COVID-19 Background PICTURED ABOVE — Dr. Joy St. John / Executive Director of The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) which is the new single regional public health agency for the Caribbean. Background There is an ongoing outbreak of a new coronavirus called the coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-2019). It is a zoonotic virus of unknown origin that […]
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Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Wellness, Janet Phillips, receives the donation of supplies from PAHO’s Dr. Yitades Gebre while Health Minister, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, look on. (C. Pitt/BGIS) No deaths have been found to be linked to COVID-19 vaccines. This assertion has come from Pan-American Health […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic said Barbadians cannot afford to get complacent and must continue to follow COVID-19 protocols and public health measures. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Sixty-four per cent of all COVID-19 cases have been concentrated along the urban corridor of Barbados. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, made […]
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MAR 12, 2021 – BGIS Barbados has not recorded any deaths from COVID-19 for nine consecutive days. The last reported death was on March 2, and the number of fatalities from the viral illness has remained at 37. There were 19 new positive cases identified on Thursday, March 11, while 46 people recovered from the […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s COVID-19 update and address to the nation – March 11, 2021. (PMO) — VIEW IT HERE ….. It is back to work for a number of employees as Barbados’ commercial and retail sectors, including restaurants and bars, are set to reopen from Monday, March 15. And, from Sunday, March 21, […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : L-R : Neil Weekes, lawyer; Sen. Caswell Franklyn; Shamar Bovell, lawyer. THIS FEATURE FIRST APPEARED IN barbadostoday.bb ……… There is a “very real possibility” that a class action suit could be brought against Government for the manner in which it has enforced its COVID-19 directives. That is the word from attorney-at-law Neil […]
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Isolation Facilities Manager, Dr. Corey Forde, is presented with the donated items by member of the Sindhi Community, Kiran Vensimal, while other members of the community and the medical team at the Blackman and Gollop Isolation Facility, look on. (GP) Another group has stepped up to the plate to ensure that those providing and receiving […]
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MAR 9, 2021 —— BGIS On Monday, March 8, 30 new positive cases of COVID-19 were identified from among the 591 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Meanwhile, 68 people have recovered from the viral illness and were released from isolation. The number of active cases is now 381. The new cases comprise […]
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MAR 5, 2021 — BGIS Barbados recorded 31 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, March 4, and 39 persons have recovered from the viral illness. The new positives were identified from among the 588 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were 490 active cases of COVID-19, as of Thursday. The […]
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COVID-19 update and press conference – March. 3, 2021. (PMO) – VIEW HERE….. The National Insurance Board (NIB) has submitted a Board Paper to the Ministry of Finance, seeking approval to become a statutory board. Chairman of the National Insurance Board, Leslie Haynes, made the disclosure during a COVID-19 update and press conference entitled COVID-19: Your […]
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