(Stock Photo) In the first two quarters of 2020, which included the COVID-19 lockdown period, Barbados saw an increase of about 83 per cent in reported incidents of domestic violence. This was revealed yesterday by Representative with UN Women Multi Country Office, Caribbean, Tonni Brodber as she addressed the Ministry of Labour and Social Partnership […]
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COVID-19 update and press conference – March 1, 2021. (PMO) – VIEW IT HERE …… PICTURED ABOVE – Head of the COVID-19 Unit, Ronald Chapman. Two officers at the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit have tested positive for the virus. Head of the COVID-19 Unit, Ronald Chapman, shared this information today, in response to a question from the media, […]
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COVID-19 update and press conference – March 1, 2021. (PMO) – VIEW IT HERE …… Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, speaking during yesterday’s press conference to provide an update about COVID – 19 ( at left in above picture ) Increased surveillance of all nursing homes will be a priority for Government in the […]
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BY BGIS | MAR 1, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx BARBADOS: COVID-19 Update: 30 New Cases, 63 Recoveries FEB 28, 2021 — BGIS Barbados recorded 30 positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday, February 27, from the 506 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Sixty-three people recovered and were discharged from isolation. […]
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Business owners are responsible for their customers following the COVID-19 protocols while on the inside and outside of their premises. Attorney General Dale Marshall reminded them of this responsibility during a COVID-19 Press Conference from Ilaro Court, this evening. VIEW PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO HERE …. Mr. Marshall said: “In every instance, a business owner is […]
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FEB 26, 2021 – BGIS Barbados recorded 45 new COVID-19 positive cases on Thursday, February 25, while 99 persons recovered and were released from isolation. These cases were among the 922 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, which bring the number of active cases to 691. The positivity rate for Thursday was […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – February 25, 2021. (PMO) —VIEW HERE …….. There will be a phased reopening of Barbados from Monday, March 1. In an address to the nation on Thursday night, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said the gradual reopening was the method Government had been advised to […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – February 25, 2021. (PMO) — VIEW IT HERE …….. A National Vaccine Fund will be launched “very shortly” to secure the next batch of COVID-19 vaccines, says Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. While the first 100,000 doses were a gift from the Government of India, […]
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FEB 25, 2021 — BY BGIS Forty-two persons were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Wednesday, February 24. The new cases were identified from the 829 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. A total of 79 people also recovered from the virus. The number of active cases on the island is now 746. The 42 […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Health Minister, Lt. Col Jeffrey Bostic watch as the COVID-19 vaccine is administered to a patient during a visit to the Maurice Byer Polyclinic today. (C. Pitt/BGIS) Over 25,000 people in Barbados have received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, since the roll out of the National Vaccination Programme. Prime Minister Mia […]
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