Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing a Political meeting in St.George recently. Small to mid-sized, middle-income countries like Barbados need a global vulnerability index to better capture their ability to absorb shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley expressed this view today as she addressed the United […]
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(Stock Photo) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that the global financial system must be restructured, revolutionised and democratised. Ms. Mottley expressed this view today, as she addressed the opening ceremony for the two-day virtual meeting of the 58th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Explaining why updating the global financial […]
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(Stock Photo) Click here to download the Barbados Travel Protocols which came into effect from September 24, 2020.
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A 24-year-old female visitor who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test yesterday. While she has gone into isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, another patient at that facility has recovered and will be discharged today. As a result, the number of people in isolation remains at […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes countries making up the United Nations need to pause for a moment and think deeply on where they need to go and what must be done to get there. Ms. Mottley shared this view recently as she addressed a High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the 75th Anniversary […]
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness. Four people have entered the isolation facility at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, after testing positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, one person will leave the facility today after recovering. Of the four new cases, three arrived in the island yesterday – a 50-year-old female aboard British Airways, a 23-year-old woman who […]
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The BEST Plan is the largest fiscal stimulus package being offered to the country at a maximum value of $300 million. (Stock Photo) In order to counteract the impact of COVID-19 on the country’s tourism sector, Government has agreed to implement a stimulus package known as the Barbados Employment and Sustainable Transformation (BEST) Plan. Governor […]
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An eight-year-old female visitor, who arrived on British Airways yesterday, has tested positive for COVID-19, and is now in isolation. The child, who is asymptomatic, was accompanied by her parents, who both tested negative. Theirs were among 224 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday. Meanwhile, two people will be discharged from […]
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A 12-year-old Jamaican girl tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday on board a Caribbean Airlines flight from Jamaica. The child, who has gone into isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, was accompanied by her mother and sister, who both tested negative. Meanwhile, four people will leave the isolation […]
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Effective September 19, asymptomatic cases, who are deemed “well and stable enough” by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, may request to self-isolate. (Stock photo) Persons who test positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Barbados are now being given the option to self-isolate at designated properties at their own expense. Currently, everyone who tests positive […]
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