COVID-19 Update: Six New Cases, Three Recovered APR 5, 2021 BGIS Six women were identified as COVID-19 positive on Sunday, April 4, from the 354 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Meanwhile, three people recovered from the virus and were discharged from isolation. There are 109 persons in isolation. Barbados has recorded […]
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Press conference hosted by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley – March 31, 2021. (PMO) VIEW IT HERE …… While the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been the first to be administered to Barbadians, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley indicated that Government was looking at procuring other brands of COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens. Those being considered include […]
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APR 3, 2021 — BGIS A 70-year-old Barbadian man with comorbidities is the latest COVID-19 fatality, bringing the number of deaths from the virus to 43. He passed away on Friday, April 2, after spending 29 days at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, 19 of which he spent on a ventilator. Additionally, three women tested […]
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(Stock Photo) Cabinet today confirmed the members of the new Advisory Board for the Government Industrial School (GIS). The members are: Reverend Dr. Lucille Baird, Chairman; Dr. Carl Ward, Deputy Chairman; Stephanie Chase; Reverend Lennox Boyce; Cheryl Moore; Kwame Bradshaw; Christaneisha Soleyn; the Chief Magistrate or his nominee and the Superintendent of Prisons or his […]
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APR 2, 2021 ——- BGIS The island recorded six new positive cases of COVID-19 – two females and four males – on Thursday, April 1, from among the 664 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Twelve people recovered and were discharged from isolation. There are 110 persons in isolation. Barbados’ confirmed cases of […]
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COVID-19 Update: 10 New Cases, 18 Recovered MAR 31, 2021——- BGIS Barbados recorded 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 30. The four men and six women were identified from among 369 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Eighteen people recovered from the virus and were released from isolation. There […]
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Statement by Attorney General, Dale Marshall – March 27, 2021. — VIEW IT HERE ….. Despite a significant improvement in COVID-19 numbers, Government has announced five “partial shutdown” days as a countermeasure to keep the cases on the decline, as Barbadians prepare to celebrate Easter. This forms part of the new measures announced under the […]
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Post-Cabinet ministerial statement & press conference – March 25, 2021. (PMO) VIEW THE PRESS CONFERENCE HERE …… Phased Return To The Classroom Starts April 20 Students across Barbados will be returning to the physical classroom at the start of the third term of the 2020-2021 academic year on April 20. Minister of Education, Technological and […]
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MAR 26, 2021- BGIS Barbados has recorded its 41st COVID-19 related death. The deceased is a 70-year-old Barbadian man, who passed away on Thursday, March 25, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility, where he had been a patient since February 24. He also suffered from chronic non-communicable diseases. Meanwhile, 10 new cases, five females and five […]
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Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Ryan Straughn (Centre), receives a cheque for the Adopt Our Families Programme from BHTA Chief Executive Officer, Senator Rudy Grant (left) and Chairman, Geoffrey Roach (right). (C. Pitt/BGIS) Government has made provision to continue the Adopt Our Families Programme in the next financial year, which begins in April. This […]
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