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Article by Social Share In the last week, at least ten people were diagnosed as positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Some had both respiratory and non-respiratory complaints and Dr Chaynie Williams, consultant in the Accident and Emergency Department of the QEH, has advised people to seek medical advice when they are feeling ill. Williams was speaking during the COVID update press conference today. Attorney General Dale Mar...

Sierra Leone, Guinea, sign communique  16 February 2021 at 23:50 |  By State House Media and Communications Unit on February 16, 2021 Conakry, Republic of Guinea, Tuesday 16 February 2021 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has concluded his 2-day working visit to Conakry where the two countries committed to reopening on Thursday 18 Feb the land border that was closed since early last year due to COVID-19. GoSL Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nabeela Tunis and Guinean Counter...

#BTColumn – Thank you Ambassador Liz Article by February 12, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today. by Decourcey Smith I write to extend sincere gratitude to Henrietta Elizabeth Thompson for the work she has done in the COVID Communications Unit (CCU) since being recalled to the island. Hers has been a life of public service to people, through her books, to this count...

Ambassador Liz Thompson during the February 7 press conference streamed from Ilaro Court. Having tested positive approximately nine months ago, Ambassador Liz Thompson, who is now residing back at home in Barbados, is certain that COVID-19 stigma and discrimination do exist locally and is a topic that needs to be addressed. Related Article When the question was posed of if a public education campaign targeting this specific subject will be mounted, Ambassador Thompson who now heads the COVID...

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Related Article The announcement came from the Head of the COVID Communications Unit, Ambassador Liz Thompson. Speaking at the culmination of todays programme which was on the topic The Roll Out of the COVID-19 Vaccination in Barbados, Ambassador Thompson delivered the unfortunate news. She said that the deceased is a 53-year-old Bajan with comorbidities. Loop confirmed that she was in Isolation at Harrison Point since testing positive. It was reported that she passed away at the Queen Elizabet...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Officials put the brakes on four illegal parties, all held on ...

Social Share The national isolation facilities have not reached capacity as yet even though there has been a dramatic increase in COVID-19 patients during the last six weeks. Speaking at yesterday’s press conference, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson, spokesperson for the COVID-19 Communications Unit, assured the country that the Government-operated isolation facilities were not full. “Even though there are increased numbers of cases, we are not yet at capacity in the national isolation faci...

Article by Social Share A 93-year-old Barbadian woman brings to 16 the number of people who have died as a result of coronavirus (Covid-19). A statement from the COVID Communications Unit today said: “In the early hours of this morning, February 4, the disease claimed the life of a 93-year-old Barbadian lady. With her passing, the number of Covid-19 related deaths in Barbados now stands at 16. “At the time of her passing, the senior citizen had been a patient of Harrison Point’s Sec...