Local News News Bostic tests negative for COVID-19 Barbados Today05/08/2020088 views Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic The Minister of Health Lt Col Jeffery Bostic has tested negative for the novel COVID-19 virus. He made the announcement today at a news conference via Zoom. “I certainly had my test yesterday and as I expected the test result was negative,” he said. Bostic explained he was not surprised by the result saying, ” That is because all of the protocols which I am enforcing, I follow those protocols and I felt very confident that everything was done properly by the entire team that was with me.”