HEALTH MINISTER DISPELS RUMOURS ABOUT ISOLATION WARD

More on a story we have been closely tracking as the country continues to prepare for any eventuality as Covid-19 continues to spread globally….
Work is continuing apace to prepare quarantine and isolation facilities at the Old Holberton hospital.There are no confirmed cases of the virus in Antigua and Barbuda, but the authorities say they want to be ready in the event a case is detected.
Meanwhile the Health Minister is once again dispelling rumours that the isolation ward and quarantine centre would pose a risk to people in other areas of the compound

The former Margetson Ward is the isolation ward and at the other end is the quarantine centre.