SEP 22, 2021 – By Sharon Austingill-Moore – BGIS As the National Vaccination Fund received an injection of $20,000, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn, is urging Barbadians to get vaccinated. Mr. Straughn was speaking today after Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Co-operators General Insurance, Anton Lovell, made the donation at the BIDC Building […]
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Barbados’ COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 62 SEP 22, 2021 Barbados’ COVID-19 death toll now stands at 62. Three men, aged 61, 81, and 87, passed away during the night on Tuesday, September 21, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St. Lucy. They all had comorbidities and were unvaccinated. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant […]
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SEP 20, 2021 – By Sharon Austin – BGIS Thirty-four-year-old Salem Collector is one of the over 6,000 Barbadians who contracted and recovered from COVID-19. However, his story may be unlike most, as he spent one month at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility fighting for his life, a week at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), where critical […]
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Article by David Hinkson – September 21, 2021 – First appeared in Barbados Today Barbados is well stocked with supplies of the three main COVID-19 vaccines in use but the campaign to inoculate high school children has barely scratched the surface as only one in four high school children has received their first dose of […]
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SEP 18, 2021 By Fabian Belgrave — BGIS Press briefing with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley featuring Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col. Jeffrey Bostic – September 18, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, today announced that there was “widespread community transmission” of COVID-19, and that the country was […]
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COVID-19 has claimed its 57th victim. A 73-year-old Guyanese man passed away around 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 16, while in primary isolation at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, where he spent six days. The elderly man had a comorbidity and was unvaccinated. The Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, extends […]
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SEP 15, 2021 — NYA PHILLIPS – BGIS COVID-19 has claimed yet another life. The deceased is a 60-year-old Barbadian man, who passed away on Tuesday, September 14, while at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He had co-morbidities and was unvaccinated. His death brings to 53, the number of lives […]
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SEP 13, 2021 – SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG – BGIS Press conference with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley featuring Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col. Jeffrey Bostic – September 13, 2021. (PMO) Barbados’ new COVID-19 Public Advisor, David Ellis believes that providing credible, readily available information about COVID-19 and vaccines, is key to mitigating Barbados’ fight […]
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