(Stock Photo) It’s back to school for students of The Ellerslie School on Monday, October 19. The good news came today following a walkthrough of the school’s compound at Black Rock, St. Michael, by officials from the Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training. They were accompanied by the Crisis Communication Committee comprising members of […]
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COVID-19 Update: One New Case BY BGIS | OCT 16, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES A 54-year-old Barbadian man was the only positive case of COVID-19 diagnosed today among 457 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The man, who returned to Barbados on British Airways on October 11, tested positive after the second test. Meanwhile, no one […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic. ( Photo by David Crichlow ) Today we recorded five new cases of COVID-19, all visitors to the island who tested positive after retests. With the increase of flights into Barbados on a daily basis, especially from our major source markets, which are all now in […]
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Five visitors to the island have tested positive for COVID-19 after retests. Their results were among 426 returned by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory today. Meanwhile, five persons will be released from isolation today. The new cases are two men, aged 28 and 35, who arrived on British Airways on October 10 and 12 respectively; […]
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(FP) Heavy rainfall across Barbados and severe thunderstorms have prompted Director of the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), Kerry, Hinds, to appeal to residents to be careful. The Barbados Meteorological Services (MET Office) issued a flash-flood warning at 10:00 a.m. today, and a severe thunderstorm warning at 4:00 p.m., as predictions anticipate maximum rainfall accumulations […]
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Minister of Education, Santia Bradshaw receives cheque for $10,000 from Director of Peloton International Ltd., Julian Jordan, towards the purchase of devices for use by students and teachers in online education. Looking on is Chief Education Officer (Ag), Joy Adamson. (E. Walker/MRD) Peloton International Ltd. has donated $10,000 to the Ministry of Education, Technological and […]
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Two visitors who arrived from the United Kingdom last week were positive for COVID-19 after being retested. Theirs were the only positive results among 435 returned by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory today and they have both been transferred to isolation. The 66-year-old man, who arrived on British Airways on October 7, is asymptomatic, […]
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Laboratory results from tests conducted on Friday, October 9, have revealed that an 81-year-old Barbadian man tested positive for COVID-19 after his second test. He arrived in Barbados on Sunday, October 4, on a British Airways flight, and went into quarantine as required for persons travelling from high risk countries. This now brings the tally […]
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A 62-year-old female visitor is the latest person to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados. She arrived on a JetBlue flight from New York and went into mandatory quarantine as required by the COVID-19 travel protocols. The result of her second test was amongst the 475 conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on […]
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Laboratory results from tests conducted on Monday, October 5, have shown that three women have tested positive for COVID-19 after their second tests. This brings the island’s total number of confirmed cases to 203. They are an asymptomatic 19-year-old Jamaican who arrived on a CAL flight on September 26; an asymptomatic 29-year-old Barbadian who arrived […]
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