-
Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre Celebrates Patient Safety Awareness Week March 13-19
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, March 14, 2022 － March 13 through March 19, 2022 marks Patient Safety Awareness Week, which was created by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to encourage discussion and promote awareness of safety issues within health care. This year, Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) Department of Quality is offering tips to…
-
Urgent Marine Weather Message – Small Craft Warning
A Small Craft Warning goes into effect later tonight for Antigua and Barbuda. Locations to be affected: Especially open Atlantic waters. Timing: Around midnight tonight until sunrise tomorrow. Synopsis: Fresh to strong winds are expected to cause a combination of wind waves and wind swells to reach hazardous levels, especially in open waters on the…
-
Government of Antigua and Barbuda Signs MOU for the Save Soil Movement
A historic moment for Antigua and Barbuda and the Save Soil international campaign: The first MoU signed by Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne and world-renowned Yogi Mr. Sadhguru Jagadish Vaudev, Founder of Conscious Planet. The MoU takes into account the need for national policies to secure future and present soil health. The signing officially…
-
Another Bus Shed on Friars Hill Road Discovered Damaged
The mystery surrounding the destruction of bus sheds continues to grow as yet another of the recently erected structures on the nation’s highways was found damaged. A bus shed in the vicinity of the Jasmine Court complex on Friars Hill Road was found with some of its glass covering smashed. This recent finding brings to…
-
ABDF Airwing ALPHA1 Conducts Emergency Medevac from Barbuda
The Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF) Airwing conducted an emergency Medical Evacuation (medevac) of a COVID 19 patient from Barbuda to Antigua. The patient under the care of the Hannah Thomas Hospital on the sister Island was experiencing severe respiratory symptoms. A decision to relocate her to Antigua was made however due to the…
-
Satisfactory School Participation in Annual Tsunami Exercise “Caribe Wave”
It was a commendable effort from the nation’s schools in the annual tsunami exercise Caribe Wave conducted by the National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) on Thursday (March 10th 2022) as part of a regional initiative aimed at enhancing tsunami preparedness. More than 26 primary and secondary schools participated with at least three pre-schools and…
-
No New COVID-19 Cases and No Hospitalizations Reported by the Ministry of Health
(Dashboard Update for March 11, 2022) The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed zero (0) new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Thursday 10th March 2022 at 6pm. Forty-nine (49) samples were processed. Four (4) recovered cases were recorded. Consequently, the total number of…
-
“Too Soon to Lower Our Guard”, Warns PAHO Director as Pandemic Reaches Two-Year Mark
Washington D.C. 9 March 2022 (PAHO) – As the world reaches two-years since COVID-19 was characterized as a pandemic, and public health measures are being lifted in many parts of the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne warns countries that it is too soon to lower their guard. “When places…
-
Addendum to Cabinet Notes of Wednesday March 9, 2022.
Important to Note : Effective Wednesday 16 March, 2022, nationals and residents of Antigua and Barbuda returning to Antigua do not require vaccinations; however, they require a Covid test (PCR or approved Rapid Antigen) no more than four days old and a quarantine period in their own homes of 10 to 14 days. Further, nationals…
-
Cabinet Notes: Extensive Changes Made to COVID-19 Restrictions
i. The Cabinet held discussions on Covid-19 and invited the Chief Medical Officer, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and the Senior Officer in the Central Board of Health to its weekly meeting. The Minister of Health reported that in the last week, only thirteen cases of Covid infection were reported, and there are no Covid-19 patients…
-
Urgent Marine Weather Message – Small Craft Warning
The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services (ABMS) has issued a Small Craft Warning which is in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. Locations to be affected: Especially open Atlantic waters. Timing: Until late this afternoon for Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, and until Friday forAntigua and Barbuda. Synopsis: Fresh to…
-
Voluntary Safety Recall of Ionic Smartwatches
Fitbit, in conjunction with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced a voluntary recall of Fitbit Ionic smartwatches, which the company introduced in 2017 and stopped producing in 2020. The battery in the Ionic smartwatch can overheat, posing a burn hazard. The health and safety of Fitbit users is our highest priority. We are…
safety steps 