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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has advised against imposing restrictions on people arriving from any country as it closely monitors the spread of the Monkeypox virus.At the weekend, Barbados confirmed its first case of the virus which has been reported in 63 countries.Minister of Health and Wellness Ian Gooding-Edghill said a Barbadian man in his 30s who recently flew into the island tested positive for the virus after he presented to the Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic.Two other Caribbean countries, The Bahamas and Jamaica, have also confirmed cases of the virus.
Esther Duflo, Nobel Prize Winner and a poverty alleviation and development economics professor, will be the guest speaker at the 46th Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Central Bank of Barbados. For the second year running, the event will take the format of a conversation featuring the guest speaker and Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes. They will discuss Radical Rethinking of How We Fight Global Poverty and Develop …