CDEMA’s Logistics Specialist 2, Curtis Dennie, in discussion with (left to right) acting CDEMA Executive Director, Elizabeth Riley; Caribbean Development Bank President, Dr. Warren Smith; and Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey during a visit to the warehouse which will be used for the storage, sorting and repacking of PPE supplies. […]
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Three people will be released from the Harrison Point, St. Lucy isolation facility today, after recovering from COVID-19. Meanwhile, the 136 tests done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday were all negative for the viral illness. Seventy-six of these related to passengers arriving on commercial flights. With the latest recoveries, the numbers in isolation […]
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Acting Deputy Director of the Child Care Board, Colin St. Hill (third from left), receives the masks from Megan Mayers. Looking on (from left to right) are: Personal Assistant to Minister Cynthia Forde, Kevyn Henry; Senior Child Care Officer, Esther Bayley-Smith, Barry Mayers of Ripples and Personal Aide to the Prime Minister, Jessica Odle-Baril. (C.Pitt/BGIS) […]
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A 10-year-old boy is the latest COVID-19-positive patient in Barbados. The Barbadian child was among 125 passengers who arrived at the Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday on an Air Canada flight. He was the only positive case among the 69 persons on the aircraft who were tested for the viral illness. The other passengers carried validated […]
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Barbados recorded one new case of COVID-19 yesterday when a passenger on a British Airways flight tested positive on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport. The 76-year-old Barbadian was among 69 passengers on the flight who were tested for the viral illness. There were 218 passengers on board. The others had validated negative COVID-19 […]
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Out-of-the-box thinking by Barbadian health authorities has netted this country another COVID-19 case, which, under normal circumstances, could have gone undetected for a long period of time. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kenneth George, explained earlier today, that following the positive diagnoses of five returning nationals last weekend, a decision was taken to extend the quarantine […]
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Principal of The Ellerslie Secondary School, Lieutenant Colonel Errol Brathwaite (front, centre), who received 100 tablets from alumnus, Dr. Ricardo Knight from Chicago, poses with principals and senior teachers of various schools who also received tablets on behalf of their students. (C.itt/BGIS) Two thousand, two hundred electronic devices for learning/teaching have already been distributed by […]
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PICTURED ABOVE — On landing, some of the 132 passengers disembarked in batches. Passengers sanitise their hands as they head into the Arrivals Hall. The sanitising stations are part of the strict COVID-19 protocols in place at the airport. (C.Pitt/BGIS) The Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) officially reopened to commercial air traffic today with the […]
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Pictured above : Members of the media fraternity taking the Casket bearing the body of their colleague Kristoff Griffith to the grave. 25-year-old Nation Newspaper photojournalist, Christoff Griffith one of two men killed on Monday June 22, at Bishop’s Court while covering a story was eulogized by his father Sergeant Christopher Griffith as he celebrated the life […]
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Situation Report – 174 (WHO) Data as received by WHO from national authorities by 10:00 CEST, 12 July 2020HighlightsWHO has published an Emergency Global Supply Chain Sysetem (COVID-19) catalogue listing all medical devices, including personal protective equipment, medical equipment, medical consumables, single use devices, and laboratory and test-related devices, which may be […]
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