Changes have been made to the protocols relating to the entertainment, sporting, and church communities to allow for the holding of safe events. This was disclosed yesterday by Chief Medical Officer (CMO), The Most Honourable Dr. Kenneth George, as he addressed a press conference hosted by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and following a Social […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | DEC 14, 2021 The Ministry of Health and Wellness has announced the operating times for COVID-19 testing sites during the Christmas and New Year holiday periods. On Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, all testing sites will open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with the exception of Branford Taitt Polyclinic, which […]
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 10, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley believes that the inequity and discrimination in countries have led to much of the vaccine hesitancy being seen across nations. And, Ms. Mottley is of the view that the situation has been […]
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PICTURED ABOVE : Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley listens attentively to IDB President, Mauricio Claver-Carone, during their discussions at Ilaro Court, yesterday. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY SHARON AUSTIN | DEC 8, 2021 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley described the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as a “critical partner”, when she held extensive discussions with […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, (second right); Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anton Best (right); Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Barbados, Angel Dalmazzo (second left), and Director of the Barbados Drug Service, Maryam Hinds, stand next to the shipment of 30,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Argentina today. […]
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, in discussion with Minister for Europe and the Americas, Wendy Morton, during a recent courtesy call. (C. Pitt/BGIS) BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | DEC 3, 2021 | TOP STORIES The COVID-19 pandemic and threats posed by the new variant, Omicron, were among matters discussed when […]
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(Stock Photo) Members of the public are advised that the existing curfew will be suspended tomorrow, Monday, November 29, for one night only. However, all other COVID-19 protocols and directives will remain in effect. The existing provisions with respect to the curfew hours of 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m., will resume on Tuesday, November 30.
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Sarah Knapton 13 hrs agoLike224 Comments|83Australia live news updates: Scott Morrison expected to change quarantine…Stephen Sondheim death: Fans celebrate his greatest songs on social media Of all the variants so far, B.1.1.529 is causing the most alarm. And with good reason.© Provided by The Telegraph The new variant has a large number of mutations which could help it […]
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NOV 26, 2021 BY GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS The Ministry of Health and Wellness advises the public that the COVID-19 home isolation programme is being evaluated with respect to the number of people isolating in the community. As at Wednesday, November 24, the number of people in home isolation stood at 4, 095. This auditing process […]
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BY MELISSA ROLLOCK | NOV 25, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES (Stock Image) Three Barbadians succumbed to COVID-19 between Wednesday, November 24, and today, Thursday, November 25. A 91-year-old woman lost her battle with the virus yesterday, at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility. She was unvaccinated. Two men, aged 78 and 94, died today […]
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