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VIDEO: Contact Tracing in Barbados

By: Sherrylyn Clarke

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Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George (GP)

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Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George says the Ministry of Health will be rolling out a new contact tracing exercise in certain high-risk communities. Apart from the COVID-19 vaccine, this is one of the main tools to suppress the outbreak, he added.

George was speaking at a media conference on March 1, 2021. (Video by Jameel Springer) 

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