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Health officials have taken control of a senior citizens’ home which has been designated as an isolation facility after 31 patients tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
This was among the issues addressed by Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic today while speaking during a live press conference on the management of COVID-19. Bostic said while there is community spread of COVID-19, it is not too late to reverse this trend.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Motley, chairman of the Cabinet Sub-committee on COVID-19 Senator Dr Jerome Walcott, Infectious Disease Specialist and head of the Isolation Facilities, Dr Corey Forde and Senior Medical Officer of Health Dr Anton Best also participated in the press conference.
Wednesday, 17:23, 10/02/2021
VOV.VN - Whilst people nationwide are gathering with their families to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet), healthcare workers continue to work hard on the frontline in the hope of containing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as swiftly as possible.
“My colleagues and I know we have no Tet this year because the epidemic is evolving in a complex manner. We have to come to any place where the virus is reported,” said MSc. Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy director of the Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the Ministry of Health, in a recent interview granted to VOV.
Barbados Today February 6, 2021
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is stepping up its fight in the protection of staff and patients in the fight against COVID-19.
As the number of COVID-19 cases rise island-wide, with more patients presenting to the hospital for care, and with community contact being the principal cause of cases among QEH staff having grown from 10 to 19 in a staffing complement of 2,500, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is increasing measures to keep staff safe and protect patients.
This assurance was given by Executive Director of the QEH, Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, to all levels of staff in the hospital in a Weekly Report issued on February 5.
A 62-year-old Barbadian man who was a patient at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy became the 15th person on the island to succumb to COVID-19. This latest death came on Wednesday, the same day that the Ministry of Health and Wellness rolled out its community based intervention, Operation Seek and Save. The programme, which is engaging health care specialists, other professionals and interviewers, will go into communities …
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