Published 4 October 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Source: LOOP NEWS
Article by
Barbados Today
Barbados recorded another COVID-19 death today, Sunday, October 3, bringing the number of persons who have died from the virus to 80.
Published 4 October 2021
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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
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The Ministry of Health has recorded five more COVID-19 related deaths, however the vaccination rate continues to increase.
In today’s update the Ministry of Health said the five COVID-19 related deaths were three elderly males and one elderly female with comorbidities and one elderly female without comorbidities, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,505.
The Ministry said additionally 159 more people tested positive for the virus, bringing the number of active cases to 4,217. The total number of positive cases recorded stands at 51,243.
Published 4 October 2021
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Source: LOOP NEWS
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs today Sunday, October 3, 2021, confirms a total of 57 new cases of COVID-19.
These cases were processed on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at the Ezra Long Laboratory from a total of 134 samples which were collected between October 1 and October 2, 2021. This number of positive cases makes up 42.5% of all the samples processed on that date. These new cases bring the total number of cases diagnosed in-country to date to 11, 693.
Published 29 September 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source
By Orville Williams
The local meat industry and wider agriculture sector have so far been spared any impact from the dangerous African swine fever (ASF), which is threatening to decimate the domestic pig population in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
Published 27 September 2021
Basseterre
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Article by
Barbados Today
Source: Reuters – Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said on Monday it has started a large study testing its investigational oral antiviral drug for the prevention of COVID-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus.
The drugmaker and its rivals, including U.S.-based Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N) and Swiss pharmaceutical Roche Holding AG (ROG.S), have been racing to develop an easy-to-administer antiviral pill for COVID-19.
