Church Covid Cluster Still A Concern
Minister of Health and Wellness Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic reports that Barbados’ covid-19 positivity rate continues to decline. Speaking during the government’s covid-19 and ash clean-up news briefing he said the test results from yesterday represent a positivity rate of less than three percent. But he again expressed alarm at the large and growing cluster […]
Ash Delays Second Dose of Vaccine
Barbadians who were to receive their appointments for the second jab of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine tomorrow, will now have to wait until next week, Monday April 19th. Co -coordinator of the National Vaccination Programme, Major David Clarke says this is because they now have to use new fully enclosed sites and are still awaiting […]
Volcano Expert Says More Eruptions To Come
The La Soufriere Volcano in St. Vincent erupted again this morning as the expert in charge of monitoring the eruptions warns that the explosions have not ended. Barbados has had minimal ash fall from the last few eruptions, and volcanologist Professor Richard Robertson, Director of the UWI Seismic Research Center says the events may be […]
National Clean-up Program Underway
Government’s two-week National Clean-up Program is underway with the man in charge, Minister of Housing and Lands, Dr. William Duguid, out in the field this morning to check on the work. The program was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley who said 15 hundred people are being hired to assist. Dr. Duguid says […]