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Cayman Turtle Conservation and Education Centre (CTCEC) is temporary closing their Cayman Turtle Centre park attraction. CTCEC has been closely monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation throughout the world and in the Cayman Islands. On Sunday March 15th adjustments to the Centre’s public operation and the provision of guest services were announced, with additional precautionary measures. The Centre implemented stringent sanitizing procedures several weeks earlier as an enhanced measure against the exposure to COVID-19. Today, in light of the latest facts and related official announcements, CTCEC has made a decision to temporarily close the public facing side of the Centre. This is a decision that our CEO and Executive Management Team have concluded is in the best interest of the public our staff, and our animals. The closure to the public coincides with the Cayman Islands Government and Public Health’s advisories, and further enhancements to precautionary measures that are being encouraged by authorities. CEO Tim Adam further stated “The closure starting at mid-day today, also enables us to accelerate the crosstraining of our Crew Members so that we have can commence the creation of trained backup teams to perform essential animal care, as a contingency just in case our existing teams that do this work on a daily basis become short-staffed due to self-isolation or required isolation. Those existing teams have also been rescheduled with the objective of ensuring ample staffing coverage for essential animal care.” These temporary measures we are certain will pay off for all of us in the long run. Our closure to the public includes the closing of all exhibits, public attended programmes, restaurant, café and pool side bar and our souvenir & gift stores. Our staff members have been blessed with good health, and we have not had any members with reported cases of COVID-19 to date.