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Face mask producers inundated with demand
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...
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...
Medical supplies blocked by US will arrive next week
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Govt lays out landfill plan
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...
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...