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Hospital confirms 9 doctors infected with COVID-19
Statement on Behalf of Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC):
St. John’s, Antigua, March 3, 2021 – Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) confirms that...
No new cases of COVID-19, 48 hospitalised
(Dashboard Update for March 3, 2021)
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Mount St. John’s...
LETTER: Shut the country down for 2 weeks
DEAR EDITOR:
I told somebody that everything including our health-care system is eventually going to crash very soon.
I said that if a full two-week lockdown...
Man found dead in Potters identified as Malco Costa Codougan of St. Vincent and...
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a St Vincent and the Grenadines national whose body was found outside his home at...
ROAD WORK UPDATE:Second Road Project Traffic Management plan – Work on Sir Sydney Walling...
Second Road Project Traffic Management plan - Work on Sir Sydney Walling Highway (SSWH).
The flow of traffic will be affected by Road Closure & Single...
Choksi’s lawyer says he’s still a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda
INDIA.COM: Denying media reports regarding the revocation of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s citizenship by an Antiguan civil court, his advocate Vijay Aggarwal said Choksi is...
Patrice Luke Appointed new chairman of SJDC
The appointment of a new Chairman of the Board for the St. John’s Development Corporation (SJDC) has been announced.
According to a memo to staff,...
CXC reverts to previous format for this year’s June/July exams
The Caribbean Examinations Council, CXC, has decided to revert to using the previous format in this years sitting of the exams, which have been scheduled for June and July.
This was...
OPINION: A Sense Of Urgent Compulsion
by Sherfield P. Bowen
I feel a sense of urgent compulsion to lend my absolute support to the inoculation process. I am guided in this...
Harold Lovell tribute to Ralph Francis
Tribute from Harold Lovell to the late Ralph Francis:
Ralph was my friend but it is fair to say, Ralph was everyone's friend.
Ralph Francis loved...
Officials say increase in COVID spread principally by asymptomatic people
CABINET NOTES: The Medical Director of the Mount St. John Medical Center, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the Principal Nursing Officer (PNO), the Head...
Cabinet says elderly COVID victims arrived at hospital dehydrated; several were also malnourished
Cabinet Notes: The Director pointed out that Antigua and Barbuda’s rate of death is 1.9%; the USA’s is 2.1%--higher than our island-state’s. Antigua and...
Only persons 65 years and older will be vaccinated for the time being
Cabinet Notes: Since vaccination started, 5,400 adults have received the AstraZenica vaccine provided by the Dominican (5,000 doses) and the Indian (40,000) Governments.
Four sites—are...