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Barbados Today December 19, 2020 I want to assure all Barbadians that Minister Lisa Cummins and her officials in the sector are well on top of this situation created by the introduction of a fresh round of restrictions in the United Kingdom, including an emergency lockdown in London, to halt the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there. Indeed, it was she who reminded us all, on the last occasion that the UK imposed restrictions, that the BEST programme for the hotel workers an...

(FILE) Prime Minister Mia Mottley The public sector received a clear mandate on what must be done to protect the health of Barbadians and visitors during the 2020-21 winter tourist season. During a series of meetings at Ilaro Court in recent weeks involving officials from tourism agencies, Immigration Department, ports of entry, the health sector and other key departments of Government, the island’s performance in the COVID-19 fight so far, as well as potential challenges that could arise fr...

Social Share Prime Minister Mia Mottley says the Ministry of Tourism is prepared for the latest shock to the sector after the British Government today announced new sanctions to stem the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. In a statement, Mottley said both the Barbados Employment and Sustainable Transformation (BEST) plan and the 12-Month Welcome Stamp were put in place to mitigate actions like these from the island’s major source markets. She said tourism minister Senator Lisa Cummins an...

December 18, 2020 Government is currently exploring COVID-19 “vaccine possibilities” with China, Russia and India and the hemisphere’s health agency through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister’s office revealed Thursday. The announcement follows meetings at Ilaro Court with civil servants from the tourism agencies, immigration, ports of entry, health, foreign ministry and other departments. The talks centred on the country’s performance thus far in the COVID-...

Article by Social Share Two visitors were the only positive cases among 816 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Wednesday. They are a 47-year-old woman, who arrived on American Airlines, and an 11-year-old child, who came in on British Airways. The two, who arrived on December 14, were asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests. Two people were released from isolation. As a result, 20 people remain at the Harrison Point isolation facility. Barba...

Article by Social Share The 2020-21 Winter Tourist Season opened this week with players in the public sector getting a clear mandate from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on what must be done to protect the health of Barbadians and visitors from COVID-19. This occurred during a series of meetings at Ilaro Court in recent weeks involving officials from tourism agencies, Immigration Department, ports of entry, the health sector and other key departments of Government, in which the island’s...

Article by Four more visitors tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday. One of them, a 47-year-old man, arrived on American Airlines on December 13, while the other three, all women, aged 29, 30 and 71, arrived on British Airways on December 14.  They were asymptomatic and tested positive on their second tests. The results were the only positives from among 922 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Four people were released from the Harrison Poi...

Hotel refutes guest’s charges Article by December 16, 2020 Owner of the Crane Resort, Paul Doyle has dismissed reports that guests at the hotel are not being made to follow COVID-19 protocols. Responding to an email that was sent by a male guest staying at the St Philip resort to Barbados TODAY, Doyle said the claims were simply not true. In the email, the guest contended that the Crane was not “quarantining, separating, or enforcing” the mechanisms they’ve said the...

Soft funding for COVID care centre Article by December 16, 2020 A 20-year soft loan has been granted Barbados to cover the cost of refurbishing and re-purposing Harrison’s Point and buy equipment to outfit it as a coronavirus hospital, Prime Minister Mottley has revealed. Though she did not disclose the amount, she described the loan as “decent and good funding” that has a two-decade-long repayment schedule. She told the House of Assembly: “There is a four-year morat...

Ministry of Health and Wellness Dashboard for December 10 With some concerned about a backlog at the islands COVID-19 testing laboratory, some 664 tests were completed yesterday. In todays results, of the batch, there was one positive, all the others were negative. The positive result belongs to a 52-year-old Barbadian woman who arrived on JetBlue on December 2. She was diagnosed with the viral illness after a second test. She was asymptomatic. Meanwhile, five people who have recovered were d...