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PM touts the benefits of ‘practically free health care in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda is one of the best places to live right now, especially for people in need of health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s something Prime Minister Gaston Browne is hoping residents will come to appreciate. “Let us not forget, here in Antigua and Barbuda, unlike other countries, for about 11 different ailments,…
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Vitamin D from direct sunlight can help the body to fight COVID-19
Health professionals in St. Kitts and Nevis are touting the benefits of the sun in the fight against COVID-19. Get Some Sun! At least twice per day recommends Chief Medical Officer, Dr Hazel Laws. The reason is simple. Vitamin Dɜ is made in the skin when exposed to the sun’s energy. It is then carried…
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Antigua cancels HIV tests due to COVID-19
Antigua has halted testing people for HIV and this decision is being blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic. HIV AIDS Programme Manager Delcora Williams says in order to adhere to social distancing requirements, no HIV tests are being conducted by the HIV clinic until further notice. “An HIV test is a very intimate thing,” Williams said. …
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PAHO Director asks countries to address health, social and economic emergencies together, as COVID-19 expands in the Americas
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Carissa F. Etienne, called on countries to address health, social and economic emergencies, saying she is “deeply concerned” by the rapid expansion of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas. “The pandemic has forced us to address three emergencies at the same time: health, social and…
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COVID-19: Antigua positioned to export health-care services
Despite the economic damage and upheaval inflicted on Antigua and Barbuda by the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s response to it will ensure that it emerges from the crisis with a significant advantage in at least one critically important sector, according to the nation’s leader. Prime Minister Gaston Browne believes the heavy investments that his government…
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Coronavirus detected in the semen of COVID-19 patients
By Eleanor Frederick, MSc. MPH COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, was declared a global pandemic in February 2020. COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection that affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose and throat) or the lower respiratory tract (trachea and lungs). SARS-Cov-2 is transmitted from person-to-person by respiratory droplets from…
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Here’s why this week is most important in Antigua and Barbuda’s COVID-19 fight
If there are no new COVID-19 cases this week, local authorities may be able to declare Antigua and Barbuda COVID-free, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has declared. “I say may, because sufficient time would have passed for [the two known individuals with COVID-19] to literally shred the virus,” Browne said Saturday on Pointe FM’s Browne &…
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Caribbean has achieved COVID-19 containment, says researcher
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has been contained in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, according to a leading researcher and academic. However, Dr. Clive Landis, pro-vice-chancellor for undergraduate studies and research, and professor of cardiovascular research at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill campus in Barbados, and the chairman of the UWI COVID-19 task…
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Member of Cuban Medical Brigade dies in Dominica
Dominica’s Health Minister Dr. Irving McIntyre has confirmed the death of a member of the “Henry Reeve” Cuban Medical Brigade, which arrived on the island on March 29 to help in the fight against the COVID-19 disease. Dr. McIntyre announced, on Wednesday evening, at a COVID-19 press briefing that the 42-year-old male collapsed and died…