Health Minister reluctantly ends stay at home order|| COVID-19 infections still too high
Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has announced that the mandatory Stay at Home order ends at 6 am tomorrow but the curfew remains in effect until the 28th of the month as he stressed that the rate of covid 19 infections in Barbados is still far too high. Colonel Bostic says […]
Dodds Covid Free
Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams says there are no active cases of COVID-19 at Dodds Prison as of yesterday. Superintendent of Prisons Lieutenant Colonel John Nurse explained that the last two people who had been on the dashboard for some time recovered. Mr. Abrahams says a number of the usual functions have resumed.
Overwhelming Response to National Vaccination Program
The Barbados health authorities report that more than 14 thousand people have so far received their first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the National Vaccination Programme. Two thousand, 917 people were vaccinated on Friday alone and officials say they are confident the Barbados vaccination program is on target to protect a significant percentage of […]
St. Michael fire leaves 17 homeless
A St. Michael family of seventeen people has been displaced by a fire that destroyed a property just after midnight. The police say the blaze occurred about 1230 am at a wood and wall constructed, two storey residence located at Phillips Road, St. Stephen’s Hill, Black Rock. The house had several separate living quarters, each […]