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Two more people died from COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the number of deaths attributed to the viral illness in September to 27. A 79-year-old woman died yesterday afternoon and an 81-year-old man passed away last night, taking the number of overall deaths to 78. This was confirmed by National COVID-19 Public Adviser David Ellis. The woman died in the primary isolation section at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility, where she …
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) spokesperson on health, Paul Gibson, is calling on the Mia Mottley administration for greater transparency in its handling of the current COVID-19 surge. In a media release, Gibson says they have been “doing the maths” and there were 244 new cases in the past 14 days. He wants to know how many people are in isolation at Harrison Point, which has a maximum capacity of …
It’s on to Plan B in the Ministry of Health’s effort to mitigate and contain the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant in Barbadian communities. It is increasing isolation and quarantine capacity across the island. The Blackman and Gollop Primary School has been stood up for the second time, and a number of other schools are being prepared just in case extra capacity is required. In addition, extra concentrates …
Social Share Isolation Facilities manager Dr Corey Forde is urging Barbadians to appreciate and celebrate the Harrison Point facility and its staff, rather than try to tear them down. “As I read social media, it bothers me that people don’t read the whole story. It’s okay to disagree, but what we should not have is discourse which brings chaos,” he said during a media conference yesterday at the St Lucy facility. He was referring to some social media backlash regarding the facility apparently having a lack of linen. Forde explained the issue was due to a member of the laundry staff...
Article by Social Share West Indies and Australia will play the final two One-day Internationals in their current series on Saturday and Monday at Kensington Oval. NATIONSPORT understands that Cricket West Indies and Cricket Australia reached agreement over the end of the Tour after negotiations were held on Friday evening. The second ODI, which was abruptly suspended on Thursday because of a positive COVID-19 case in the West Indies camp, will be completed, after Australia won the toss and chose to bat. The third ODI, scheduled for Saturday at the same venue, will be played two days la...