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No WHO approval but Sputnik V to be used in Antigua and Barbuda

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https://youtu.be/i0tR16iWy3Q The government promised at the start of the year that only WHO vaccines would be used on the local population. https://antiguanewsroom.com/antigua-barbuda-will-use-only-vaccines-approved-by-who-paho/

Fully vaccinated returning nationals and residents must still use airport taxi to get home

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Fully vaccinated residents and citizens returning home will have to utilise an airport taxi. Information Minister Melford Nicholas says the protocols governing this has not...

BREAKING: Rapid testing at the airport ends Friday after only days of operation

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IMPORTANT NOTICE:   15th July, 2021   The Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority wishes to advise that it will be discontinuing the operation of its Rapid Antigen Testing...

Lawyer rubbishes suggestions that Choksi is faking illness

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Mehul Choksi’s lawyer Justin Simon QC denied suggestions that his client was feigning sickness to delay court proceedings.   Simon called the suggestions “nonsense” and said...

Vaccine incentives have not done enough to reach herd immunity – Nicholas

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The Government of Antigua and Barbuda admitted today that the vaccine incentives to get to heard immunity may have gone as far as they...

VIDEO: Antigua and Barbuda welcomes cruise passengers for the first time in 15 months

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For the first time in 15 months Antigua and Barbuda welcomed cruise passengers to its shores. Windstar Sea Breeze today brought approximately two hundred and...

Antigua rolls out specialized storage bins designed to securely store intact fluorescent bulbs

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Wednesday was "an exceptional day" as it marked the commencement of the distribution of the specialized storage bins designed to securely store intact fluorescent...

Police to enforce new quarantine rules

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Police will play a key role in enforcing new quarantine rules announced today, Information Minister Melford Nicholas has said. Unvaccinated travellers are now being told...

Johnson & Johnson recalls five NEUTROGENA® and AVEENO® Sunscreen Products

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The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division is alerting the public that Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (JJCI) is voluntarily recalling five NEUTROGENA® and AVEENO® aerosol...

Pandemic barrel programme extended till the end of 2021

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Information Minister Melford Nicholas says barrels should only include approved items that qualify as part of the pandemic initiative.   Items outside of the approved list...

Ministry Refutes Claims Of Nurses Being Severed

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has become aware of claims that Nurses were severed from the surveillance unit at the V.C...

Elderly man says he was abused at government-run elderly care facility

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A resident of the Fiennes Institute said he was attacked by workers at the government-run elderly care facility in February.   “I was ambushed by three...

Unvaccinated workers interacting with arriving passengers will be required to take a Covid-19 test...

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Cabinet Notes: The Cabinet insists that those government officials and private sector personnel who will be on the frontline to meet, greet and have contact...