SEP 10, 2021 This report gives a breakdown of the categories of persons in isolation as at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, September 10. There were 564 persons in isolation. Of these, 453 patients (80 per cent) were unvaccinated, and 99 (18 per cent) fully vaccinated. Of those fully vaccinated patients, one is in primary isolation; […]
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SEP 10, 2021 – MELISSA ROLLOCK – BGIS The Immunisation Unit is warning members of the public that the sale and purchase of the blue vaccination cards, which are issued to persons who have been vaccinated, is illegal. Co-coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme, Major David Clarke, said the Royal Barbados Police Force is aware […]
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Another life has been lost to COVID-19. A 66-year-old Barbadian woman died in the early hours of Friday, September 10, while in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. She had an underlying condition and spent 14 days in primary isolation before passing away. She was unvaccinated. Her death brings to 52, the number […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Minister of Health & Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic address the nation – September 9, 2021. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced new changes to the directives to slow down the spread of COVID-19 in Barbados, during her address to the nation from Ilaro Court, this afternoon. […]
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KINGSTOWN – St Vincent and the Grenadines said five cases of the latest strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) had been detected in the territory. Preview YouTube video ‘Mu Covid Variant’ May Be More Resistant to Vaccine and More Serious Than Delta Variant The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) said in a statement that the five […]
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SEP 4, 2021 A public service vehicle driver has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the Alliance Owners of Public Transport (AOPT) are advising passengers who travelled on route taxi ZR 85 anytime between Monday, August 23, and Sunday, August 29, and came into close contact with […]
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Virus ‘wall’HOSPITAL MOVING TO BEAT BACK COVID-19 SURGE – the QEH’s top doctor said.FIRST appeared in BARBADOS TODAY by Sandy Deane A trickle of possible COVID-19 patients seeking emergency hospital care could soon become a flood as the surge of infections deepens, the QEH’s top doctor said Wednesday.As many as two patients per day are […]
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The travel bubble ceased to be effective on August 21. (Stock Photo) SEP 1, 2021 The travel bubble, which exempted persons from select countries from further quarantine or testing upon arrival in Barbados, has been discontinued. Countries with low COVID-19 positivity rates and low cases per 100,000 population, “every fortnight”, were allowed to be in […]
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PICTURED : Loans Manager at the Student Revolving Loan Fund, Suzanne Griffith, presenting Public Relations Officer for the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust, Billie-June Langdon, with a cheque. (GP) SEP 1, 2021 The Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF), today, donated $5,000 to the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust. The official presentation was held at the […]
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BY BGIS – SEP 1, 2021 Barbados is now in a position to fully vaccinate another 15,000 of its citizens against COVID-19. This is the result of a donation of 30,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the Government of Canada to the people of Barbados. The gift, which arrived at the Grantley Adams International […]
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