Barbados has recorded a superspreader event - Jason Gittens bus crawl held on December 26, 2020.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases coming out of tests conducted at HMP Dodds is over 45, with 21 being attendees of the aforementioned bus crawl.
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At the time, Health Minister Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic told the nation that contact tracing and testing efforts so far have returned 100 cases under active investigation and up to the time that I left the emergency operation centre to come here to Ilaro Court there were 45 confirmed positive cases, 45 confirmed positive cases.
Noting that this is now a most challenging situation , he said that the 45 cases identified earlier tonight include 32 persons from Her Majesty s Prison (HMP) - Dodds and four from the Barbados Defense Force (BDF).
Increased visitors, second tests for all travellers and retests for positive cases are seeing Barbados conduct over 1,000 tests daily as a new norm this month and it s resulting in result delays.
Therefore, the Ministry of Health and Wellness is advising travellers to Barbados that it may take more than 24 hours for their COVID-19 results from the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
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Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr Kenneth George said although this was regrettable, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will make available all technical and support resources to ensure that the services are uninterrupted, and will be carried out in a timely manner.
Stephen holding his Bajan flying fish and chips dinner.
A birthday in quarantine in a foreign country is no one s wish, but Stephen made the most of what could have otherwise been just a frustratingly disappointing situation.
The Haiti national took a chance and flew to Barbados during these COVID-19 times with high hopes of exploring the island once he completed his two-day quarantine and received a negative second test result. But that did not happen.
Chatting with
Loop, he said: I just turned 27 Thursday and this getaway was a birthday gift for myself.
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Stephen s mentions on his Twitter page were in shambles yesterday morning as Bajan Twitter ratioed his tweet. In quarantine for his entire visit, he had tweeted: