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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Senior Medical Officer of Health Dr Anton Best said on Monday that preparations are being made to conduct genomic surveillance at the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
According to Best, this is a more sustainable and wiser choice to be able to identify variants of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Best said he had a meeting on Saturday to look at issues related to the lab, which included members of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners. One of the recommendations was the need to have continuous genomic surveillance.
Best was speaking from Ilaro Court during a live COVID-19 press conference.
COVID-19 Update: 47 new positive COVID-19 cases, 43 recoveries barbadostoday.bb - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barbadostoday.bb Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness said today 47 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were recorded on Wednesday, February 10, from the 690 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were 43 recoveries and the number of active cases now stands at 337. The 47 new cases comprise 20 men and 27 women. Five of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility undergoing …
Sixty people were released from isolation on Friday, February 5, while there were 20 new positive cases of COVID-19 from 220 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There are now 309 active cases in Barbados. A 75-year-old woman, a former patient of the Geriatric Hospital died from COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the number of deaths from the viral illness to 18. The 20 new cases identified on Friday …