MAY 9, 2021 — BY BGIS The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified nine new positive cases of COVID-19 – three males and six females – on Saturday, May 8, from among the 504 tests conducted. Four people recovered from the virus and were discharged. There are currently 105 persons in isolation. The total number […]
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Staff WriterMay 7, 2021 Throughout the last two weeks of April, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) completed a series of training sessions, product development outreaches as well as inspections as part of its commitment to continuously develop Guyana’s tourism sector as well as promote safe travel amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction to Tourism Training – On […]
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COVID-19 Update: 2 New Cases, 5 Discharged BY BGIS | MAY 8, 2021 | CORONA VIRUS, TOP STORIES There were two new positive COVID-19 cases – one male and one female – identified on Friday, May 7, from the 678 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Five people also recovered, while 109 persons remain in isolation. Barbados has […]
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MAY 7, 2021 Two females are the latest persons to test positive for COVID-19 in Barbados. These cases were identified out of 870 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Thursday, May 6. Meanwhile, 16 persons have recovered from the viral illness and were discharged. There are 106 persons in isolation. Barbados […]
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(Stock Photo) For the fiscal period ending March 31, 2021, the Barbados Revenue Authority (BRA) collected just over $2.24 billion. However, says the Revenue Commissioner at the BRA, Louisa Lewis-Ward, this amount is down by over $208 million in comparison with the previous year, and she attributes the decrease to the COVID-19 pandemic and a […]
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Vaccination is our best option to save lives, exit pandemic – President Ali Staff WriterMay 7, 2021 – Says Government will invest necessary resources in coming weeks to ensure herd immunity is reached His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali called for more Guyanese to become inoculated against Covid-19 and promised that his Government will make necessary investments […]
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From left to right: Mario Eastmond of Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB); Director of Youth Affairs, Cleviston Hunte; Minister Dwight Sutherland; PFB Director, Neil Dowden; Manager of YES, Ryan Moseley; and Pastor Jasma Dottin, PFB, at today’s handover ceremony. (S. Forde-Craigg/BGIS) The Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme (YES) has partnered with Prison Fellowship Barbados (PFB) to provide training […]
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SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG . ——– BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) One student at a secondary school in Barbados has tested positive for COVID-19, as the island returned to face-to-face classes this week. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, during a COVID-19 update and press conference this evening at Ilaro […]
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MAY 6, 2021 SHEENA FORDE-CRAIGG . BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Kenneth George, has disclosed that there are currently 50 positive cases in the cluster at the Psychiatric Hospital. Dr. George stated this during a COVID-19 update and press conference this evening at Ilaro […]
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MAY 6, 2021 By Joy -Ann Gill — BGIS COVID-19 update and press conference – May 6, 2021. (PMO) Although a student has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, and another student at the St. George Primary School has been placed in quarantine, awaiting a second COVID-19 result, Health Minister Lieutenant […]
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