The successful and incident-free staging of three recent open-air mass events may be used as a yardstick for future undertakings on a similar scale in the prevailing COVID-19 environment. While …
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Doctors worried too few tests for COVID to give a true picture of community transmission
Scientists are seeing no real evidence of an improvement in Barbados’ COVID-19 situation, despite a clear reduction in the number of positive cases on the country’s daily dashboards. Instead, epidemiologist …
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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 113 positive COVID-19 cases – 54 males and 59 females – on Tuesday, November 30.  The facility conducted 777 tests. The new cases …
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A 22-year-old unvaccinated man was among the most recent persons to die from COVID-19. He died today, Wednesday, December 1, at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility.  Two other deaths, both …
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The Immunisation Unit advises the public that three vaccination sites will operate today, Wednesday, December 1. The locations and times are listed below. Vaccination Centres: Sharon Moravian Church Hall, Sharon, …
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One hundred and sixty-four new COVID-19 cases, 74 males and 90 females, were recorded on Monday, November 29. Â The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory carried out 1,165 tests. The positive …
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The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory has recorded 114 new cases (47 males and 67 females) of COVID-19. There were 845 tests conducted on Sunday, November 28. Twenty-six individuals are …
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​COVID-19 has claimed the lives of three more women. ​The first victim was 61 years old. She died at the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital …
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A total of 115 positive COVID-19 cases, 50 males and 65 females, were recorded by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory on Saturday, November 27. Â The number of tests conducted …
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The number of casualties from COVID-19 has risen to 225, following the death of a 53-year-old woman on Saturday, November 27. She passed away at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility …