Additional nurses have been deployed to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. (FP) By Nya Phillips – BGIS The Ministry of Health and Wellness is bolstering its capacity to manage the recent spike in COVID-19 cases linked to the highly contagious Delta variant. This includes the deployment of additional nurses to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, […]
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Pictured above — Attorney General Dale Marshall. With Barbados recording its 49th COVID-19 related death today, residents are being warned by Senior Medical Officer Dr. Ingrid Cumberbatch that if the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, the island could possibly be looking at recording hundreds of cases per day. Statement from […]
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AUG 27, 2021 —- By Julie Carrington .. BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced additional measures that will take effect from this Sunday, August 29, and will remain in place for the next two weeks. During this time, visits to nursing homes and elderly care hospitals, elderly care senior citizen’s homes, the Geriatric Hospital […]
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Pictured above is Student 14 year old – Jhabarri Walkes who earlier today was accompanied to the vaccination centre ( UWI Open Campus, The Pine, St. Michael.) by his father Darrell Lowe and took his vaccination without a blink. Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw ( at left ) is seen chatting with him while Ms. Blondelle […]
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August 24, 2021 Felecia Valenzuela — GUYANA INFORMATION SERVICE. − complete your vaccination process says Min. Anthony Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP is urging those persons who are yet to receive their second dose of the Sputnik V, AstraZeneca or Sinopharm vaccines, to complete the process and protect themselves and families against COVID-19 […]
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The third and final shipment of 33,600 vaccines under the COVAX Facility arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport this afternoon. As Barbados received another batch of AstraZeneca vaccines in its “arsenal” to fight the virus, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has disclosed that just under 2,300 people were inoculated yesterday. And, Ms. Mottley said […]
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AUG 22, 2021 – MELISSA ROLLOCK – BGIS (Stock Photo) The Immunisation Unit encourages the public to take note of its vaccination schedule for Monday, August 23, to Wednesday, August 25. The Unit will continue with its open days for persons 18 years and over who are desirous of receiving either the Pfizer or Sinopharm […]
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AUG 20, 2021 Director of Medical Services at the Queen ElizabethHospital and paediatrician, Dr. Clyde Cave, has stated that while it is theoretically possible for COVID-19 to be transmitted from mother to child, “this does not seem to happen”. Dr. Cave was responding to the question:“Are there any known effects of either the COVID-19 virus […]
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AUG 19, 2021 Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, is reminding the public that the Barbados Drug Service’s website, http://drugservice.gov.bb/, to report any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines is fully functional. He told the online and in-person audience at the fourth and final town hall meeting on vaccines and testing at the Combermere School last night […]
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Anara KhanAugust 13, 2021 ─ Sputnik V also arrives ─ 100,000 doses of Pfizer expected in September Guyana’s COVID-19 immunisation campaign has been boosted with the arrival of 57,600 doses of AstraZeneca through the COVAX facility. The vaccines arrived early Friday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. In his remarks, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank […]
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