Thursday, March 28, 2024

Health

12 new COVID cases, deaths now at 107

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(Dashboard Update for November 12, 2021)   The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed twelve (12) new laboratory...

Investment in primary health care urgently needed to ensure COVID-19 recovery in the Americas

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With countries in the Americas reporting severe disruptions in essential primary health care services, urgent investment is key to improving health systems continuously weakened...

CARICOM looking to US for COVID-19 pills and vaccines

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Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he has instructed the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat to seek vaccines and pills from...

4 new cases of COVID-19

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(Dashboard Update for November 12, 2021)   The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed four (4) new laboratory...

Got a runny nose? Doctor says don’t assume it’s the flu

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CNC3: With all the hysteria around COVID-19, it may be comforting to assume that a runny nose or headache is simply because of seasonal...

Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre hosts successful cataract surgery clinic

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Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) has hosted a successful cataract surgery clinic in partnership with Trinidad Eye Hospital. In five days (October 24 to...

COVID-19 pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus

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Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to inject them – and there could even be...

SLBMC Operating Theatre receives great donation from Clean Botic

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The SLBMC Operating Theatre has received a great donation – Health Sole- Shoe Sole Sanitizer – from Clean Botic. Clean Botic specializes in UV-C Sanitization...

Indian COVID vaccine ‘highly efficacious’ — study

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(AFP) — Covaxin, the first COVID-19 vaccine developed in India, is “highly efficacious” and presents no safety concerns, according to a study published in...

COVID-19 deaths now at 105

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(Dashboard Update for November 10, 2021)   The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed six (6) new laboratory...

5 new cases of COVID-19

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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...

More vaccine mandates on the horizon for Antigua and Barbuda

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More vaccine mandates could be on the horizon for Antigua and Barbuda, with concerns mounting that the country may not reach herd immunity by...

PM Browne to seek supplies of Merck COVID-19 pill from the UK

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Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister and CARICOM Chairman Gaston Browne has disclosed he will be writing to the United Kingdom in a bid to...