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The UWI, Press Release
The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Over 400 regional students at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus have been hailed as heroes for their courageous fieldwork at the height of a COVID-19 resurgence in Barbados earlier this year.
In February, the students signed up for the Community Evaluation and Testing Project, popularly known as Operation Seek and Save; a data gathering exercise organised by the Government of Barbados and Cave Hill Campus to help stem a deadly second wave of the pandemic, and also contain the growing spread of dengue fever.
Even as Barbados and the rest of the world are gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, of no less importance is the crippling tide of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) seemingly on the sidelines.Oddly enough, COVID-19 has reinforced why NCDs – lifestyle diseases including high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart and kidney ailments are major threats.We have all the evidence that those with the viral illness are at greatest risk of being severely sickened and even dying as those living with NCDs.And just today, this point was again made as health officials confirmed that Barbados recorded its 47th death from the coronavirus. A 67-year-old woman who had comorbidities succumbed to the viral illness on Monday night at the Harrison Point facility after being admitted on May 6 and spending 12 days in isolation – nine of which were on a ventilator.
Two insurance firms donate to Harrison’s Point
Article by March 13, 2021
As Barbados wrestles with the COVID-19 Pandemic, sister companies Trident Insurance & Brydens Insurance have answered the call to support Barbados’ front-line workers.
These two ANSA McAL companies recently donated a five-piece sofa set and coffee table to Harrison Point for use in their living area. The donation came in response to the facility’s request for items that are much needed by the facility.
In acknowledging the critical role the Harrison’s Point team and other frontline workers are playing, chief executive officer David Alleyne said that it was absolutely necessary that support is given to those who are serving us as we confront the challenges of the pandemic.
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The donation of 100,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India has sparked a major vaccination effort in Barbados that resulted in approximately 12.5% of the island population receiving their first shots within two weeks.
Frontline workers, including those in the tourism sector, were among those who received the first wave of vaccines.
In a televised nationwide address, Prime Minister Mia Mottley called it a commendable start for a country that really did not have a lot in place for vaccination program.
The vaccine rollout marked the fourth step in Barbados Covid-19 management plan that hinges on contact tracing, public health protocols and Operation Seek and Save. In the Seek and Save program, public health officials visit communities to try and locate individuals who could unknowingly be infected and offer them early healthcare measures.