A CARICOM national, resident in Barbados, is the 83rd person who has tested positive for COVID-19. The 72-year-old woman was the only new positive case among 89 tests conducted yesterday by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported that she has no recent travel history, and investigations into the […]
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Six people will leave the isolation facility today after receiving their second negative test result for COVID-19. Their results were included in the 70 test results returned yesterday by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were no new positive cases. The number of confirmed cases in Barbados, therefore, remains at 82. Fifty-three people have […]
For the third consecutive day, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Barbados. The Ministry of Health and Wellness has indicated that 80 tests were conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory and there were no new positive cases. To date, this brings the tally of tests to 2629. Twenty-eight persons will continue […]
The Barbados Immigration Department will recommence operations from tomorrow, Monday, May 4, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. However, in the wake of the ongoing response and public health concern relating to the COVID-19 pandemic the department’s physical interaction with the public will be restricted to those persons paying outstanding fees, until May 18. All […]
Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson is putting Barbadians on early notice to prepare for the hurricane season, which starts next month. Hinkson said in a message this evening that the country was now in unprecedented times in terms of its preparation. “But we all have a duty to ensure that our personal property and […]
A 32-year-old Barbadian male is the latest COVID-19-positive patient. He was among 155 people tested yesterday. Of the 122 results returned so far by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, he is the only positive. His case is under investigation by the Ministry of Health and Wellness because he has no travel history, and no […]
A top UWI management academic has recommended that health authorities adopt a mixed approach to its current COVID-19 testing to help determine the existence of community transmission of the deadly virus. The position was taken in a paper authored by Senior Lecturer in Management Studies at UWI Cave Hill Dr Dwayne Devonish: Key Recommendations for […]
Just under 24,000 people have put in claims for unemployment benefits at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn said. “The reality is that there are a number of expectations placed on all Government Departments given the immediate impact of COVID-19,” Straughn said while speaking in the lower house […]
(Barbados Nation) The curfew period has not changed, even though there has been an extension of the public health emergency to June 30. Attorney General Dale Marshall explained yesterday that the curfew in force still ends on May 3. “So, there appears to be some alarm in the minds of the Barbadian public and they […]
Minister of Health Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic has reported that 39 of the 77 confirmed COVID-19 cases were identified through a rigorous contact tracing programme. Throughout his speech in the House of Assembly as it moved to amend the Public Health State of Emergency Proclamation, Lt. Col. Bostic repeatedly stated the importance of the exercise […]