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50 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

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The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment from the Sir Lester Bird Mount St. John Medical Centre has revealed fifty (50) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Saturday 21st August 2021 at 6pm.

Thirty (30) of these cases were recorded on August 20th and twenty (20) on August 21st.

The Epidemiology Unit is still in the process of ascertaining whether the cases are imported or non-imported. Once the information is verified, it will be published in a subsequent publication.

Two hundred and ninety-seven (297) samples were processed at Sir Lester Bird MSJMC.

Fourteen (14) recovered cases were recorded increasing the total to one thousand three hundred and thirteen (1313).

Consequently, the total number of persons with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda is one thousand five hundred and forty (1540); which is inclusive of one hundred and eighty-five (185) active cases. There are eighteen (18) hospitalized cases; eleven (11) mild, four (4) moderate and three (3) severe.

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Meanwhile, Antigua and Barbuda has fully vaccinated thirty two thousand eight hundred and sixteen (32,816) individuals while six thousand six hundred and fifty (6,650) have only received their first dose.

The dashboard has been updated to reflect these changes.

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2 responses to “50 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua”

  1. Please include in your stats the number of fully vaccinated in these numbers it is important to know so they can be isolated and reduce the numbers they were told that they were PROTECTED SO THEY PARADE flouting the protocols they cant be exempted from being vectors. This is no longer the pandemic of the UNVACCINATED.

  2. ROCK: The Medical Sciences are not 100% exact. It is true that some folks who got vaccinated still get Covid. Unless Antigua & Barbuda is headed in the opposite direction, the evidence is overwhelming that vaccinated folks on a whole recover faster than the unvaccinated. The overwhelming majority of patients requiring mechanical ventilation and the use of other oxygen devices are the unvaccinated.

    I am not a vaccines salesman, or have shares in vaccine companies. I really do not care who win the next election either. I am a health professional who is on the frontline; and I love Antigua. This Delta variant of the Covid is serious. Tune in to Florida who has a stupid Governor who do not want Cruise Companies asking the vaccination status of passengers. The Caribbean must speak in one voice that the unvaccinated are not welcome. The socioeconomic cost to the region if this variant is not controlled will be devastating.

    Antigua is getting lots of cable news out of America. Folks are talking about they have the rights to do this, that and the other like my grandma used to say. There is a former American President who had a popular slogan in one campaign, ” It’s the economy stupid.” Obviously, he was not calling America stupid, he was putting emphasis on the economy. I will not call Antigua stupid, a Antigua me come from but to put emphasis like Bill Clinton to what I have seen and touched in the Covid world, I must let Antigua and Barbuda know it is the UNVACCINATED.

    This is not a game. I was critical with the PM for not taking his vaccination in public. There are at least 34 politicians that will be contesting the next election; each one of them failed the public in this regard. Everyone of them should have taken their vaccines in public, Antigua & Barbuda would have been in a much better place. It is all hands on deck here, no one man is the island. May God bless Antigua & Barbuda in its efforts to contain this deadly virus.

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]