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Hurricane Season Starts in Less Than One Hundred Days
The official start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st, which is less than 100 days away. Will you be ready? The time to prepare for a hurricane is before the season begins when you have the time and are not under pressure. Being prepared makes you resilient to the hurricane impacts of…
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UPDATE: Recalled Baby Formulas Found in Antigua
The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division has received numerous consumer reports as to the challenges they are experiencing to obtain redress for the recalled infant formulas. Consumers are asked to return the affected product (used or unused), along with the receipt to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers who do not have…
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Air Quality Back to Good Levels
Air Quality Index (AQI) Based on Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and 10 (PM10) Concentration Air quality category: Good Location: Antigua and Barbuda Timing: Until… Synopsis: Minimal Saharan Dust and or PM2.5 and PM10 at present. Alert Level: I Air quality index: 20 to 50 Sensitive groups: People with respiratory or heart disease, the elderly and…
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Met Office Issues High Surf Advisory
The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services (ABMS) has issued a High Surf Advisory which is in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands. Locations to be affected: Reefs and exposed mainly eastern coastlines with relatively shallow, gently tomoderately sloping, nearshore areas. Timing: Until Tuesday for St. Kitts and…
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Recalled Baby Formulas Found In Antigua
PRESS STATEMENT – The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division is strongly warning consumers not to use certain infant formulas made by Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan facility, after an investigation by the division reveal the recalled infant formulas were found on shelves in Antigua and Barbuda. The Division has referred the matter to the Central Board…
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Abbott Voluntarily Recalls Certain Powder Formulas, Including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., /PRNewswire/ — Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is initiating a proactive, voluntary recall of powder formulas, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare manufactured in Sturgis, Mich., one of the company’s manufacturing facilities. The recall does not include any metabolic deficiency nutrition formulas. Abbott is voluntarily recalling these products after four consumer complaints related to Cronobacter sakazakii or Salmonella Newport in infants who…
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Sargassum Amounts Have Increased Significantly Over the Last Two Months
Sargassum quantities have increased by over 100% between the months of December and January. The University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab has been examining satellite images to track the Sargassum blooms over the years and states: “In January 2022, the overall Sargassum amount increased significantly from December 2021 across the Central Atlantic and the…
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MOH to Embark on Public Relations Campaign to Combat NCDs
The Minister of Health, the Honourable Molwyn Joseph stressed the importance of attention being paid to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD’s) among members of the Antiguan and Barbudan population. Primarily among the illnesses suffered by the adult Antiguan and Barbudan population are Diabetes, Hypertension and Stroke. They are a result of a sedentary lifestyle, over-consumption of sugars…
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COVID-19 Restrictions to be Ammended to Allow Unvaccinated Nationals to Return Home
The Cabinet held a discussion on relaxing COVID-19 restrictions as pertaining to a number of nationals of Antigua and Barbuda who wish to return home but are not vaccinated; the discussions on relaxing the restrictions for visiting tourists will continue. The Cabinet consulted with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Health Inspector, inviting…
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Motorists Cautioned Following Country’s 3rd Fatality for 2022
The police are again cautioning motorists to desist from exceeding the speed limits and to drive with due care and attention on the roads. The warning is as a result of a fatal accident that took place on Sir George Walter Highway around 11:15 pm on Tuesday 15th February, where 25-year-old Jermaine Browne of Crystal Street,…
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Structure Erected Without the Requisite Approvals Destroyed by DCA
The proprietors of “Natural Livity” erected a structure over the waterway without the requisite approvals from the Development Control Authority (DCA). Waterways are protected by the Environmental Protection Management Act No. 10 of 2019, and it must also be noted that Section 17 of the Physical Planning Act No. 6 of 2003 refers to the…
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One Additional COVID-19 Related Death Recorded
(Dashboard Update for February 16, 2022) The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed fifty-three (53) new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Monday 14th February 2022 at 6pm. Seven (7) cases were recorded on the 10th February, fourteen (14) on the 11th, fourteen (14)…
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