Three passengers who arrived on a Jet Blue flight yesterday tested positive for COVID-19 and have gone into isolation. The three Barbadians, a 57-year-old woman and two men, aged 64 and 76, are all asymptomatic. Meanwhile, six people will be discharged from the Harrison Point, St. Lucy facility today, after recovering from the viral illness. […]
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A 27-year-old visitor, who arrived on British Airways yesterday, was the only positive case of COVID-19 among the 304 tests done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The British woman, who is asymptomatic, is now in isolation at Harrison Point, St. Lucy. Meanwhile, one person will be discharged from the isolation facility today after […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams and Director of Public Affairs, Pat Parris, listen attentively as Chief Fire Officer, Errol Maynard, explains the equipment on the fire tender. (GP) The Barbados Fire Service (BFS), particularly its Arch Hall Fire Station and the Fire Academy, have come in for high praise from […]
Continue ReadingChief of Staff of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF), Colonel Glyne Grannum (6th from left); Rotary Club West (Barbados) Immediate Past-President, Jean St. John (7th from right); President, Trevor Williams (4th from left), staff of the BDF’s Field Medical Facility and Rotary Club officials pose for a photo following the recent donation of equipment. (BDF) […]
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Barbados has recorded two more cases of COVID-19, out of the 205 tests conducted yesterday. There are a 37-year-old male visitor, who arrived on a British Airways flight on August 11, and tested positive after his second test, and a 25-year-old Barbadian male, who also arrived on a British Airways flight on August 18. Both […]
Continue ReadingMinister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams (second left), DEM staff and officials touring the new facilities at the George Greaves Building today ( TUESDAY – AUG 18, 2020 ). (S.Forde-Craigg/BGIS) “We are in the midst of a very active hurricane season, and the Department of Emergency Management (DEM), must be as ready […]
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COVID-19 Update: One New Case Today – AUG 17, 2020 BY JOY SPRINGER | AUG 17, 2020 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by one today with the arrival yesterday of an asymptomatic visitor aboard Caribbean Airways from Jamaica. The 32-year-old Jamaican woman was the only positive case among the 119 tests carried […]
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Barbados’ youngest COVID-19 patient to date is a one-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with the viral illness yesterday. The boy arrived in the island on August 1 on a Jet Blue flight, accompanied by his mother. The mother tested positive on arrival and both she and the child have been in isolation at Harrison Point, St. […]
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(Stock Photo) A member of the Ghanaian nursing contingent, which arrived in Barbados just over a week ago, is now in the secondary isolation unit at Harrison Point, St. Lucy, after testing positive for malaria. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, at a press conference today, shared that the male nurse, who tested negative […]
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