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Barbados is continuing to experience a spike in COVID-19 cases, however, Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George said the figures are trending downwards and the 100-plus people conducting the contact tracing exercise, are making significant progress. George’s comments were contained in a statement issued by Barbados Government Information on Tuesday. “While for the two days January 1 and January 2, the country recorded a total of 211 new cases, …
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Barbadis required a negative PCR test from early. (FILE)
The new lockdown measures in the United Kingdom are no reason for Barbados to go into a panic.
Prime Minister Mia Mottley is reminding Barbadians, Welcome Stamp participants and applicants, as well as visitors to the island that this country is prepared.
In a press release yesterday (December 19), she said: I want to assure all Barbadians that Minister Lisa Cummins and her officials in the sector are well on top of this situation created by the introduction of a fresh round of restrictions in the United Kingdom, including an emergency lockdown in London, to halt the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there.
Barbados Today December 19, 2020
I want to assure all Barbadians that Minister Lisa Cummins and her officials in the sector are well on top of this situation created by the introduction of a fresh round of restrictions in the United Kingdom, including an emergency lockdown in London, to halt the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there.
Indeed, it was she who reminded us all, on the last occasion that the UK imposed restrictions, that the BEST programme for the hotel workers and hotels was developed for this very reason to minimise the dislocation of the reduced numbers of visitors likely to arrive from our source markets, like the UK.