February 26, 2021
Despite two deaths, health authorities are managing the COVID-19 outbreak at the nursing home which has been transformed into an isolation facility.
The assurance has come from Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George who today revealed that none of the patients at the nursing home was critically ill.
Just over a week ago, Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic disclosed that the nursing home located in the eastern part of the island had recorded 37 positive COVID-19 tests, 31 patients and six staff members.
He said due to the seriousness of the situation, a decision had been made to turn the nursing home into an isolation facility.
February 17, 2021
Health authorities have pledged to provide a full statement on Sunday’s death of a nine-year-old child at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from complications of COVID-19.
Media reports out of Trinidad claimed the child died from a condition called Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, brought on by the coronavirus. Dr Joanna Paul, Acting Medical Chief of Staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, was quoted as saying there were 26 such cases there.
In Tuesday’s COVID-19 update issued by the Barbados Government Information Service, the child’s death was confirmed as COVID-related.
The statement added: “The nine-year-old passed away at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on Sunday.”
Three people involved in the fight against COVID-19 received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and coordinators of the national vaccine campaign, Dr Elizabeth Ferdinand and Major David Clarke of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) were vaccinated. At the COVID-19 media conference later in the day, both Ferdinand and Clarke confirmed they received the jab and said they were showing no …
Appeal for more fogging to fight mosquitoes
Article by January 23, 2021
Residents of Halls Road, St Michael, are worried about what they consider to be a significant increase in the number of mosquitoes in the area.
And they have called for the Ministry of Health to fog the surrounding areas more frequently.
Earlier this week, Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George confirmed there were two dengue-related deaths on the island, including an eight-year-old girl.
When a team from
Barbados TODAY visited the community, several residents voiced their concern over the sudden increase in mosquitoes.
Darnley Dowell, who runs a bar in the neighbourhood, said he believed the nearby canal was harbouring mosquitoes.
Barbados has recorded two dengue-related deaths, but health officials are reassuring the public they are on top of the situation. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George, while not indicating when the deaths occurred, said one deceased was a young child, eight years old, who had a pre-existing significant condition and officials were “awaiting confirmation”. He did not reveal the age or gender of the other individual, only saying that …