BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS & BGIS — JAN 24, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES (Stock Image) The Ministry of Health and Wellness would like to extend condolences to the family of the 91-year-old lady who is now Barbados’ latest Covid fatality. Her passing brings to 10, the number of people in Barbados who have […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, ( PICTURED ABOVE ) has said there is evidence of community spread of the viral illness in Barbados. — VIEW PRESS BRIEFING BY CLICKING THIS LINK ….. He made the announcement last evening during a televised press conference from Ilaro Court, stating that the decision to […]
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By JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM SUNDAY – JAN 24, 2021 UPDATE. COVID-19 update and press conference – Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) — VIEW HERE ….. The number of COVID-19 infections at HMP Dodds is on the decline, and rapid testing has been introduced at the St. Philip penal institution. Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffrey Bostic during the press update. COMMUNITY SPREAD HAVE BEIN ANNOUNCED ….PLEASE LISTEN TO THE FULL PRESS UPDATE ….
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BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS — JAN 23 2021 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is taking swift action to ensure continued high quality patient care and protection of the hospital’s staff given that the QEH has now recorded a total of 10 cases among staff members who have tested positive for Covid-19. Cases among staff members at […]
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By GOVERMENT OF BARBADOS JAN 22, 2021 Barbados recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in two days: one on January 19, and the other on January 20. This brings the total number of deaths from the viral illness in the island to nine. The two males were both in their 80s, and had underlying conditions. […]
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Jan 24 2021 At the request of the government of Barbados and in agreement with the government of the Republic of Cuba, last Friday, January 22, 2021, a group of eleven doctors and four laboratory specialists arrived in Barbados from Havana to complete the contingent of the ¨Henry Reeve¨ Medical Brigade, which has been in […]
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COVID-19 update – January 20, 2021. (PMO) view here ….. PICTURED ABOVE —- New medical facility at Harrison Point ( Picture by David Crichlow – CARIBPIX ) Manager of Isolation Facilities, Dr. Corey Forde, has given an update on the condition of patients in the COVID-19 isolation facilities. Speaking during a televised press conference today, […]
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Venezuela donating five trucks with oxygen to the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, to attend to the sanitary crisis that the territory is suffering due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the meeting of ALBA-TCP aimed at coordinating efforts to guarantee massive and free access to vaccines and other medicines for the peoples of its member countries. The […]
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(FP) Effective January 21, 2021 the U.K. will be requiring travellers to present a negative COVID-19 test for entry into the country. Outbound U.K. travellers requiring a Rapid Antigen test in order to facilitate travel should present themselves to the Best-dos Santos Laboratory starting tomorrow, Tuesday January 19, 2021, and continuing daily between the hours of 11:00 […]
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