The cluster of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases identified at a business has now grown to 12. Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic said this morning that the three people sent for assessment at the Harrison Point Isolation Facility in St Lucy had tested positive for the virus, along with two family members. Bostic had said yesterday that there were seven COVID-19 cases at the establishment. He added that approximately 40 …
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Trinidad record deaths, Jamaica to restrict travel from Trinidad
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago recorded deaths associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as Jamaica has indicated plans to restrict travel from Port of Spain, which has recorded increased cases of the Brazilian variant of the virus.
Barbados recorded its 45
th death from the virus on Tuesday after almost a month after the last reported casualty, April 6.
Health and Wellness Minister retired Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic said that the latest casualty is a 63-year-old male admitted to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility
on April 23. He spent six days on a ventilator.
One person died as a result of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on Monday, May 3. The 63-year-old man was admitted to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility on April 23, and passed away after spending six days on a ventilator. His death brings to 45 the number of people who have succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, three new positive cases of COVID-19 – two men and one woman – were identified from …
Barbados has recorded another COVID-19 death. A 63-year-old Barbadian male has passed away from the viral illness.
After being admitted to the Harrison Point Isolation Facility on April 23, the gentleman was subsequently incubated and ventilated for six days for severe acute respiratory problems.
While addressing the nation this evening, Minister of Health and Wellness, Jeffrey Bostic extended his condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
He also revealed that 15 new positives were recorded on Sunday, May 2 from 353 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. Additionally, four persons recovered and were discharged, while 93 people remain in isolation.