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Two die from COVID-19

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Two Barbadian males, aged 14 and 70, died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, January 5, and Thursday, January 6, respectively.

The teenager passed away at the Enmore Isolation Facility, while the elderly man died at the Harrison’s Point Isolation Facility.  They were both unvaccinated.

Their deaths bring to 265, the number of people who have succumbed to the virus since March 2020.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honourable Jeffrey Bostic, extended condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. (MR/BGIS)

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