At the announcement of the first COVID-19 infection in Suriname, Slijngard was appointed as a member of the National COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, tasked with coordinating the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Suriname. After Antoine Joly, the French ambassador to Suriname, tested positive on 24 April 2020,[5] Danielle Veira, the Director of the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, went into quarantine. [6] Jerry Slijngard was appointed as Acting Director in her absence.[6] Veira returned to resume her duties on 2 April 2020.[7]
On 8 April 2020, the law Exceptional Condition Covid 19 (State of Emergency) was approved by the National Assembly.[8] This law created the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team, on which Slijngard served in his capacity as Director of the National Coordination Centre for Emergency Management (NCCR)[9]
On 11 June 2020, it was announced that Jerry Slijngard, part of the COVID-19 management team, had tested positive for COVID-19.[10] He was released from hospital on 24 June after recovering.[11] After the 2020 election, the COVID-19 Crisis Management Team members were replaced on 16 July 2020 by the incoming government.[12]
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