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Businesses Should Continue To Follow Protocols
https://youtu.be/gYYC9kzw3nE?t=159 COVID-19 update and press conference - Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) Business places should continue to follow the guidelines and protocols implemented by the Health Ministry since the discovery of the first COVID-19 case here,...
Abrahams: Inmates Healthcare Not Compromised
https://youtu.be/gYYC9kzw3nE?t=159 COVID-19 update and press conference - Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Home Affairs, Information and Public Affairs, Wilfred Abrahams, has dismissed any suggestion that the healthcare of inmates was compromised during...
Health Official Outlines Contact Tracing Procedures
https://youtu.be/gYYC9kzw3nE?t=159 COVID-19 update and press conference - Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) Medical Officer of Health at the Glebe Polyclinic, Dr. Carl Ward, has sought to provide some understanding of the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ contact...
QEH Able To Provide Services Despite Positive Cases
https://youtu.be/gYYC9kzw3nE?t=159 COVID-19 update and press conference - Saturday, January 23, 2021. (PMO) Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, has given the assurance that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is still in a position to...
COVID-19 Update: 26 New Cases; Four Persons Released
Barbados recorded 26 new cases from the 398 tests done by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Friday, January 22. Of the 26 new cases, seven are females and 19 are males, and two are from Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) Dodds. Three of the 26 positives would...
COVID-19 Update: 72 New Cases; 25 Discharged
Seventy-two persons tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, January 21, out of the 1,593 tests performed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, and 25 persons were released from the isolation facilities. Of the 72 new positives - 25 females and 47 males -...
COVID-19 Update On Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Photo: QEH) The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is taking swift action to ensure continued high quality patient care and protection of the hospital’s staff given that the QEH has now recorded a total of 10 cases among staff members who have...
COVID-19 Update: 87 New Positives & Two Deaths
January 19, 2021 Dashboard. (COVID Communications Unit Barbados) Barbados recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in two days: one on January 19, and the other on January 20. This brings the total number of deaths from the viral illness in the island to nine. The two...
Significant Progress Made Processing COVID-19 Tests
https://youtu.be/n6yjlcVrYMY?t=57 COVID-19 update - January 20, 2021. (PMO) The Best Dos Santos Public Health Laboratory has made significant progress with the processing of COVID-19 test results. And it is expected to get additional support with the arrival of two...
Put Hazard Payment Request On The Table
https://youtu.be/n6yjlcVrYMY?t=57 COVID-19 update - January 20, 2021. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has told officials of the National Union of Public Workers to put the request for hazard payment on the table and Government will deal with it. However, she has...
Government Providing Testing For Outbound Travellers
https://youtu.be/n6yjlcVrYMY?t=57 COVID-19 update - January 20, 2021. (PMO) The Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is providing COVID-19 testing for outbound travellers. During a press conference today at Ilaro Court, Minister of...
Ignore Fake News & Rumours Says Prime Minister
https://youtu.be/n6yjlcVrYMY?t=57 COVID-19 update - January 20, 2021. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is again encouraging members of the public to ignore fake news and rumours. Instead, she wants Barbadians to remain focused and continue doing what is necessary...