February 14, 2021
The rapid increase in the numbers of COVID-19 patients is having an exhausting effect on front-line workers.
During a frank and chilling interview on the
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Saturday evening, Infectious Diseases Specialist and head of the isolation facilities Dr Corey Forde said front-line workers who are working around the clock to treat COVID-19 patients and contain the spread of the virus are feeling tired as an increased number of Barbadians become ill.
He said the front-line workers, particularly those at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility “have been going” since the local outbreak at the beginning of the year.
Agriculture saves the day in 2020
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by Marlon Madden
Only the agriculture sector improved in performance in Barbados during 2020, as all other sectors declined due to pressure from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unlike the rest of the economy, agriculture output was 1.9 per cent higher than in 2019, with the main source of growth being as a result of higher food crop production, according to the latest Central Bank of Barbados report.
However, the report, which was presented recently by Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes, showed that chicken production contracted as tourism and local demand were depressed, while milk production suffered from heat related stress and a deterioration in grazing pasture conditions.
Her passing brings the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Barbados to 11.
The 761 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday, also identified 16 new COVID-19 positive cases, while 22 people recovered from the viral illness and were discharged from isolation.
As a result, there are now 353 active cases on the island.
The 16 new positives comprise 14 persons of Barbadian nationality and one of unknown nationality. One of the new cases is someone who was previously sent to the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility for assessment.
The total number of cases at Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds remains at 361, consisting of 102 staff members and 259 male inmates.
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A 48-year-old woman who had an underlying illness, is the 11th person to die from COVID-19 in Barbados.
The Ministry of Health and Wellness, and by extension the Government of Barbados, extend sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. It is the fourth death from the viral illness over the last nine days.
The 761 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday also identified 16 new COVID-19 positive cases, while 22 people recovered from the viral illness and were discharged from isolation.
As a result, there are now 353 active cases on the island.
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.