

Miss Holland and her partner, Elliott Love, were detained by officials at Grantley Adams International Airport last week after breaching their quarantine conditions to remain at their hotel when Elliott tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.

She has since apologized, claiming her actions were due to a a “massive mix-up and misunderstanding”.