Health
Diabetes rates in Antigua and Barbuda are alarmingly high
Diabetes rates in Antigua and Barbuda are alarmingly high, with 13% of the population affected.
Globally, diabetes prevalence in North America and the Caribbean was...
Women and the state of health in Antigua and Barbuda
2023 marks the year when the Government of Antigua and Barbuda’s mandate for
gender equality and women’s empowerment and its vision for the optimal health...
18 new cases of COVID, 3 people in hospital
(Dashboard Update for April 7, 2022)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed eighteen (18) new laboratory...
92 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed ninety-two (92) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua...
Updated visitor guidelines at the hospital
The hospital updated Visitor & Patient Care Partner Guidelines.
We may experience some "teething issues" as we implement these necessary inconveniences, so please be patient,...
CMO urges all inoculated residents to take the booster shot
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Rhonda Sealy-Thomas is urging residents to get their booster shots at any of the vaccination centres across Antigua and...
China donates nCoV PCR Test Kits and swabs to Antigua and Barbuda
The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is thanking the People’s Republic of China for a donation of nCoV PCR Test Kits and swabs.
The items...
58,000 residents are fully vaccinated and 4,000 partially vaccinated
Cabinet Notes:
The CMO pointed out that approximately 58,000 residents are fully vaccinated and 4,000 partially vaccinated, and that no-one is currently hospitalized with Covid.
The...
Fetes are a threat to our continued success in managing the Covid-19 pandemic –...
The Cabinet invited to its meeting the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and her Deputy, the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, the...
3 new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda
(Dashboard Update for December 11, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed three (3) new laboratory...
Antigua logs 5 new cases of COVID-19
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed five (5) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua...
Accelerating access to vaccines is an urgent priority in the face of new variants,...
With 20 countries yet to reach the WHO’s year-end vaccination target of 40%, and the Omicron variant now detected in six countries in the...
Antigua logs 2 new cases of COVID-19
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed two (2) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua...