HEALTH MINISTRY WORKS TO PREVENT CORONAVIRUS REACHING A&B

The Health Ministry is assuring the public of its intensified measures to prevent the coronavirus reaching Antigua and Barbuda.
The new strain of coronavirus was first identified in China and has claimed over 100 lives there and spread to over a dozen other countries.
Ministry officials held a media briefing today as the first of what they promise will be regular updates to the public on this developing issue.
Andy Liburd begins our team coverage of the issue.