Barbados to Implement Measures To Restrict Movement From Tuesday

(Barbados Government Information Service Press Release) Government will be implementing a “three-phase operation” to bring the recent spike in COVID-19 cases under control.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, outlined the measures this evening during a press conference, which was called after the country recorded 40 new cases on Saturday, July 10.

The first phase involves aggressive contact tracing, utilising all resources available to the Ministry – human and technical.  The second part of the operation will see a return to community testing since persons were presenting late with symptoms to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and doctors’ offices.

Read more at: Barbados Government Information Service

Source: CARICOM TODAY