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US to require all international travelers to present negative COVID test

LocalJanuary 13, 2021January 12, 2021 at 3:55 am Eyewitness News

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday it is expanding the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to all air passengers entering the United States. This order was signed by CDC Director Robert R Redfield, MD, on January 12, 2021 and will become effective on January 26, 2021. “Testing […]

Wells: Existing measures should “slow down and restrict” new COVID strain

LocalJanuary 6, 2021 at 2:47 pm Royston Jones Jr.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Minister of Health Renward Wells said while there is an expectation for the new COVID variant to eventually touch every part of the globe, given its highly contagious nature, it is hoped the existing border control measures in place in The Bahamas will “slow down and restrict the appearance” of the new […]

Forbes: “More people will die” from COVID variant if public lets guard down

LocalJanuary 5, 2021January 5, 2021 at 3:58 am Royston Jones Jr.

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Programme Dr Nikkiah Forbes said if a new COVID strain were to impact The Bahamas and people let their guard down, more people will be hospitalized and “more people will die”. Expressing concerns over the more contagious COVID variant that has spread from the […]

AG says no draft instructions concerning new COVID variant

LocalJanuary 5, 2021January 5, 2021 at 3:54 am Royston Jones Jr.

Strain first seen in UK creeps closer to The Bahamas NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While it has yet to be seen if the government will adjust its approved travel list amid a new COVID variant creeping closer to The Bahamas’ shores, Attorney General Carl Bethel told Eyewitness News he had not received instructions to formulate a […]

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