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A 39-year-old male died suddenly on February 1st, 2022, and tested positive for COVID-19 as part of the post mortem assessment a release from Nemo stated . The patient was determined to have died from COVID-19 pneumonia. He was fully vaccinated. His death brings the death toll from COVID-19 to one hundred and two (102). The Nemo release also states that there were four new positive Covid – 19 cases, Fifteen(15) recoveries, and One hundred and Eleven (111) actives cases .

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Kyle Lawrence stormed to a season leading 10.54 second in the 100m, last weekend, at the TASVG Development Meet #2, at the Sir Vincent Beache National Stadium. It was also a stadium record, being the fastest time ran at the facility, and a personal best, for the 2021 NACAC Under-18 100m bronze medalist. The next best performance on the 100m list comes from Sage Primus with 10.66. He accomplished this when he won the event at the G.C. Foster Sprint Fest, in Jamaica on Feb. 4th. The 3rd and 4th fastest times for the season so far, are from Devonric Mack, 10.70,…

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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a legal questionnaire from police investigating claims of lockdown-breaking parties in his Downing Street office, his spokesperson said Friday. “We can confirm the prime minister has received a questionnaire from the Metropolitan Police. He will respond as required,” his spokesperson said in a statement. The “partygate” scandal has placed Johnson in political jeopardy with several MPs from his Conservative party publicly calling for his resignation, although he denies any wrongdoing. Police confirmed on Wednesday that they would be sending “formal questionnaires to more than 50 people” by the end of…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. U.S. officials say the State Department plans to announce early Saturday that all American staff at the Kyiv embassy will be required to leave the country ahead of a feared Russian invasion. The State Department would not comment. The department had earlier ordered families of U.S. embassy staffers in Kyiv to leave. But it had left it to the discretion of nonessential personnel if they wanted to depart. The new move comes…

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The Health Services Sub-committee wishes to inform the public that review of applications for fully vaccinated events has resumed. All private citizens, organizations, promoters, DJs and event coordinators are asked to take note .The Sub-committee takes this opportunit y to remind the public that the mass gathering protocols for indoor and outdoor gatherings (maximum of 10 persons indoors, 20 persons outdoors and 1/3 of the place of worship’s capacity) are still in effect. These gatherings include, but are not limited to clubs, bars, restaurants, wedding, funerals, conference rooms, churches and private gatherings. Those wishing to exceed the required capacity are…

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:  The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE) wishes to advise the general public that home COVID-19 rapid antigen test results will no longer be recognized by the MOHWE as sufficient for the official diagnosis of COVID-19 for the purposes of surveillance and the granting of sick leave by officers of the MOHWE. Person experiencing flu like symptoms who require official documentation for sick leave and NIS purposes are advised to contact their health care providers. The Ministry also takes this opportunity to remind persons to seek care early. If symptoms worsen in a person who tested positive…

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Mostly fair conditions are forecast for this afternoon, becoming increasingly cloudy tonight as a shearline moves across the islands generating a few brief showers. Fair conditions will return as Friday progresses and occasional cloudy skies with a few scattered showers are forecast for Saturday. Winds are forecast to blow generally from the east north east (ENE) at approximately 20km/h-40km/h, resulting in breezy conditions, particularly over the weekend. Sea conditions will range between 1.0m – 1.5m on the western coasts and 2.2m – 2.5m on the eastern coasts, with slight deterioration expected from Friday on the eastern coast ~3.0m. Small…

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Washington D.C., 9 February 2022 (PAHO) – While cases of COVID-19 fell by a third in the Americas this week, health care workers continue to face challenging conditions due to systems that are unprepared to support them, the Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said during a media briefing today. “When cases surge exponentially, as they have in the past few weeks, the burden falls mostly on the people that power our health systems,” Dr. Etienne said. “For them, there is nothing mild about this Omicron wave.” With infections reaching 4.8 million (a 31% drop from last…

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(BBC) Prince Harry has urged people to “know your status” and “go and get a test” for HIV. In a video with Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas, who lives with HIV, the Duke of Sussex said he wants to continue his mum’s “unfinished” work in removing the stigma around the virus. The pair spoke in a video call to mark National HIV Testing Week. They discussed how normalising HIV testing could help achieve the goal of ending new HIV cases in the UK by 2030. Prince Harry’s comments come as figures show that for the first time in a decade,…

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(BBC) The Prince of Wales has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now self-isolating, Clarence House has said on Twitter. Prince Charles received the positive result this morning and has postponed the unveiling of a statue in Winchester. On Wednesday, he and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall met people at a reception in the British Museum. This is the second time the 73-year-old has contracted coronavirus after he reported mild symptoms in March 2020. Charles had been due to unveil a statue of Licoricia of Winchester, a medieval Jewish businesswoman who was a money lender and single parent in…

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