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4 new cases of COVID-19
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed four (4) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Monday 15th November 2021 at 6pm. Sixty-seven (67) samples were processed. One(1) recovered case was recorded increasing the total to three thousand nine hundred and sixty (3,960).…
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Asot Michael gets interim injunction preventing ABLP from replacing him or excluding him from executive meetings
The embattled Member of Parliament (MP) for the St Peter constituency – MP Asot Michael – has secured an interim injunction which temporarily stops the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) from preventing him from attending executive meetings. The injunction also prevents the ABLP from taking any action with the aim of removing Michael from…
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Antigua and Barbuda elected to United Nations Joint Inspection Unit
Antigua and Barbuda’s candidate, Ambassador Conrod Hunte has been elected by overwhelming support from the United Nations Member States to serve on the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) for the term 2023-2027. The election took place at UN Headquarters in New York on 11 November 2021, during the ongoing (76th) Seventy-sixth General Assembly Session.…
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Nearly 300 people test positive for Covid after going to COP26 events
Nearly 300 people tested positive for Covid after going to or protesting at UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow this month. Some 291 positive Covid-19 tests were linked to COP26-related activities, an initial assessment found. However, speaking at Holyrood on Thursday, Nicola Sturgeon said: ‘I can confirm that there is no sign so far of…
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A 2nd HIV patient may have been ‘cured’ of infection without stem cell treatment, in extremely rare case
(CNN)Researchers say they have found a second patient whose body seemingly had rid itself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS — supporting hope that it may be possible someday to find a way to cure more people of the virus. The patient has received no regular treatment for her infection but is…
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Bird flu spreads in Europe and Asia
Reuters is reporting that several outbreaks of severe bird flu in Europe and Asia have been reported in recent days to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), in a sign the virus is spreading quickly again. According to the news organisation’s report: “The spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has…
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Britney Spears is ‘thinking about having another baby’ just days after conservatorship’s end
Britney Spears is already ‘thinking about having another baby’ just days after her longstanding conservatorship was successfully terminated by a judge. The 39-year-old singer – who currently shares sons Jayden James, 15, and Sean Preston, 16, with ex Kevin Federline – made the reveal in an Instagram post published Tuesday. ‘I wonder if this one…
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VIDEO: Protesters against government’s vaccine mandate for children outside Ministry of Education HQ
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The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century will change your life forever
Get ready for intensity. A partial lunar eclipse is coming — and it will be the longest one of this century! Keep your eyes to the sky from Nov. 18 to Nov. 21, 2021! How will the lunar eclipse affect us astrologically? A storm is approaching. Destiny is calling your name — forever ready to redirect…
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Autoimmune disorder warning added to AstraZeneca, J&J vaccines
Health Canada is updating the labels for the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines to add immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoimmune condition, as a potential side effect. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said very rare cases of ITP have been reported internationally after receiving the Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) and Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines.…
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4 new cases of COVID-19
The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed four (4) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Friday 12th November 2021 at 6pm. One hundred and eighty-nine (189) samples were processed. Three (3) recovered cases were recorded, increasing the total to three thousand nine…