Here we are on the verge of ushering in the year of our Lord 2023. However, given all we endured in 2020 and 2021 who could have imagined that we would be at this place where normalcy is welcomed again.
It was this time last year that we heard news of the confirmation of the first Omicron cases on our shores.
The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) has not dropped its guard with the discontinuation of the COVID-19 Emergency Directive and mask mandates. Instead, president Lynda Williams says the country needs to be even more vigilant as cases spike in China. Last Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer The Most Honourable Kenneth George, announced the end of the public health measures, but urged the community to continue to wear masks, sanitise and …
Commuters on public service vehicles (PSVs) are being advised to take full responsibility for their own health, even as the Alliance Owners of Public Transport welcomes the removal of the mask mandate. On Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer The Most Honourable Dr Kenneth George announced the end to the COVID-19 Directive as well as mandatory mask wearing on public vehicles and in schools. “We are cognisant this rigid stipulation could not …
Senior Medical Officer of Health Dr Anton Best is reporting a slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Barbados as he updated the country on the lingering presence of the pandemic.“Up to December 18. There is a slight increase in the COVID-19 cases in terms of the numbers of new infections, in terms of the positivity rates,” Dr Best revealed on Wednesday during a press conference with Chief Medical Officer Dr The Most Honourable Kenneth George.“In the week 12 December to 18 December we diagnosed 318 cases and that was compared to 317 cases in the previous week. So for all intents and purposes it is essentially stable with slight increases,” Dr Best added.He said fewer people are presenting themselves for testing when they are symptomatic and this has accounted for a drop in the numbers.“Of course we don’t want that. We want to maintain the best possible understanding of the COVID situation in Barbados, and for that to happen we need people to come forward and be tested. When we