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Cabinet Establishes Rapid Response Unit For COVID-19
The Cabinet has established a Rapid Response Covid-19 Brigade that will respond to reports of those who fall ill.
It is reported that the First...
COMMENTARY: Corona – The Virus Of Death
By RAWLSTON POMPEY
What am I? They call me ‘Corona Virus’ Acronymizing my name, scientists have called me ‘Çovid- 19.’ What the hell this...
Government To Request Immune-Boosting Drug From Cuba
The government has agreed to request from the Cuban Government supplies of Interferon 2B. The drug boosts the immune system, allowing patients who are...
Government Establishes A Rapid Response Covid-19 Brigade
The government has established a Rapid Response Covid-19 Brigade that will respond to reports of those who fall ill.
The First Responders within the Brigade...
Experienced Nurses & Doctors From Cuba To Visit Antigua To Help With Screening Arriving...
The government has announced that the Cuban doctors and nurses who will arrive Antigua on Thursday, March 26, 2020, are experienced in the management...
Government Enforces Law To Limit Social Gatherings To 25 Persons
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the government is enforcing the 1946 Quarantine Act which states that a maximum of 25 persons are allowed at restaurants,...
Antigua’s Single Confirmed Case Of The Coronavirus In Isolation Recovering
The Government of Antigua & Barbuda has confirmed that only one person has tested positive for the coronavirus.
According to the chief of staff Lionel...
ABPSA Issues Guidelines For Civil Servants Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
The Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association (ABPSA) wrote to the Hon. Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development with recommendations to try...
Life after the Hurricanes in Barbuda
On September 6, 2017, the islands of Antigua and Barbuda were hit by a Category 5 mega-storm named Irma. While Antigua was just out...
CCJ sides with Antigua and Barbuda and St Kitts and Nevis On Free Movement
(LOOPTT)
Citizens of Antigua and Barbuda and St Kitts and Nevis, who are employed in the agriculture and private security sectors, will be allowed to...
Colonel Telbert L. A. Benjamin Is New Chief Of Defence Staff Of The Antigua...
Colonel Telbert L. A. Benjamin, on Friday took over Command of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force during a brief Change of Command Ceremony...
FDA Approves New Test That Could Detect Coronavirus In About 45 Minutes
The US Food and Drug Administration announced it has approved the use of the first rapid diagnostic test that could detect coronavirus in approximately...
LIAT To Continue Flying With Reduced Flight Schedule
LIAT is continuing to fly across the region with a reduced flight schedule commencing Sunday 22nd March 2020.
The new reduced schedule is in response...