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VIDEO: Statement from Chief Medical Officer

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Chief Medical Officer, Dr Kenneth George, released the following statement after Barbados recorded four COVID-19 deaths in three days.

George said it was “frightening” that children were making up 15 to 20 per cent of cases and isolation was close to capacity.

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