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The Wadadli Pen 2021 Challenge Invites Reflection On ‘2020’
The Wadadli Youth Pen Prize returns with its latest challenge to writers and artists in Antigua and Barbuda. As in the past, the 1000...
German Embassy Donates Medical Goods Worth $15000
The German embassy based in Trinidad donated this week medical goods, such as hand sanitiser, face shields, KN 95 masks, Children’s facemasks for the...
NICHOLAS: Electronic passport system will be created as a proof of vaccination
Information Minister Melford Nicholas says an electronic passport system will be created as a proof of vaccination, to allow residents to travel abroad.
“We are...
CARICOM Statement on Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is dissatisfied and deeply concerned about the inequitable access to vaccines for Small Developing States like those of the Community.
CARICOM...
Omarie Christopher released from hospital
Omarie Christopher has been discharged from hospital after being treated for non-life-threatening wounds.
Christopher, 35, of Golden Grove, was hospitalized after being shot multiple times...
BREAKING: Health Canada approves use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Health Canada has approved use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca this morning, clearing the way for millions of more inoculations in Canada.
Canada’s regulatory...
CABINET NOTES: Thursday, February 25 2021
The Cabinet met for more than seven continuous hours, six members using virtual means and seven meeting face-to-face. The Cabinet, as is customary, invited...
COVID protocols will continue to apply after vaccination
The Chief Health Inspector noted that in the post-vaccination period, the Covid-19 protocols will continue to apply: Hand washing, social distancing, and the wearing...
Antigua hopes to vaccinate 80 thousand adults in 35 days
Cabinet Notes: The Cabinet invited seven experts from the Ministry of Health including the Chief Medical Officer, the Principal Nursing Officer, the Chief Health...
COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Hotline lauded a success on first day of operations
The newly established COVID-19 Vaccine Registration Hotline, as part of the government’s education campaign encouraging COVID-19 vaccination, was launched on Thursday, 25 February with...
55 new cases of COVID-19
(Dashboard Update for February 25, 2021)
The most recent reports received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s...
U.S. – Cuba normalization could increase production of COVID-19 vaccines
By Sir Ronald Sanders
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior...
