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February 17, 2021 Health authorities have pledged to provide a full statement on Sunday’s death of a nine-year-old child at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital from complications of COVID-19. Media reports out of Trinidad claimed the child died from a condition called Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, brought on by the coronavirus.  Dr Joanna Paul, Acting Medical Chief of Staff at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, was quoted as saying there were 26 such cases there. In Tuesday’s COVID-19 update issued by the Barbados Government Information Service, the child’...

Social Share Twenty-five new cases of COVID-19 – nine males and 16 females – were identified out of the 504 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on February 2. Seven of the new positives were people previously sent to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy for assessment.  A person would be sent to Harrison Point for assessment to confirm whether their PCR test result is that of a new case or an old case. Nine more people were sent for assessment. The other 18 cases include 15 Barbadians and two non-nationals. The number of confirmed cases at Her M...

Article by Social Share Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams said on Monday that while quarantine and isolation rules prevented some prisoners who had completed their sentences from leaving Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds during the lockdown, all inmates who have completed their sentence and the programme for reintegration into society, have been released. In a statement from the COVID Communications Unit, Abrahams said while the delay in release of prisoners would have caused concern to inmates and their loved ones, as well as to the families of prison officers, who similarly were no...

Social Share The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reminded the public that there are established categories and timelines for receiving coronavirus (COVID-19) tests and results. Category One: Primary contacts – Royal Barbados Police Force personnel; wardens and inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds; Barbados Defence Force personnel; Barbados Fire service personnel; all medical personnel; border security – immigration officers; customs officers; Barbados Port Inc. officers; Grantley Adams International Airport Inc. officers (inclusive of security); patients awaiting tests for medic...

Article by Social Share One death related to coronavirus (COVID-19) – a 91-year-old woman – was recorded on Sunday. This brings the total number of deaths since March 2020, to ten. Fourteen new positive cases were also recorded yesterday from the 262 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory, while 15 people were released from isolation. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said the number of active cases now stands at 742. The new positive cases comprise seven men and seven women. Of these, five are individuals who would have been sent previously to the Harriso...