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April 14, 2020
Face mask producers inundated with demand

A silver lining during the economic challenges due to COVID-19 lockdown measures has been the overnight springing up of a local personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturing industry, which has left seamstresses and fabric supply companies inundated with demands for face masks...

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April 10, 2020
Guidelines Distributed to Nursing Homes to Ensure Seniors are Safe

Minister of Health the Hon. Dr. Duane Sands stated that special precautions must be taken to make sure seniors in established nursing homes and private care are safe...

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April 10, 2020
Medical supplies blocked by US will arrive next week

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said a shipment of medical supplies ordered by the Ministry of Health but blocked by US officials will arrive in the country next week...

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April 06, 2020
Minister of Health Explains the Country's Testing Strategy for COVID-19

Testing is an essential piece in charting The Bahamas in-country strategy for the COVID-19 virus, the Minister of Health the Hon. Dr. Duane Sands said...

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April 06, 2020
Government Ensuring Healthcare Providers Have the Necessary Personal Equipment Needed

Minister of Health Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands stated that the Government is doing its part to ensure that healthcare providers have the necessary personal protection equipment needed to treat patients...

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March 27, 2020
Nine Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in The Bahamas as of March 26

Minister of Health the Hon. Dr. Duane Sands stated that as of March 26, 2020 The Bahamas now has nine confirmed cases of COVID-19...

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March 16, 2020
Ministry Takes Action Over Clinic Visited By Woman With Coronavirus

THE 61-year-old woman with the novel coronavirus visited the Fleming Street Clinic last week and her visit has now prompted Ministry of Health officials to encourage some staff of the clinic to self-quarantine, The Tribune understands...

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March 03, 2020
Lab with capacity to test for COVID-19 established in New Providence

A laboratory with the capacity to test for the COVID-19 virus has been established at the National Reference Laboratory in New Providence, said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pearl McMillian...

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June 06, 2017
Govt lays out landfill plan

Taking into consideration the list of recommendations made by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in a report which thoroughly assessed the New Providence Landfill, the Ministry of Environment and Housing and the Ministry of Health have laid out a set of short-term initiatives and established medium- and long-term goals to mitigate and remediate the immediate environmental and health chall...

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June 03, 2017
Cabinet releases PAHO's Preliminary Assessment on New Providence Landfill

In keeping with the government?s commitment to be transparent to the Bahamian people, it brings before you a Report that the former administration received but did not release. The public will recall that there was a major fire at the New Providence Landfill...

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