Tag: health
$500 gift from Government for pandemic ‘frontline workers’
More than 6 000 Barbadians who worked “on the frontlines” during the past two years of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are set to...
Humanitarian award recipients to receive $500 gift
Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced on Thursday that recipients of humanitarian awards for service to the country during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will...
Demand for Pfizer’s COVID pills lags
London – Worldwide demand for the oral COVID-19 anti-viral treatment, Paxlovid manufactured by Pfizer has been unexpectedly light due to complicated eligibility requirements, reduced testing,...
Israeli medical team heads to Haiti to help burn victims
PORT AU PRINCE – The Director of Israel’s National Burn Centre at the Sheba Medical Centre, Professor Josef Haik arrived in Haiti earlier this week...
Health a priority for Mottley administration
Although the COVID-19 variant Omicron has proven not to have the same “shadow of death” as its predecessors, the first meeting that will be...
Chase, Mayers and Cottrell out of Pakistan Tour due to COVID-19
Karachi – Barbadian duo of Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers were among four members of the West Indies squad that have been ruled out...