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A 68 year old Barbadian woman passed away today, becoming the 32 nd person to succumb to Covid-19 in Barbados. She had been on a ventilator at Harrison Point for the last 6 days, having been transferred there from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  The Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt Col. Hon. Jeffrey Bostic extends condolences to her grieving family. Describing the number of positive cases as, “unprecedented”, the Minister stressed, “the utmost importance of caution and safety protocols within the home and family setting.” He also said, “this underscores the need for the national ...

Article by Social Share A 68-year-old Barbadian woman passed away today, becoming the 32nd person to succumb to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Barbados. She had been on a ventilator at Harrison Point for the last six days, having been transferred there from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. In a statement from the COVID Communications Unit (CCU), Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic extended condolences to the family. Describing the number of positive cases as, “unprecedented”, the Minister said “the utmost importance of caution and safety protocols within the home and family setting” is ke...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness said today that Barbados recorded 57 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, February 20, out of the 756 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. There were 56 recoveries and the number of active cases is now 771. The 57 new positive cases comprised 29 women and 28 men. Two of them had already been at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility …

Barbados Today By Geralyn Edward She has become the face and voice of the local medical fraternity, unafraid to challenge policymakers as she advocates for homegrown responses to the deadly COVID-19 pandemic now gripping the island. She is Dr Lynda Williams, a medical practitioner in general practice. But her passion and advanced studies has been in the specialised area of epidemiology. Dr Williams is a Masters’s degree graduate of the University of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Williams is among the school’s distinguished alumni, who include Dr Tedros Adhanom, the Direc...

Two more Barbadian citizens have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the island's death toll to 31.  A 93-year-old woman with comorbidities passed away last night, February 18 at Enmore after being admitted, first to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the 17 February. Hours later, this morning, a 60-year-old man with comorbidities passed away at Harrison Point where he had been a patient for a month. The deceased spent the last 18 days on a ventilator.  The Minister of Health, Jeffrey Bostic extended condolences to the families in mourning and attested...