Key points and live updates from the February 17, 2021 COVID management press conference featuring Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic, senior medical officer of health Dr Anton Best and Dr Clyde Cave, Director of Medical Services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. https://youtu.be/C-5MEuI mq8 Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic There are 40 minors in Barbados’ COVID isolation facilities: 17 females and 23 males I am not satisfied with the high volume …
February 17, 2021
Health authorities have pledged to provide a full statement on Sunday’s death of a nine-year-old child at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from complications of COVID-19.
Media reports out of Trinidad claimed the child died from a condition called Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, brought on by the coronavirus. Dr Joanna Paul, Acting Medical Chief of Staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, was quoted as saying there were 26 such cases there.
In Tuesday’s COVID-19 update issued by the Barbados Government Information Service, the child’s death was confirmed as COVID-related.
The statement added: “The nine-year-old passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday.”
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There were 126 new positive COVID-19 cases on Monday, February 15. The new cases include results of samples from over a 12-day period, as the Best-dos Santos…
February 16, 2021
The island recorded 63 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, February 14. These new positives include results of samples dating back to February 1.
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory is in the process of reducing the backlog created by the temporary use of manual extraction in the processing of samples. The lab conducted 534 tests.
There were 21 recoveries, bringing the number of active cases to 646.
One person, a 51-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital Nursing Assistant, passed away from COVID-19 on Sunday. She was a patient at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility for nine days. The number of deaths from the virus is now 25.