CMO urges persons with symptoms to go for assessments Article by July 11, 2021 As Barbados intensifies its efforts to address a spike in COVID-19 cases, persons with respiratory symptoms or children with gastrointestinal symptoms are being urged to go to their doctor or nearest polyclinic for assessment. Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Kenneth George, made this plea today, as he disclosed that three children with the virus, had presented at the Winston Scott polyclinic, independently, with gastrointestinal symptoms. He noted that those children had a “bit” of abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which was an unusual symptom for the virus. “At the beginning of the COVID outbreak and even now, we always said that children and teenagers have generally a good course and present without any symptoms. Our experience, particularly in recent times, is that children are presenting with symptoms across the spectrum.