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CABINET NOTES: Wednesday 19th May 2021
HURST REPORTS ON CABINET OF WEDNESDAY MAY 19 2021:
The Cabinet met both face-to-face and virtually, all members present. It is the custom of the...
Further loosening and tightening of controls for visitors, returning residents
CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited the Chief Medical Officer and the Head of the Sir Lester Bird Mount St. John Medical Center Laboratory to the...
Government, PV Energy settle conflict over batteries
CABINET NOTES: The Solicitor General reported to Cabinet on the progress made in the Ministry of Legal Affairs in its negotiations with PV Energy.
That firm...
No evidence of dangerous Indian COVID-19 variant in Antigua
CABINET NOTES: The Minister of Health reported to Cabinet that nearly 3,000 adults have taken their required second shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine as required,...
PM warns of possible lockdown, hospitalisations and deaths if herd immunity is not achieved...
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne has called on “stubborn” Antigua and Barbudans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 reiterating warnings that the...
PM Browne paints grim picture for Antigua if herd immunity is not achieved
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has made yet another call for residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Prime Minister said everyone needs to play their...
UK PM tells Brits Do Not travel to Antigua and Barbuda and other Amber...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned people should not be holidaying in amber list countries, after a minister said people could go and visit...
One new case of COVID-19 recorded
(Dashboard Update for May 19, 2021)
The Ministry of Health has revealed one (1) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 case in Antigua and Barbuda as of...
Thirty-two thousand people have received first vaccine dose
The number of people who have received the first dose of the anti-COVID-19 vaccine has climbed to approximately thirty-two thousand (32,000).
That’s the latest figure...
Only 3% of the regional population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19
PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne today called for closing the “glaring gaps” in access to COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean by...
Forecasters monitoring disturbance in the west-central Atlantic Ocean
May 19, 2 pm EDT:
NHC is monitoring a system over the west-central Atlantic Ocean that has a 40% (medium) chance of becoming a short-lived...
Trip Advisor: Hermitage Bay among Top 25 All-Inclusive Resorts in the World
Trip Advisor has named Hermitage Bay among the Top 25 All-Inclusive Resorts in the World.
The list of top hotels was released yesterday.
Hermitage Bay is...
Antigua and Barbuda and Kyrgyzstan to establish diplomatic relations
Japarov approves communique on establishment of diplomatic ties with Antigua and Barbuda.
President Sadyr Japarov has signed the resolution approving the joint communique on establishment...