{"id":105454,"date":"2020-03-02T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=105454"},"modified":"2020-03-02T22:54:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:54:36","slug":"works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/div>

Officials announced today that they have intensified the transformation effort\u00a0 at the old Holberton Hospital\u00a0 to prepare it for suspected cases of the Coronavirus.<\/p>

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

The Ministry of Health started work on the facility last month and continues to prepare\u00a0 it as cases of the coronavirus grow in number.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Health Minister-Molwyn Joseph and a number of workers and technicians toured the retrofitted Margetson Ward as well as the former Casualty Department and X-Ray area.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The re-design of the purpose built areas is being undertaken by architect Phillip Isaac Jr.<\/div>\n
So far there are no suspected or conformed case of the virus on island.<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Officials announced today that they have intensified the transformation effort\u00a0 at the old Holberton Hospital\u00a0 to prepare it for suspected cases of the Coronavirus. The Ministry of Health started work on the facility last month and continues to prepare\u00a0 it as cases of the coronavirus grow in number. On Monday, Health Minister-Molwyn Joseph and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nWorks Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Officials announced today that they have intensified the transformation effort\u00a0 at the old Holberton Hospital\u00a0 to prepare it for suspected cases of the Coronavirus. The Ministry of Health started work on the facility last month and continues to prepare\u00a0 it as cases of the coronavirus grow in number. On Monday, Health Minister-Molwyn Joseph and a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:765\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"765\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\"},\"wordCount\":114,\"commentCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\",\"name\":\"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg\",\"width\":2592,\"height\":1936},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus","og_description":"Officials announced today that they have intensified the transformation effort\u00a0 at the old Holberton Hospital\u00a0 to prepare it for suspected cases of the Coronavirus. The Ministry of Health started work on the facility last month and continues to prepare\u00a0 it as cases of the coronavirus grow in number. On Monday, Health Minister-Molwyn Joseph and a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":765,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:765\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus","datePublished":"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/"},"wordCount":114,"commentCount":6,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/","name":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-03T02:54:36+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1445\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6291.jpg","width":2592,"height":1936},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/works-speeds-up-on-site-for-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Works Speeds Up On Site For Suspected Cases of Coronavirus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/105457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}