Barbados: Ten fully vaccinated individuals test COVID-19 positive

He notified that six of the ten cases were imported, and 4 are of the resident of Barbados.

CMO said, "To date, we have had ten such cases, of which six have been imported cases, with persons being doubly vaccinated with Pfizer and persons with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. We have also had four cases in Barbados of persons who had complete vaccinations with AstraZeneca.

He added, "What I can tell you, [is] none of those persons are in ICU, none of those individuals are on oxygen, and none of those individuals CPAP [Continuous Positive Airway Pressure]."

“Based on those small numbers, what we are seeing is, yes, breakthrough infections are possible; we had told the public of Barbados this, Dr George said, adding that the ten patients were all asymptomatic.

The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified 6 new coronavirus cases, 2 males and 4 females. The number of tests carried on Saturday, July 24, is 1,530.

In addition, there are currently 161 people in isolation.

To date, 4 345 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded (2 112 females and 2 233 males). Forty-eight people have died from the virus.

Also, despite the initial reluctance, it appears more Barbadians are accepting the Sinopharm vaccine.

In fact, Senior Health Sister at the Branford Taitt Polyclinic Juleyette Serrano said they were getting people saying they preferred the Chinese-made vaccine.

“For the past two weeks, the number of people coming to get vaccinated has been down in comparison to the AstraZeneca vaccine, but now we are finding some people are actually asking for Sinopharm, likely because of its reduced period between the first and second doses – 4 weeks compared to 8 to 12 weeks for AstraZeneca – which is better for those who may be travelling soon,” she said.