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Australia is enforcing travel restrictions ahead of the Christmas holiday to curb the spread of COVID-19 following a new outbreak in Sydney.
The country canceled a number of flights departing from Sydney Airport Monday after 83 cases, the most recent outbreak, were said to be tied to Sydney’s Northern Beaches region, the BBC reported. Most interstate travel restrictions had been lifted prior to the outbreak. Surfers ride a wave past a sign at a beach in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) The events of the past few days. are incredibly frustrating and disappointing for people all around the country who had plans in place to get together and move in-between states, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday, according to the BBC.
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Five visitors returned positive results for COVID-19 on Sunday, out of the 899 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
The new cases are a 30-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man who both arrived on British Airways on December 18; a 37-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, who both came in on British Airways on December 19; and a 41-year-old man, who arrived on American Airlines on December 19.
They were all asymptomatic and tested positive on their second tests.
One person was released from the Harrison Point isolation facility, so there are now 36 people in isolation.
Barbados has recorded 327 confirmed cases – 172 females and 155 males. There were 284 recoveries and seven deaths.
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Eight people – two Barbadians and six visitors – tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday. Their tests were among the 915 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
The new cases are a 75-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on British Airways; a 54-year-old male visitor, who came in on American Airlines on December 11; a 23-year-old Barbadian woman, who arrived on American Airlines on December 12; and a 60-year-old male visitor, who came into the island on British Airways on December 14.
Also adding to the tally of confirmed cases are a 32-year-old female visitor, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on December 14; a 29-year-old female visitor, who travelled to the island via Virgin Atlantic on December 16; a 24-year-old male visitor, who arrived on British Airways on December 16; and a 28-year-old female visitor, who arrived on Air Canada on December 17.
Four visitors tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
They include two women, aged 42 and 37, who arrived on American Airlines on December 10 and 11. The other cases are a 53-year-old man, who came in on Virgin Atlantic on December 12, and a 31-year-old man, who arrived on British Airways on December 13.
All of the visitors were asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests.
Theirs were among the 864 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory.
Additionally, no one was released from Isolation. The new cases bring the number of persons in isolation to 20.
Barbados has recorded 301 cases to date – 156 females and 145 males. A total of 274 people have recovered from the viral illness.
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Four more visitors tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday.
One of them, a 47-year-old man, arrived on American Airlines on December 13, while the other three, all women, aged 29, 30 and 71, arrived on British Airways on December 14. They were asymptomatic and tested positive on their second tests.
The results were the only positives from among 922 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Four people were released from the Harrison Point isolation facility, bringing the number there to 20.
Barbados has recorded 305 cases to date, comprising 159 females and 146 males. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said in a statement that 278 people have recovered from the viral illness.