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Prime Minister Mia Mottley disclosed to the nation on Thursday that she was among eight people here who recently received COVID-19 vaccines, and reported that in a few weeks more frontline workers and vulnerable residents could get theirs too.
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Civilian staff at Her Majesty’s Prison at Dodds are worried about their safety given the outbreak of Covid-19 at the penal facility.
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Manager of the Isolation Facilities, Dr. Corey Forde, is satisfied with the progress made by patients across these facilities on the island.
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Government is looking at the possibility of introducing what is called suitcase tests from Israel as it seeks to ease some of the pressure on the Best Dos Santos Lab with a backlog of Covid-19 tests.
Read morePrime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says repairing the Barbados brand is far more expensive than refunding visitors who have been inconvenienced by delayed test results beyond 72 hours.
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In light of the current challenges being faced by the Health Ministry, Government is considering adjustments to the existing COVID-19 strategy, given knowledge of the incubation period of this viral illness.
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The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy (MMABE) wishes to inform the public that there have been sightings of sharks in neighbouring Caribbean islands.
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Government has decided to extend the existing curfew from January 14, until January 31.
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Sandals Barbados is back on the Ministry of Health’s list of accommodations approved as COVID-19 quarantine hotels, days after being removed.
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As Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds records more positive cases of COVID-19, the public is being assured that the St. Philip penal institution has adequate capacity for isolation to handle the increased numbers. Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, Tuesday indicated that the latest round of results, which contained 974 tests, produced 84
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