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January 13, 2021 One in four inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds has tested positive for COVID-19, Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic revealed Tuesday. Of the 974 tests conducted Tuesday, 84 people had tested positive for COVID-19, with 67 of those being Dodds inmates, he said. With an estimated 800 prisons at the St Philip prison, the latest figures mean that 294 prisoners have so far tested positive for COVID-19 with other results still pending. But while Lt.  Col. Bostic acknowledged that the situation was serious, he said everything was being done to ensur...

Most of the COVID-19 clusters across the island share linkages but the chronology of their existence is still to be determined. This was made clear by Senior Medical Officer Dr Anton Best, who disclosed last night that even in the case of the bus crawl last month, which has been since labelled as a super spreader and linked to a major outbreak at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, investigations have not …

Social Share Four COVID-19 clusters are being investigated by public health officials in Barbados on the West Coast, South Coast, at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds and the Boxing Day Bus Crawl. Speaking during Tuesday’s COVID-19 management update, Minister of Health Jeffrey Bostic said the process of contact tracing was continuing as they sought to bring this outbreak under control. At the time of speaking, the West Coast cluster had 86 positive cases and two people are associated with 25 positive results. One bar had 27, the Paradise Beach Lime had 18, two restaurants accounted for 11 and...

Prison officers claiming defamation of character against Govt authorities Article by January 12, 2021 Three prison officers are in the process of filing two separate lawsuits against the Government of Barbados over COVID-19 related issues. Industrial Relations Advisor to the Prison Officers Association of Barbados (POAB) and trade union leader Senator Caswell Franklyn disclosed today that the first action is one of defamation of character against the men whom Government officials had publicly said could not be found for testing for the virus. On New Year’s Day, Minister ...

Update on patients in isolation Article by January 10, 2021 Manager of the Isolation Facilities, Dr. Corey Forde, Saturday night gave a report on the health status of patients in isolation, during a televised update on Barbados’ COVID-19 situation. Dr. Forde indicated that overall the majority were doing well, while those whose condition was initially categorised as serious have since improved. He reported at present there were 14 persons – six males and eight females – in the primary isolation area for seriously ill persons at Harrison Point.  Their ages ranged fro...