Virus ‘wall’HOSPITAL MOVING TO BEAT BACK COVID-19 SURGE – the QEH’s top doctor said.FIRST appeared in BARBADOS TODAY by Sandy Deane A trickle of possible COVID-19 patients seeking emergency hospital care could soon become a flood as the surge of infections deepens, the QEH’s top doctor said Wednesday.As many as two patients per day are […]
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The travel bubble ceased to be effective on August 21. (Stock Photo) SEP 1, 2021 The travel bubble, which exempted persons from select countries from further quarantine or testing upon arrival in Barbados, has been discontinued. Countries with low COVID-19 positivity rates and low cases per 100,000 population, “every fortnight”, were allowed to be in […]
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PICTURED : Loans Manager at the Student Revolving Loan Fund, Suzanne Griffith, presenting Public Relations Officer for the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust, Billie-June Langdon, with a cheque. (GP) SEP 1, 2021 The Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF), today, donated $5,000 to the Eden Lodge Youth Charitable Trust. The official presentation was held at the […]
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BY BGIS – SEP 1, 2021 Barbados is now in a position to fully vaccinate another 15,000 of its citizens against COVID-19. This is the result of a donation of 30,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by the Government of Canada to the people of Barbados. The gift, which arrived at the Grantley Adams International […]
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Additional nurses have been deployed to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility. (FP) By Nya Phillips – BGIS The Ministry of Health and Wellness is bolstering its capacity to manage the recent spike in COVID-19 cases linked to the highly contagious Delta variant. This includes the deployment of additional nurses to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, […]
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Pictured above — Attorney General Dale Marshall. With Barbados recording its 49th COVID-19 related death today, residents are being warned by Senior Medical Officer Dr. Ingrid Cumberbatch that if the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread rapidly, the island could possibly be looking at recording hundreds of cases per day. Statement from […]
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AUG 27, 2021 —- By Julie Carrington .. BGIS Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has announced additional measures that will take effect from this Sunday, August 29, and will remain in place for the next two weeks. During this time, visits to nursing homes and elderly care hospitals, elderly care senior citizen’s homes, the Geriatric Hospital […]
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Pictured above is Student 14 year old – Jhabarri Walkes who earlier today was accompanied to the vaccination centre ( UWI Open Campus, The Pine, St. Michael.) by his father Darrell Lowe and took his vaccination without a blink. Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw ( at left ) is seen chatting with him while Ms. Blondelle […]
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August 24, 2021 Felecia Valenzuela — GUYANA INFORMATION SERVICE. − complete your vaccination process says Min. Anthony Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, MP is urging those persons who are yet to receive their second dose of the Sputnik V, AstraZeneca or Sinopharm vaccines, to complete the process and protect themselves and families against COVID-19 […]
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The third and final shipment of 33,600 vaccines under the COVAX Facility arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport this afternoon. As Barbados received another batch of AstraZeneca vaccines in its “arsenal” to fight the virus, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has disclosed that just under 2,300 people were inoculated yesterday. And, Ms. Mottley said […]
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