Saturday, April 27, 2024

Tag: COVID-19

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Twenty-nine new COVID cases

There were no deaths but Barbados recorded 29 new cases of COVID-19 from February 17 to March 15, 2024. Over that time, 409 tests were...

Call for more forensic psychiatrists

More forensic psychiatrists are needed in Barbados. This is the assessment of President of Barbados Association of Psychiatrists (BAP) Dr Nya Maughn based on demands...

Measles caution

Barbados may be at risk of a measles outbreak because the island’s immunisation rates have fallen to worrying levels following the COVID-19 pandemic. That health...

NO WORRY!

Despite reports of cases of the highly transmissible strain of COVID-19 JN.1 escalating internationally, Chief Medical Officer The Most Honourable Dr Kenneth George says...

‘Region must prevent’ trans border spread of infectious diseases

PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says regional countries need to take adequate steps to prevent the transboundary spread...

Four COVID cases at Geriatric Hospital

Visits to Ward 6B at the Geriatric Hospital, Beckles Road, St Michael, have been suspended temporarily, due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Four patients have tested...