{"id":101135,"date":"2020-02-05T22:36:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T02:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=101135"},"modified":"2020-02-05T23:35:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T03:35:05","slug":"four-students-return-from-china-under-qurantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/four-students-return-from-china-under-qurantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Students Return From China, Under Quarantine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four Antigua and Barbuda students returned to their homeland and they too have been quarantined, although they were not near the epicenter of the disease.<\/p>

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The old Margetson Ward at the Holberton Hospital is to be repaired and retrofitted for both quarantine and isolation.<\/p>\n

A sufficient number of masks, gloves and body suits have been ordered to protect health workers, who have reportedly become victims of the virus in at least one country.<\/p>

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The Cabinet is satisfied that the health professionals in Antigua and Barbuda have been acting intelligently and skillfully to prepare the nation for every eventuality.<\/p>

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The Cabinet has authorized the use of special funding to complete the multi-faceted preparations.<\/p>\n

No-one in Antigua and Barbuda has contracted the virus.<\/p>

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Two females and three males have nevertheless been ordered quarantined for 14 days, in Antigua; the quarantine period has been proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its advice to Ministers of Health who are seeking to guide their states\u2019 policies.<\/p>\n

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