Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic says there are fewer than 1 000 COVID-19 test results still to be cleared at the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. The minister said the lab was in the last stage of erasing the backlog which was caused by technical issues and overwhelming numbers in late December and early January. Without giving a timeline, Bostic assured the public the backlog would …
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January 15, 2021
Barbados could receive a batch of “emergency” vaccines for frontline workers and the most vulnerable by the end of this month, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced, while revealing she and two other ministers have already received a jab.
The doses are coming from its order through the global COVAX facility, organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), she said.
In addition, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) could be getting some assistance through the Africa Medical Supplies platform to source more vaccines, but a decision on that will have to be made in a matter of about two weeks after it is put on the leaders’ agenda next Monday.
Barbados could receive a batch of “emergency” vaccines for frontline workers and the most vulnerable by the end of this month, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has…
January 13, 2021
One in four inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds has tested positive for COVID-19, Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic revealed Tuesday.
Of the 974 tests conducted Tuesday, 84 people had tested positive for COVID-19, with 67 of those being Dodds inmates, he said.
With an estimated 800 prisons at the St Philip prison, the latest figures mean that 294 prisoners have so far tested positive for COVID-19 with other results still pending.
But while Lt. Col. Bostic acknowledged that the situation was serious, he said everything was being done to ensure it was brought under control.
He told journalists: “As far as I am concerned we are dealing with a national crisis, I don’t think we can get away from that. The numbers would certainly suggest and the surge that it is a national crisis, but I want to give the assurance that it is a national crisis that we are still able to manage.