Some health care workers are demanding that they, too, receive hazard pay as the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday around 11 a.m., some staff members at the Geriatric Hospital in Beckles Road, along with some nurses at the Winston Scott Polyclinic in Jemmotts Lane and the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic in Warrens, all in St Michael, walked off the job briefly calling for the same pay which …
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Some nurses are off the job at two St Michael polyclinics. The Nation understands that a handful of nurses are staging industrial action at the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic in Warrens and at Winston Scott Polyclinic in Jemmotts Lane. Police and representatives from the National Union of Public Workers are currently at the latter clinic. More details will be provided as they come. (TG)
Mandatory wearing of bracelets coming as COVID cases spike
Article by January 2, 2021
In the wake of a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, Barbadians and visitors in quarantine will be mandated to wear bracelets to allow health authorities to effectively track their whereabouts.
Speaking during a press conference today, Minister of Health Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic said the new bracelets, which will be placed on persons in quarantine from next Wednesday, will make it more difficult for individuals to breach quarantine.
“The bracelets that we are speaking about are tracking bracelets. They have a mechanism, they are tamper-proof, and they are also water-resistant. And as soon as anyone tries to do anything, an alarm goes off and the command and control centre will receive those alerts and we would then be able to respond. If a person goes out of the area that they are supposed to be in quarantine, again the alarm goes off and we will be able to respond and respond prop
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CIBC FirstCaribbean has advised that a “small” number of its employees attended the “super spreader” Boxing Day bus crawl or were in contact with patrons.
The bank noted in a notice posted on its
Facebook page on Sunday that “all affected employees have been tested or are in the process of being tested and receiving all the necessary support from our management team”.
The notice said the employees will be in quarantine until they are cleared to return to work.
Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic last week described the Boxing Day bus crawl as a “super spreader” event of coronavirus (COVID-19).