{"id":5654,"date":"2020-03-17T12:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2020-03-17T12:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:17:01","slug":"barbados-reports-first-two-cases-of-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/17\/barbados-reports-first-two-cases-of-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados Reports First Two Cases Of The Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BARBADOS TODAY) \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Barbados has recorded its first two cases of COVID-19, Health Minister Jeffrey Bostic confirmed this morning.<\/p>\n

Two patients had both arrived from the United States \u2013 a 48-year-old visitor who arrived in Barbados on March 13 and a 39-year-old female, a Barbadian who recently returned home, he said in a nationally broadcast statement.<\/p>\n

Confirmation was received this morning from tests carried out by the national public health laboratory, he said.<\/p>\n

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Lt. Col. Bostic said: \u201cBoth patients were experiencing symptoms of a viral infection and were referred to the team at the Ministry of Health for further evaluation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe Best Dos Santos public health laboratory informed us early this morning that samples taken from these patients were positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stressed that both patients are being managed for COVID-19 and have been in isolation where they are to remain until their recovery.<\/p>\n

The patients were among 14 people tested yesterday; all the others tested negative for COVID-19, the health minister said.<\/p>\n

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He said the Ministry of Health has begun contact tracing to identify every individual who came into close contact with these two patients.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThese persons will all be placed in quarantine for 14 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The minister declared: \u201cWe are now at Stage one of our COVID-19 Preparedness Plan and our primary focus is containment to prevent community spread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Bostic urged citizens not to panic but to continue to follow precautions of proper hygiene to prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n

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He pledged to ensure that COVID-19 is contained and to do all in his power to prevent transmission of the viral illness throughout the country.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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