May 11, 2021
A 35-year-old woman who claims to have been forced into quarantine with her two-year-old son was on Monday expressing concern about the disappearance of COVID-19 test samples.
Speaking to
Barbados TODAY from quarantine, a frustrated Samantha Jordan said she was hoping the delay in the return of the results did not have anything to do with her standing her ground on refusing to have the nasal swab test administered to her and her son.
The woman said she was unhappy with the way she was treated at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) where she took her son last Thursday for treatment after he experienced breathing challenges. She pleaded with the authorities for answers about her and her ward’s test results.
Two more Barbadian citizens have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the island s death toll to 31.
A 93-year-old woman with comorbidities passed away last night, February 18 at Enmore after being admitted, first to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the 17 February.
Hours later, this morning, a 60-year-old man with comorbidities passed away at Harrison Point where he had been a patient for a month. The deceased spent the last 18 days on a ventilator.
The Minister of Health, Jeffrey Bostic extended condolences to the families in mourning and attested that Government was doing everything possible “to contain, manage and significantly reduce incidents of COVID-19 infections in our country and to protect our frontline workers, persons with NCDs and seniors.”
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A 93-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man, both with comorbidities, are the latest people to succumb to coronavirus (COVID-19)
The woman passed away on February 18, at Enmore, after being admitted, first to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the February 17, and from there to Enmore.
This morning, the 60-year-old-man passed away at Harrison Point where he had been a patient for a month, with the last 18 days spent on a ventilator, according to a statement from the COVID Communications Unit (CCU).
“These deaths come amid Government’s national programme which has vaccinated over 11 000 people in less than a week. The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, which is being used in Barbados, has been deemed by the World Health Organisation to be suitable for all populations and age groups,” according to the CCU.
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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 Marshall and Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith also addressed the press conference, which was hosted by head of the COVID Communications Unit, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson.
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