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Health Ministry Provides Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Intervals
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to announce changes in the time interval for Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine boosters. These changes have become necessary since documented data and published studies have shown that the Omicron variant requires additional vaccine protection. Persons will recall that the Omicron variant has been identified in…
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Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Recorded Southeast of Trinidad
According to the University of the West Indies, Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) a Magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded off the southeast coast of Trinidad. UWI, SRC – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME:2022-01-24 10:14 pm (Local Time)2022-01-25 02:14 (UTC) MAGNITUDE:5.4 LOCATION:Latitude: 10.26NLongitude: 60.11WDepth: 79 km NEARBY CITIES:123 km SE of Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago136 km…
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Two People Killed as Two Earthquakes Rock Haiti
Port Au Prince – Two earthquakes with magnitudes of more than 5.3 rocked sections of Haiti on Monday killing two people and injuring several others, less than 24 hours after the country was rattled by other tremors. The authorities said that the quakes are aftershocks of the earthquake on August 14 last year that killed…
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Swetes Youth Drowns at Pigeon Point Beach
The police are currently investigating an apparent drowning incident that took place at Pigeon Point Beach. It was reported that around 4:20 pm on Sunday 23rd January 2022, 23-year-old Jahmali Smith of Swetes, along with other close relatives and friends apparently went to Pigeon Point Beach to bathe. It was further reported that he went…
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Traffic Police Ramp Up Efforts to Tackle Speeding
ABS Television – The police traffic department has intensified the use of radar speed guns in response to speeding on the nation’s roads. The traffic officers are paying particular attention to the freshly resurfaced highways where they say motorists have been frequently exceeding the limit.
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Crime Stoppers Antigua and Barbuda Issues Notice to Flow Customers
NOTICE: FLOW CUSTOMERS Please be advised that FLOW customers are unable to access the Crime Stoppers Hotline 800.8477. We have made several attempts to resolve this issue and unfortunately, there is no immediate resolution. We encourage all FLOW customers to utilize a landline where possible when submitting TIPS or submit a tip via our website…
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PAHO Calls for Countries to Prioritize Rapid Tests for Those with COVID-19 Symptoms
With COVID-19 surging throughout the Americas and demand for diagnostics higher than ever, the Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne has called on countries to prioritize rapid antigen tests for those with symptoms – who are most at risk of spreading the disease. With 7.2 million new COVID cases reported in the region…
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Tracking COVID-19 in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).
Percentage of population administered COVID-19 vaccines as at 21 January 2022. As at 21 January 2022, the ECCU had recorded a total of 58,014 cases of COVID-19; New Cases – 894; Deaths – 817.
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MOH Updated Quarantine Guidelines
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has issued its updated guidelines effective 13th January 2022. These guidelines are for persons who came into close contact with a positive COVID-19 case and were advised by health authorities to go into quarantine. Also, these guidelines are for individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 whether vaccinated…
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Urgent Marine Weather Message: Small Craft Advisory
A Small Craft Advisory goes into effect tonight for Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla and the BritishVirgin Islands. Locations to be affected: Mainly open waters on the Atlantic or eastern sides of the islands. Timing: Tonight until late Friday Fresh winds are expected to cause a combination of wind waves and wind swells to reachhazardous levels, mainly…
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Three Hundred and Five New Laboratory Confirmed COVID-19 Cases
(Dashboard Update for January 19, 2022) The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed three hundred and five (305) new laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Friday 14th January 2022 at 6pm. Three hundred and eighty-two (382) samples were processed. Seventy-eight (78) recovered cases were…
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Fire Department Records Less Fire Calls Last Year Than 2020
OBSERVER MEDIA – There was a drop in the total number of fires to which the Antigua and Barbuda Fire Service responded in 2021, compared to the previous year. This is according to the department head, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Elvis Weaver, who shared the statistics during the police’s end-of-year press briefing last Friday.…
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