Health
3 more COVID-19 related deaths, all unvaccinated
Statement on behalf of Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC)
Dr. Albert Duncan, SLBMC Medical Director said:
We can confirm that sadly, three patients, have died...
Close to 100 children affected by COVID-19 in Antigua & Barbuda
Close to 100 children affected by COVID-19 in Antigua & Barbuda
Health officials told the Cabinet that many children in Antigua & Barbuda had contracted...
28 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Antigua & Barbuda
(Dashboard Update for September 29, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird...
Refrigerated container now available to store bodies
The country now has access to a refrigerated container for the storage of bodies, if required thanks to rogers storage
However, it remained unused up...
‘Vaccine discrimination’ must stop before it becomes a norm- CARICOM Chair tells UN
NEWSROOM: Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Gaston Browne has called out countries for placing additional restrictions on vaccinated Caribbean travellers by not recognising...
CDC director says US hospitals are ‘filled with unvaccinated people’ and warns that some...
BUSINESS INSIDER: Health-care systems in some parts of the US are in “dire straits” as unvaccinated people fill up hospitals, Rochelle Walensky, the director...
21 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua & Barbuda
(Dashboard Update for September 25, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird...
PM announces the addition of a new vaccine to be donated by John Paul...
Prime minister Gaston Browne told Parliament on Thursday that a 6th vaccine is coming to Antigua and Barbuda within weeks.
He did not give the...
Doctors who abuse sick leave warned, under scrutiny from the government
The Cabinet was made aware that several workers are abusing the sick-leave provision included in the labour contract under which they are employed; additional...
Dr. Robins says the general public needs more knowledge about vaccines
Historian and Medical Doctor Radcliffe Robins spoke last night at the United Progressive Party education forum on COVID-19 vaccines.
He says while people have more...
PM says multiply active cases by 6, for better picture of COVID situation in...
PM says active COVID-19 cases more like 6000:
https://youtu.be/TFqYTGs2a_k
APUA employee says he will lose his job before taking COVID-19 vaccine
Antigua Public Utilities Authority Stan Richards says he will lose his job before he take the COVID-19 vaccine.
A new government mandate as of September...
VIDEO: Here’s why government’s vaccine mandate won’t apply to healthcare workers, for now
Employees of the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre and Community Clinics are exempt from this policy for this period; here's why.
https://youtu.be/JYxsO5DptZ0