When the Ministry of Health informed the country of the most recent spike in COVID-19 cases on Sunday, July 11, there was a clarion call from Minister of Health Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic that “wherever possible workers should be allowed to work from home”.The call seemed as par for course in terms of keeping the number of commuters down as authorities conducted vigorous contact tracing. It was also totally understandable given the fact that the press briefing revealed that three different variants – Alpha, Delta and Gamma – were now present in Barbados.Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth George also said the country was “not in a good place” as he revealed that young children were now presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms.
