As of March 10, 2020, The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment wishes to assure the public that there are no confirmed cases of Coronavirus/ COVID-19 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment advises that the first suspected case of COVID-19 infection was tested yesterday by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). The case involved a 72-year-old female visitor from New Jersey who arrived on island on February 29, 2020 and later took ill on March 6, 2020. The patient was being cared for at a private facility and arrangements for the handling and management of the samples to be tested, were made by the Mount St. John’s Medical Centre. Test samples were expeditiously transported to the CARPHA in Trinidad and the results were confirmed to be Negative on March 10, 2020.
The health ministry also advises that the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has rescheduled their arrival from Wednesday, 11th March 2020 to another date. The team of technicians is expected to conduct meetings, site visits, training and simulation exercises. Site visits will include a tour of the refurbished Margetson Ward at Holberton Hospital which is the designated area for quarantining, isolation, treatment, and laboratory testing.
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The corona virus should not be a major concern.
facts 116,657 contracts the virus 4.091 persons died, 64,750 recovered.
compare these facts to
Flu 49,000,000 contracts the virus 64,000 deaths these figures are in the USA only
Cancer 1, 762, 450 contracts cancer 606,880 deaths in the USA only
What is wrong with that picture?
Are you an epidemiologist? if not you should probably sit this one out!
Lmao. Mel acting like a Single Pringle? Lol lol lol
Pringle nah know he head fram he toe. He needs to sit out of Parliament.
Tell us more about the hotline
I aint even bothering about no corona we done drink a whole case yesterday and we black have a high resistance to that i dont heard of any black ppl catching that yet maybe they did but im just saying i never heard of it
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