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EAG Preparing for Turtle Season
Leatherback, Hawksbill and Green sea turtles visit Antigua’s beaches year after year to lay their eggs. As the annual peak in visitors draws close, the Environmental Awareness Group (EAG) wants everyone to be ready. If you see any signs of sea turtle activity on the beach, from exposed eggs to a nesting female herself, members…
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Low Vaccination Rates in the Caribbean Must Be Urgently Addressed to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 Says PAHO Director
Washington D.C. 23 February 2022 (PAHO) – Low vaccination coverage in many countries of the Caribbean must be urgently addressed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable, warned PAHO Director, Carissa F. Etienne, with health care workers and the elderly remaining particularly at risk. Out of the 13 countries and territories…
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Tracking COVID-19 in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).
As of 25 February 2022, the ECCU had recorded a total of 69,660 cases of COVID-19; New Cases – 89; Deaths – 923. Percentage of population administered COVID-19 vaccines as of 25 February 2022.
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Water Distribution to be Disrupted for 72 Hours
Water Update: February 24th 2022 Emergency Maintenance will be carried out at Crabbs Reverse Osmosis Plant today Thursday 24 February. As a consequence, this will impact the distribution of water to communities that are supplied from this source for approximately 72 hours. Affected areas and surroundings: Parham, Vernons, Pares through Long Bay, Freemans Village, All…
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NODS: Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise
Antigua and Barbuda will be joining with other regional territories to participate in the annual “Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise” on March 10th 2022. This exercise will test tsunami preparedness plans throughout the island. It is conducted by the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions…
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Virtual Workshops Mobilize Road Safety Stakeholders Nationwide
St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda… Tuesday 22nd February 2022… “A series of virtual workshops focusing on the socially inclusive road safety awareness communication strategy organized by the Ministry of works through the Project Implementation Management Unit, are being deemed as a great success. Over 20 government departments and statutory agencies have been brought together online…
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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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