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Curfew back on in Barbados MINISTER OF HEALTH Jeffrey Bostic Social Share BARBADOS – Facing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases all last week, Government yesterday reintroduced a daily 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew with effect from [today july 13] for two weeks, and again capped the number of people allowed at church services, funerals, weddings and those allowed to travel on public transportation. Summer camps and fetes or parties have been put on hold, along with full contact sports or spectators at sporting events. Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Minister of Heal...

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 abdomin...

Social Share Facing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases all last week, Government yesterday reintroduced a daily 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew with effect from tomorrow for two weeks, and again capped the number of people allowed at church services, funerals, weddings and those allowed to travel on public transportation. Summer camps and fetes or parties have been put on hold, along with full contact sports or spectators at sporting events. Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic confirmed Barbados’ positivity rate for the viral illness h...

Nine new cases, 44 in isolation Article by   Nine new cases – four males and five females – were identified on Thursday, July 8, out of the 955 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Forty-four people are now in insolation. A  79-year-old Barbadian male, who had comorbidities, passed away on Thursday, at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility.  His death brings the total number of persons who have died from COVID-19 to 48. Barbados has recorded 4,128 confirmed cases (1,997 females and 2,131 males) since March last year. The public health laboratory ha...

Barbados’ COVID-19 infection dynamic has done a flip-flop, public health officials have confirmed. For the first 16 months of dealing with the viral illness, medical officials were treating sick Barbadians in their 80s, 70s, and 60s with underlying medical issues, but recently most of those contracting the disease have been in their 40s and even younger, with no underlying conditions. This was revealed yesterday by Dr Corey Forde, Government’s lead …