January 12, 2021
A new Ministry of Health system is expected to make headway in clearing the large backlog of COVID-19 test results, starting from Tuesday, Senior Medical Officer of Health Dr Anton Best has declared.
In a COVID-19 update from Ilaro Court on Monday, Dr Best said a new four-tier system announced on Friday had begun in earnest on Monday, with results expecting to benefit from the new process as early as Tuesday.
Dr Best said: “We expect to see improvements right away. We have started the categorization process, where we have identified sites for the Category 1; Category 1 is the priority samples that we will be receiving, and those samples will be prioritized, and those samples will be out within 24 hours [after] being received by the lab.
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More doctors are coming to Barbados to assist in the COVID-19 fight.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, in an address to the nation yesterday evening from Ilaro Court, said chairman of Cabinet’s COVID-19 Sub-committee, Senator Dr Jerome Walcott, had been in discussions with several foreign governments the past couple of days.
“We have been in contact with the Cuban government and we have requested a number of additional doctors and specialists – two communicable disease specialists, two respiratory disease specialists, two intensive care specialists, two anaesthesiologists and a respiratory therapist.”
She added that four English-speaking lab technicians would be attached to the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory for extra hands.
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There were 23 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 30 people will be released from isolation today. The new cases, 11 women and 12 men, were among 1 400 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory and represent results for both locals and visitors. There are now 428 people remaining in isolation. Barbados has recorded 808 confirmed cases to date, comprising 347 females and 461 …