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BETA gives care packages to Harrison Point
Article by February 25, 2021
The Barbados Entrepreneurship and Tourism Association (BETA), an association aimed at building a dynamic and resilient community among persons engaged in the shared economy and accommodation sector in the tourism and hospitality industry, recently made a presentation to the Barbados Government of twelve twin bedsheet sets, twenty-five pillows, four hundred and eight 16 oz bottles of Glacier Pure water and six 43” Westpoint Smart Televisions. These are to be used at the
Harrison Point facility
The donation was made possible by generous monetary contributions from members of BETA, in addition to friends of members and suppliers associated with BETA’s exclusive membership discount card.
February 24, 2021
Some staff members in the kitchen of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have been calling for its closure after a colleague in that section recently tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
But Executive Chairman Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland has said the kitchen is too critical a facility to shut down and alternative measures have been implemented to protect those workers.
A number of kitchen staff told
Barbados TODAY after the positive case was made known, management allowed employees to continue operations as usual and did not ask them to get tested.
One staff member claimed they were afraid to return to work and in a quandary as to whether to stay home or report for duty.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
Jeffrey Bostic, Barbados Health Minister
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 15, CMC – Minister of Health Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic said Monday that his ministry has been monitoring a number of COVID-19 “hotspots” at elderly care facilities, one of which has had to be turned into an isolation facility because of the large number of residents and staff testing positive for the virus.
This comes when Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced the national lockdown would remain until February 28.
Bostic cited the Geriatric Hospital and two senior citizens’ homes – one in the parish of St Michael and the other on the eastern side of the island – as the facilities which public health officials have focused their attention over the last ten days.