Curfew back on in Barbados
MINISTER OF HEALTH Jeffrey Bostic Social Share BARBADOS – Facing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases all last week, Government yesterday reintroduced a daily 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew with effect from [today july 13] for two weeks, and again capped the number of people allowed at church services, funerals, weddings and those allowed to travel on public transportation.
Summer camps and fetes or parties have been put on hold, along with full contact sports or spectators at sporting events.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic confirmed Barbados’ positivity rate for the viral illness had jumped by a full percentage point to 1.6 per cent, and its percentage of infections per 100 000 people had doubled, up from 19 to 38.
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Ex-Windies bowler and WI Women’s coach Moseley dies
Former West Indies fast bowler Ezra Moseley. -
CRICKET West Indies (CWI) paid tribute to former Barbados and West Indies cricketer and former Women’s T20 World Cup-winning assistant coach, Ezra Moseley, who passed away on Saturday in his native Barbados. He was 63.
According to the Barbados Nation, Moseley was riding a bicycle in Barbados on Saturday and collided with a car.
Moseley, an athletic fast bowler, played two Test matches against England in 1990 and also nine One-Day Internationals between 1990 and 1991. He had an outstanding professional career with Glamorgan in English County Cricket and in South Africa for Eastern Province and Northern Transvaal.
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