PICTURED ABOVE — VISITORS AT THE 2020 HOLETOWN FESTIVAL COVID curtails two major February festivals A big event on the Bajan calendar scheduled for next month is off, while another appears to be on hold. The week-long Holetown Festival slated for February 13-20 has been cancelled. Thousands of Visitors flock to Barbados annually to visit Historic Holetown […]
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JAN 11, 2021 RESULTS. There were six new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, and 10 people were discharged from isolation. These were the only positives – two women and four men – among the 819 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The results represent a mixture of locals and visitors. Of the […]
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Government will be acquiring additional resources to strengthen its COVID-19 response. During a televised COVID-19 update this evening, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced that more medical personnel were to be brought in from Cuba to complement this country’s medical staff. She said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, […]
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By NYA PHILLIPS — From BGIS. Manager of the Isolation Facilities, Dr. Corey Forde, tonight gave a report on the health status of patients in isolation, during a televised update on Barbados’ COVID-19 situation. Dr. Forde indicated that overall the majority were doing well, while those whose condition was initially categorised as serious have since […]
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Pictured : Also speaking on the matter was Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Senator Lisa Cummins. by Sheena Forde-Craig – BGIS. Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-committee on COVID-19, Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott, stated that Government had weighed the cost of refunds and paid return trips versus the cost to Barbados’ international reputation in tourism. […]
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JAN 9, 2021 | A seismic shock to the health system is how health personnel have described the largest outbreak of COVID-19 on the island that has been linked to the December 26 – Boxing Day Bus Crawl. This view was shared by Senior Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Anton Best, as he provided a statistical […]
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Pictured above : Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority, Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight. (BMCLA) BMCLA hosts its first Application Clinic to help persons interested in applying for Medicinal Cannabis Industry Licenses. The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) the island’s regulator for the medicinal cannabis industry, just completed its first application clinic […]
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JAN 9, 2021 There were 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and 30 persons will be released from isolation today. The new cases – 11 women and 12 men – were among 1,400 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, and represent results for both locals and visitors. There are […]
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BARBADOS : COVID-19 Vaccine Could Soon Be Here…….. The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines could be here within another four to eight weeks. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said this evening, in her most recent update, that about four vaccines could be on island as soon as this weekend. This “handful” of vaccines, she explained, would […]
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Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey. (FP) The Barbados Port Inc. (BPI) has confirmed that one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19. And, following a brief work stoppage at the Bridgetown Port this morning due to staff discomfort, Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, has […]
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