Curfew violators head to court tomorrow

Twenty-nine COVID-19 curfew violators are being hauled before the law courts tomorrow morning and more than a dozen others are set to follow as the COVID-19 monitoring unit intensifies its crackdown. Head of the Unit Ronald Chapman warns of a continued no-nonsense approach. Mr. Chapman says the authorities are determined to bring the COVID-19 situation […]

QEH clears the air on child COVID-19 related death

Head of Medical Services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Dr. Clyde Cave has confirmed the death of a nine-year-old girl due to COVID-19 complications. This is the first death of a child from the virus in Barbados and it resulted from a rare syndrome MIS-C, multi-system inflammatory syndrome, which was first detected internationally last year […]

Child dies from COVID-19

Barbados records its first death of a child from COVID-19. The child, believed to be about nine years old, died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Starcom Network News understands that the child succumbed to a condition brought on by the virus called Mis – C or multiple system inflammatory syndrome. The Ministry of Health is […]