The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory conducted 2 004 COVID-19 tests on Wednesday, 37 of which returned positive results. The new cases, a combination of locals and visitors, comprise 14 women and 23 men. Eight people were released from isolation, so the number at the isolation facilities is now 438. There were 780 confirmed cases to date – 334 females and 446 males – and 335 recoveries. The number of …
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The Ministry of Health and Wellness has advised that the new COVID-19 testing facility, which is located at the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, will be closed on Saturday, January 9, and Sunday, January 10. It will resume services on Monday, January 11.
The closure does not affect the operation of the laboratory, which continues to run samples daily, the ministry said in a statement on Friday. (
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One person tested positive for COVID-19 from the 574 tests completed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yesterday.
The 33-year-old male visitor, who is asymptomatic, arrived in Barbados on SVG Air on December 21, and was positive on his second test.
Barbados has now recorded 372 confirmed cases – 200 females and 172 males. Five people were discharged from the Harrison Point Isolation Facility today, bringing recoveries to 312. The number in isolation dropped to 53.
The laboratory performed 69 252 tests since February 2020.
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Six people tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), out of the 583 tests performed by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Saturday.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness said their ages range from 33 to 79, and they were all asymptomatic. They came into the island between December 18 and 24, on the air carriers Jet Blue, American Airlines, and British Airways. Five of them – two male visitors, two female visitors, and a Barbadian female – tested positive on their second tests. The sixth person, a 79-year-old female visitor, came into contact with a known case.
Barbados has now recorded 362 cases – 194 females and 168 males. Four people left the isolation facility yesterday, bringing the recoveries to 305. The number in isolation has increased to 50.