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Breaking News: New Case Of Covid-19 In Grand Bahama

March 24, 2020, 3:06 pm
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Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands

Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands has revealed there is a new case of COVID-19 in the Bahamas – the nation's fifth case in total. The latest case is in Grand Bahama.

The woman is said to have had some respiratory issues and shortness of breath which led to her being tested. She is not believed to have travelled nor had any connection with the first case.

Dr Sands also said the 61-year-old woman who was the first coronavirus case has been released from hospital.  Updates to come.  (source)
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Central Bank Deferred Loan Payments

March 25, 2020, 4:25 am
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New coronavirus research suggests vaccines developed to treat it could be long-lasting

March 25, 2020, 4:32 am
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By Darrell Etherington

A new study from Italian researchers suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic currently causing a global health crisis, is relatively slow to mutate – meaning that any effective vaccine that is developed to prevent people from getting infected should be broadly effective across geographically separated populations, and over a relatively long period of time.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus: Prince Charles tests positive but 'remains in good health'

March 25, 2020, 4:37 am
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Prince Charles

The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced.

Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good health", a spokesman said, adding that the Duchess of Cornwall, 72, has been tested but does not have the virus.

Both Charles and Camilla are now self-isolating at Balmoral.  Read more >>
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Last survivor of transatlantic slave trade discovered

March 25, 2020, 4:44 am
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Matilda McCrear

By Sean Coughlan

Matilda McCrear lived until 1940 - the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

The transatlantic slave trade might seem like something from a distant and barbaric era - but a historian has found evidence its last survivor was alive in living memory.

Hannah Durkin, at Newcastle University, had previously identified the last surviving slave captured in Africa in the 19th Century and brought to United States as a woman called Redoshi Smith, who died in 1937.

But she has now discovered that another former slave, Matilda McCrear, had lived three years later.

Matilda died in Selma, Alabama, in January 1940, at the age 83 - and her rebellious life story was the last living link with slaves abducted from Africa.  Read more >>
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'Many Will Die If We Don't Take This Seriously'

March 25, 2020, 4:50 am
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The team at Doctors Hospital get their message across.

By LEANDRA ROLLE
Tribune Staff Reporter
lrolle@tribunemedia.net

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands warned yesterday if the country does not take the COVID-19 threat seriously, “many of us will die,” adding health officials are not certain when the fast-spreading pandemic will end.

“Make no bones about it — this is war,” he said while appearing as a guest on the talk show ‘Darold Miller Live’.

“. . .So, if you allow this thing to get out of hand and say ‘oh don’t worry about it, everything cool, we gon’ be okay,’ you could provoke a crisis.

“…This could be 14 days, this could be 21 days, this could be 42 days, this could be 60 days, we do not know. What we do know is that if we don’t take this seriously, many of us will die,” Dr Sands responded when asked when the pandemic will end.

“…(But) we want to learn from the lesson of the people who’ve been through this before and pay attention to the lessons learned and avoid the mistakes that they’ve made and so we’ve been studying what they did.”  Read more >>
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NIB braces for 18,000 unemployment claims

March 25, 2020, 4:56 am
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National Insurance Board

By Paige McCartney

Up to yesterday, the National Insurance Board (NIB) had received more than 1,000 applications for unemployment benefits from recently laid off hotel workers and is preparing to provide benefits for at least 18,000 people from the tourism sector that have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

NIB Director Dr. Nicola Virgil-Rolle reassured yesterday that the fund is able to sustain the level of drawdown expected with the high number of claims to be experienced in the coming weeks.

“The tourism sector, according to our numbers, is around 18,000 persons and so, we’re looking at a good percentage of those being laid off. These include independent persons as well who may not have been as seriously impacted and so, they may still be employed. But, our model, we have best case scenarios and worst case scenarios and so, we’re prepared for up to all of them to be laid off,” she told Guardian Business yesterday.  Read more >>
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Construction of COVID-19 isolation facility near completion

March 25, 2020, 5:05 am
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Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands gives COVID-19 update at Tuesday's press conference at the Ministry. (BIS/Kristaan Ingraham)

Sands: “We do not have the option of failing”.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said that by Friday the isolation and quarantine facility at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) should be completed as part of the government’s response to the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

He affirmed there is adequate resources and funding to respond.

“When you look around the Family Islands there is build out of infrastructure,” he said during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister.

“We are looking at acquisition of vehicles; test capacity a call center; the ability to do all of the things we need to identify, to isolate and to mitigate this threat.

“We have come nowhere near to exhausting the budget.

“We have purchased hundreds of thousands of N95 masks, regular masks; thousands of gowns; gloves, bootees; and other personal protective equipment kits, including visors.”

The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to five today, after a women who had presented with mild respiratory symptoms and tested positive for the virus in Grand Bahama — the first case outside of New Providence.

Sands insisted The Bahamas does not “have the option of failing”.  Read more >>
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Unbalanced, prolonged lockdown could result in “national hopelessness” – says Allen

March 25, 2020, 5:09 am
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Dr. David Allen

Leading psychologist supports emergency orders, but wants for more details.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Amid rising levels of anxiety in the country over the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19), a leading epidemiologist and psychologist expressed concern that a prolonged nationwide lockdown, without balance, could result in “national paralysis, and hopelessness”.

In an interview with Eyewitness News, Dr David Allen, who leads a counseling initiative, said he agrees with the nationwide 24-hour curfew and emergency measures aimed at preventing the local spread of the virus.

However, he explained those measures present a challenge in balancing the “lockdown and also saving your country”.

“I think the prime minister is trying to flatten the curve and instead of getting 70 percent infection right away, you may flatten that curve and get 10 percent to 20 percent,” he said.

“The difficulty in a small country is, in epidemiology, you must balance the shutdown of the country and save that number of people from death — you’re still going to get a four percent mortality added to your existing mortality happening in the country — as opposed to losing your whole economy.

“If Nassau shuts down for more than month, the economy is broken.

“You’re going to have to ask yourself what’s worse.”  Read more >>
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On the Trail of James Bond in the Caribbean, From Jamaica to Nassau

March 25, 2020, 6:43 am
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British Colonial Hilton

 By Bob Curley

Ever since Ursula Andress took her sensuous stroll out of the surf at Dunn’s River Falls in 1962’s Dr. No, there’s been a love affair between the James Bond movies and the Caribbean.

And the sultry relationship continues right through the latest in the 25-film franchise, 2020’s No Time to Die, which like the original takes place party in Jamaica. (It’s slated for a premiere in November).

The pairing of a sleek British agent with a “license to kill,” and the laid-back tropics may seem incongruous at first glance. But Ian Fleming, the former intelligence officer who penned 14 James Bond books, had a home in Jamaica, and often featured the islands in his books, which inevitably made their way into the film adaptations, as well.

007 has a broad reach in the Caribbean — and you can travel to all of these destinations just by watching a Bond film right now.  Read more >>
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Even Snopes is overwhelmed by the staggering amount of coronavirus bulls**t

March 25, 2020, 6:49 am
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By AJ Dellinger

If you're finding it difficult to parse fact from fiction in the never-ending deluge of coronavirus news and information, you aren't alone. Snopes, arguably the internet's premiere fact-checking organization, is struggling to keep up with the sheer volume of bad, misguided, and sometimes just malicious bullshit being spread during this pandemic. As a result, the company announced this week that it will forgo trying to debunk as much misinformation as possible and focus primarily on fact-checking stories that will have the biggest impact.  Read more >>
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Yes, weed is essential during a pandemic

March 25, 2020, 6:55 am
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Yes, weed is essential during a pandemic

By Tracey Anne Duncan

Colorado marijuana dispensaries were swarmed on Monday after Mayor Michael Hancock announced they would be imminently closing. Some stores reported lines around the block and major violations of social distancing as customers panicked to load up on beer and weed mere minutes after Hancock made the announcement. As a result, Hancock pivoted and decreed a few short hours later that both liquor stores and marijuana dispensaries could remain open using safe social distancing precautions, according to the Denver Post. As government officials in cities nationwide urge citizens to stock up on essentials #stayhome, we are starting to see that many believe that weed is necessary in order to maintain some semblance of normalcy in their lives.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus deaths in the US could reach peak in three weeks, epidemiologist says

March 25, 2020, 7:58 am
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Professor Ira Longini

By Mick Krever, Gina Yu and Nick Paton Walsh, CNN

(CNN)A leading epidemiologist advising the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated the peak of deaths in the US coronavirus pandemic will be three weeks from now, after which "most of the damage will be done," and says it may be possible to only isolate the vulnerable, allowing many back to work.

The CDC confirmed that Ira Longini, professor at the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases at the University of Florida, is a "funded partner." The agency said he works with them on Covid-19 modeling.  Read more >>
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Tokyo 2020: Olympics rescheduling a 'huge jigsaw puzzle' - Thomas Bach

March 25, 2020, 8:09 am
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Thomas Bach says he "does not envy the taskforce" set up to tackle the logistics of reorganising the GAmes for 2021

Rescheduling Tokyo 2020 is like "a huge jigsaw puzzle" and the new date "will not be restricted to the summer months", says the International Olympic Committee's president.

It was announced on Tuesday that the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been delayed until next year because of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

Thomas Bach said there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed, but added that "all options are on the table".  Read more >>
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‘We are collapsing’: Coronavirus pummels medics in Spain and Italy

March 25, 2020, 8:19 am
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By Joseph Wilson And Aritz Parra - The Associated Press

MADRID—By the time Patricia Núñez’s cough started, she was already familiar with the dreaded dry hacking sound tormenting patients who had for weeks been filling the Madrid emergency ward where she works.

“We were fed up of hearing it at the hospital, so it was just a matter of time before I would contract it,” said Núñez, a 32-year-old nurse who tested positive for the new coronavirus about a week ago.

Speaking via video call from her home, Núñez said she is eager to recover, so she can relieve overworked colleagues dealing with a rising wave of patients and dwindling numbers of healthy nurses and doctors.

“The worst thing is that you need to stay at home, worried about infecting relatives, while knowing that you are dearly needed at work,” she told The Associated Press.  Read more >>
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Coronavirus misinformation on WhatsApp is going viral, despite steps to combat its spread

March 25, 2020, 8:28 am
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The messaging service boasts over 2 billion users worldwide.

By Guy Davies

LONDON -- As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to upend modern life as we know it, it is only natural that we look for every source of information to see how best to protect ourselves and our loved ones. Never before has the accuracy and authenticity of that information been so important.

Yet, in the midst of the crisis, misinformation has been spreading virally. On WhatsApp, the social messaging network that boasts over 2 billion users worldwide, the spread of misinformation in many ways mimics how COVID-19 itself moves through societies, from individual to individual, group to group.  Read more >>
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The Punch - Mar. 23, 2020

March 25, 2020, 10:37 am
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The GBPA launches initiatives to help assist and prepare residents for the potential impact of COVID-19

March 25, 2020, 3:57 pm
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Pictured from left in Top Row: Sarah St. George, Acting Chairman of GBPA, Ian Rolle, President of GBPA & Port Group Ltd., Deann Seymour, Chief Financial Officer of Port Group Ltd. Pictured from left in Bottom Row: Henry St. George, Executive Director of GBPA, Philcher Grant, Director of Group Corporate Affairs & Government Relations of Port Group Limited, Rupert Hayward, Executive Director of GBPA

By GBPA

Freeport, Grand Bahama – The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) is collaborating with key stakeholders on the potential impact of COVID-19 on Grand Bahama.  “We have been paying close attention to how this global pandemic has affected other countries around the world and we commend the Government of The Bahamas and the Health Authorities, for acting swiftly to protect our nation and for their ongoing communications. With regard to Grand Bahama, we are following the Prime Minister’s COVID-19 Orders and working closely with the Government and Health Authorities in both complying and maintaining essential utilities such as power, water, and garbage collection. “We have let the relevant authorities know that we are on standby to help and support in any and every way we can”, said Ian Rolle, President of the GBPA. “We are acting upon lessons learned to protect ourselves and each other. COVID-19 does not discriminate; it has no prejudice and the only way that we stand a fighting chance is to work together to keep our island and country safe.” Over the last few weeks, the GBPA has engaged with the Minister of Health, The Hon. Dr. Duane Sands, Grand Bahama Health Services, Government Officials and the Industrial sector.” he added.  Read more >>
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Manatees: Picture Perfect on Abaco

March 25, 2020, 4:10 pm
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Mrs RH and I are sticking to self-isolation right now (we are fine, but thank you for asking). However I am already breaking my current self-imposed ‘single-picture-and-not-much-writing’ regime with today’s creature feature. The excuse? It is of course the last Wednesday in March and as everyone must know it is Manatee Appreciation Day.

Anyone can (and indeed should) appreciate manatees anywhere at any time, and their contemplation is a way to lift the spirits. They were first found in Abaco waters about a dozen years ago. BMMRO reported their movements and the ongoing research. Later, Bahamian locals enthusiastically followed the lives of Gina, Rita, Georgie, Randy & co; and the calves such as JJ and Sayle (winning name in a public competition). Citizen scientist reports were invaluable to the research. Unsurprisingly, since Hurricane Dorian reports have greatly reduced. Manatees may well still be around but even now, 6 months later, trichechi sightings are sporadic. There are other concerns, after all.  Read more >>
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Banknotes may be spreading coronavirus, World Health Organisation warns

March 25, 2020, 4:18 pm
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Banks in China began disinfecting and isolating used banknotes last month as part of efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

By Kalila Sangster
Yahoo Finance UK

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised people to use contactless technology instead of cash as banknotes may be spreading coronavirus.

The infectious COVID-19 virus could be carried on the surface of banknotes for several days, the WHO warned on Monday night.

To stop the spread of the disease, people should use contactless payments where possible and wash their hands after handling cash, a WHO spokesman said.

The Bank of England also recognised that banknotes “can carry bacteria or viruses” and encouraged frequent hand washing.  Read more >>
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