May 12, 2021
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose by one Tuesday while health authorities closed yet another school after a student tested positive for the virus.
The woman, a 66-year-old Barbadian, died Monday night, Health and Wellness Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic announced Tuesday night.
Lt Col Bostic revealed that the woman had a history of hypertension, diabetes, and shortness of breath.
He said: “She was a primary contact of a COVID positive patient on the 5th of May, 2021.
“She had a negative first COVID-19 test and presented for her second test yesterday. Sometime after returning home, she regrettably passed away. Sincerest condolences [are] extended to her family and friends.”
Read and follow the timeline below:
8.1.2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says that a few vaccines will be made available to Barbados.
14.1.2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley told Barbadians in an address that she received her first dose of a COVID vaccine. She along with the Attorney General Dale Marshall, the Health Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic and some frontline workers.
9.2.2021 - Barbados receives a donation of 100,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, also known as Covishield. The doses were a grant from India.
10.2.2021 - St Lucia received 1,000 doses of the vaccine from the Government of Barbados.
11.2.2021 - Governor General Dame Sandra Mason received her first dose of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine today.
Barbados Nurses Association (BNA)
Nurses who have been impacted by the unfortunate death of one of their colleagues, who succumbed to COVID-19, need help coping mentally and emotionally.
The Barbados Nurses Association (BNA) is joining with its members to extend condolences to the family of the deceased, who passed away after nine days at the Harrison Point Facility.
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President of the Association C. Joannah Waterman said, It is with deep regret and a saddened heart to have learnt of the passing of our colleague. Her death was announced officially by the Health and Wellness Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic this morning (February 15).
Prime Minister Mia Mottley showing how she weighed the options to decide on the pause extension.
The National Pause will be extended from February 17 to February 28, and the economy will not die.
With this assurance from finance advisors, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, who is the Minister of Finance, has said that though it would be rough , Barbados economy can survive another two weeks of pause. The pause is being extended by 11 days.
She said that the decision has not been taken lightly. The public health personnel, and BAMP, and other health professionals have all expressed their views to me, and to the Cabinet, and generally there is a belief that we need to continue doing what we are doing, continue in fact more than pausing as you heard from Corey on Saturday night, we really need to stop.what is before the government today are very, very clear recommendations for an extension of the period that we have and at the same time, against that background a desire on the pa
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Additionally, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has committed to sending a Virologist, “in short order”, to assist with training.
Meanwhile, a truck, fully retrofitted with all the needed medical apparatus, will augment the island’s current laboratory capacity.
Referring to Health Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic, PM Mottley disclosed: “Mr Bostic has also been in deep discussions with the Chinese government with respect to the purchase of an additional mobile lab which will considerably boost our capacity beyond the number of machines and personnel that we have at the Best-dos Santos lab. That mobile lab if a combination of persons and robotics so therefore it is not as labour-intensive.”