This blog is a daily tally of COVID-19 Air Travel Stats starting from the first flight to arrive on the opening of the Grantley Adams International Airport. It is a supporting report following up on Barbados Tourism Revival & COVID-19 Air Travel.
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Travellers Testing COVID-19 Positive
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With rigorous testing and tracking by Barbados Health authorities and a dedicated COVID-19 Team, Barbados has managed to keep COVID-19 under control. Visitors are required to quarantine on arrival and are monitored during the first week of their stay. If they test positive, they are cared for in approved isolation facilities.
As of November 1st, 2020, approximately 120 visitors have tested positive and all have recovered under Barbados’ care. There has been minimal local spread.
The statistics in this page are tabulated by country of flight origin. All passengers are required to have proof of a negative test before they fly or on arrival.
All visitors who test positive were either close to a carrier on the flight, already infected themselves or in contact with a positive traveller while in quarantine.
Barbados – A COVID-Safe Destination
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The COVID-19 Air Travel Stats show that the Barbados protocols and monitoring are working. A few Bajans were exposed to visitors who tested positive before the current protocols were in effect and enforced. However, the testing and tracking by Barbados is world class and community spread is quickly contained.
There is currently no community spread and Barbados is listed as one of…
“the world’s most COVID-safe destinations”
The Globe and Mail in Canada ran a full documentary of “What the World Can Learn From How Barbados contained Covid”
https://www.flightcentre.co.uk/wheres-safe-to-travel#lnk_where
Airport is spotless and layout of seats respect social distancing
New Airline for the Caribbean. InterCaribbean Airways to start operations out of Barbados on August 4.
COVID Air Travel Stats Daily Update
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August 1 – Health department reported that three more travellers tested positive:- One was a returning Barbadian who tested positive on arrival from the UK but was positive when tested to travel again. His case was being analyzed with extensive contact tracing.
– A Barbadian woman who returned on July 29 tested positive.
– A male visitor who arrived on July 30 also tested positive. All were being treated in isolation as contact tracing continued.
On a related note, 95 nurses from Ghana arrived on Thursday July 30. All were moved to quarantine facilities. 12 had since tested positive and were placed in isolation. The Barbadians who welcomed them were also tested and self-isolated.
August 2 – Ministry of Health, Jeffery Bostic, reported that 12 more air travel passengers tested positive.
– Two were in-transit and were not isolated in Barbados
– Seven were arriving from New York on on JetBlue.
– Three were from the UK.
All 12 of the infected travellers were Barbados citizen or residents, 6 were men and 6 were women.
August 8 – 3 more Ghanaian nurses who were in quarantine tested positive and were moved to the isolation care facility. In all, 12 Ghanaian nurses were isolated.
Two in-transit passengers who arrived the previous Friday tested positive prior to leaving and were placed in isolation in Barbados.
August 9 – four new cases: two Barbadian men on a JetBlue flight and two in-transit passengers on a Virgin Atlantic flight.
August 11 – A 54-year-old man tested positive coming in on a chartered flight. He was placed in isolation and tracking went underway.
August 14 – A 32-year-old Barbadian female tested positive on arrival on a British Airways flight yesterday. The other three were all people who were retested – a 75-year-old Barbadian man, who arrived on JetBlue on August 8; a 25-year-old Barbadian man, who arrived on an Air Canada flight on August 9 but whose travel originated in the United States. A Ghanaian nurse, who arrived on July 30, tested positive after a third test.
August 15 – Two more people recorded positive COVID-19 results after being tested a second time. They were a 41-year-old female visitor and a 55-year-old Barbadian woman who arrived on a Virgin Atlantic flight on August 8. Both were asymptomatic.
August 17 – Two new cases since August 15. One female arrived on JetBlue on August 16. One female arrived on Caribbean Airways from Jamaica August 17.
August 18 – One new case: a 29-year-old man, from the United States, was was retested five days after his initial negative PCR test on August 12. He was transferred from quarantine to isolation at Harrison’s Point, St. Lucy.
August 19 – Two new cases: a 37-year-old male visitor who arrived on a British Airways flight on August 11 and tested positive after his second test and a 25-year-old Barbadian male who also arrived on a British Airways flight on August 18.
August 20 – One in-transit passenger tested positive and placed in isolation. This was a 38-year-old man who arrived on BA en route to Grenada.
August 21 – One new case in isolation: A 27-year-old female who arrived on British Airways on August 20.
August 22 – One new case in isolation: A 25-year-old Barbadian female who arrived on August 17. She travelled to Barbados from the United States via Jamaica, arriving on Caribbean Airlines.
August 23 – Three new cases in isolation. All were returning Barbadians, a 57-year-old woman and two men, aged 64 and 76, arrived on JetBlue and were asymptomatic.
August 25 – Three new cases: 2 from a British Airway flight of August 17, a 5-year-old and 38-year-old male, as well as 1 Columbian who arrived on 24th.
August 26 – One 29-year-old British visitor tested positive. The visitor was a known contact of another British visitor who was diagnosed with the viral illness on August 20.
August 28 – One 34-year-old visitor who arrived on British Airways the day before tested positive and placed in isolation.
August 29 – Four new cases: 1 UK, 1 USA, 1 Trinidad, one local Barbadian who was in contact with a UK visitor.
August 30 – Three new cases: A 33-year-old male visitor and a 42-year-old Barbadian man. Both arrived on BA on August 25 and tested positive the previous day on their second test. The third case was a 24-year-old Bahamian female student, who arrived on Caribbean Airlines from the Bahamas via Jamaica.
August 31 – One new case: A 34-year-old Jamaican woman who arrived on Caribbean Airlines.
September
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September 1 – Two people tested positive for COVID-19 on the previous day.
A 36-year-old female visitor arrived on Air Antilles from Guadeloupe in-transit to Jamaica. She was transferred to the isolation facility. Added to Caribbean numbers.
A 53-year-old Barbadian male, whose trip originated in the United States and who arrived on Caribbean Airlines from Grenada. Added to US numbers.
September 3 – One new case: A 53-year-old Guyanese woman arrived on Trans Guyana Airways on September 1.
September 4 – One new case: A 26-year-old Barbadian arrived from USA on JetBlue on August 29. Was positive for COVID-19 when retested on September 3.
September 6 – One new case: A 26-year-old Jamaican female arrived from Jamaica aboard Caribbean Airlines on September 5.
September 8 – One new case: a 53-year-old Swedish visitor. He arrived from Sweden on a chartered flight on September 3.
September 12 – One new case: A 43-year-old female visitor, who was asymptomatic, arrived in Barbados on September 6, aboard Caribbean Airlines from Jamaica, having travelled there from the United States of America. This was counted as a USA origination.
September 15 – A 12-year-old Jamaican girl tested positive for COVID-19, arriving on Caribbean Airlines flight from Jamaica.
September 16 – One case: eight-year-old female visitor, who arrived on British Airways the previous day, tested positive.
September 20 – 4 new cases: 3 arrived in the island the previous day – a 50-year-old female aboard British Airways, a 23-year-old woman who arrived on Caribbean Airlines from Jamaica and a 34-year-old woman who arrived on JetBlue from New York.
The other was a 10-year-old girl who arrived on September 14 on Caribbean Airlines from Jamaica. Know to have had contact with a positive case.
September 25 – 1 new case: 24-year-old female visitor who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on September 19 tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test the previous day.
October
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October 1 – 3 new cases: 2 were the result of having contact with a 24-year-old woman who arrived September 19 (UK – Virgin Atlantic) and tested positive on a second test on September 24. They were a 62-year-old Barbadian woman and a 25-year-old Barbadian man. The third case was a 22-year-old Jamaican woman who arrived on Caribbean Airlines from Jamaica.
October 4 – 3 more members of one family tested positive. This followed the three other family members who had previously tested positive.
This included a four-month-old baby, the 34-year-old husband of a woman who tested positive that Friday and a 15-year-old relative. They were all contacts of a female family member who tested positive on September 30, along with a nephew.
Six members of the same family were diagnosed with COVID-19 between September 30 and October 3. The cluster was traced to a Barbadian woman who returned from the United Kingdom on September 19 and tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test on September 24.
October 5 – 1 case: Another relative of the housekeeper who was tested on September 30. He was a 12-year-old student of Ellerslie Secondary School.
October 7 – 3 cases: a 19-year-old Jamaican who arrived on a CAL flight on September 26; a 29-year-old Barbadian who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on October 3; and a 42-year-old Guyanese who arrived on September 25 on a Trans Guyana flight.
October 9 – 1 case: A 62-year-old female visitor who arrived on a JetBlue flight from New York and went into mandatory quarantine.
October 10 – 1 case: A 54-year-old female visitor. Originated in USA and arrived on Air Canada October 8. Listed as a Canada origination.
October 11 – 3 cases: Two men. A 64-year-old Barbadian who came in on JetBlue the previous day. A 53-year-old visitor who arrived on British Airways on October 7. He tested positive after a second test the previous day.
October 13 – 2 cases: both were visitors who arrived from United Kingdom the previous week and tested positive for COVID-19 after being retested. The 66-year-old man, who arrived on British Airways on October 7, was asymptomatic. A 76-year-old man, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on October 10, was exhibiting symptoms.
October 14 – 5 cases: 2 men, aged 28 and 35, who arrived on British Airways on October 10 and 12 respectively. 3 women – a 19-year-old who arrived on American Airlines on October 8 and a 37-year-old who arrived on Trans Guyana on September 30. A 35-year-old who came in on Air Canada on September 24 was a contact of a previous case confirmed on September 29.
October 15 – 3 cases: 34-year-old male visitor who arrived on Trans Guyana on September 30. A 32-year-old female who has been identified as a contact of the male visitor and who also arrived on September 30 on Trans Guyana. A 37-year-old male visitor who came in on British Airways on October 3.
October 16 – 1 case: A 54-year-old Barbadian man who returned to Barbados on British Airways on October 11 tested positive after the second test.
October 18 – 2 new cases – both male visitors:
– A 54-year-old man tested positive on second test after arriving on Air Canada. A contact of a previously confirmed patient who was diagnosed on October 8 (Air Canada);
– A 28-year-old man who arrived on American Airlines on October 11 and left the island On October 17.
October 18/19 – 1 case:
– A 56-year-old female visitor who arrived on British Airways on October 15 and tested positive on her second test.
October 22 – 2 cases:
– A 64-year-old male visitor, who arrived on Air Canada on October 8 but whose travel originated in Nigeria;
– A 56-year-old Barbadian female who came into the island on British Airways on October 11. They both tested positive after retests.
October 23 – 3 cases:
– A 24-year-old female, arrived on American Airlines on October 18;
– A 48-year-old male, via British Airways on October 20;
– A 32-year-old male visitor, via British Airways on October 9, tested positive for COVID-19 after a second test.
October 24 – 3 cases:
– An 18-year-old female, via British Airways on October 22;
– A 25-year-old female, via JetBlue on October 20;
– A 20-year-old male, who arrived on Air Canada on October 18.
October 25 – 3 cases:
– A female, via British Airways on October 22, tested positive after her second test on October 23;
– Two males, 38 and 21, arrived on American Airlines on October 15, and were retested on October 16. They tested positive on October 23.
October 28 – 2 cases:
– A 21-year-old Jamaican woman, via Caribbean Airlines on October 25, tested positive after a second test;
– A 45-year-old visitor, via British Airways on October 25 tested positive on 27th.
October 29 – 1 case:
– A 14-year-old female visitor via British Airways, and was a contact of a previously confirmed case, diagnosed on October 23.
October 31– 1 case:
– A 30-year-old Guyanese woman via Trans Guyana on October 29 was positive on her second test.
November 1 – 1 case:
– A 36-year-old visitor from Holland arrived on British Airways on October 30, tested positive after a second test.
November COVID-19 Air Travel Stats
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Early in November, the New Your Time published an article on COVID-safe vacation options. It asked the question: “Where in the world can I go?” In it, Barbados was featured!
November 2 – 1 case:
– A 36-year-old male visitor from Holland tested positive. Arrived on British Airways on October 30 and tested positive on a second test.
November 4 – 1 case:
– A 33-year-old Barbadian male tested positive today. Arrived on American Airlines on November 1. Was positive on second test.
November 6 – 3 cases. 3 visitors tested positive on the previous day:
– An 86-year-old man, via British Airways on November 2 (*);
– A 28-year-old woman, via British Airways on November 3 (*);
– A 37-year-old man, via Air Canada on November 5.
(*) The two visitors from the United Kingdom tested positive after a second test.
November 7 – 1 case:
– A 69-year-old female visitor, via British Airways on November 3, tested positive on a second test.
November 11 – 6 cases:
– A 47-year-old woman from Germany via Euro Wing on November 7 and tested positive after her second test on November 9;
– A 43-year-old man from Jamaica Via Caribbean Airlines on November 1;
– Two women, 41 and 18, who arrived on British Airways on November 5;
– A 29-year-old woman who arrived on British Airways on November 3;
– A 25-year-old man who came in on American Airlines on November 8.
November 15 – 1 case:
– The 32-year-old man who arrived on American Airlines on November 13, was asymptomatic but tested positive on a second test.
November 18 – 1 case:
– A 38-year-old female who arrived on JetBlue on November 14, tested positive after a second test;
– A 25-year-old Barbadian man arrived on JetBlue on November 17, and was asymptomatic.
November 19 – 1 case:
– A 27-year-old female who arrived on American Airlines on November 16, with a negative test. Tested positive on second test
November 21 – 2 cases:
– A 41-year-old man who arrived on American Airlines on November 7 and was re-tested on November 9;
– A 62-year-old man via American Airlines on November 18 tested positive. Both men were asymptomatic.
November 22 – 4 cases:
– 3 arrived from Guyana on Caribbean Airlines and returned positive results after undergoing second tests. They are a 23-year-old man who arrived on November 14 and tested positive on November 15; a 29-year-old woman who arrived on November 6 and tested positive on November 10; and a seven-year-old girl who also arrived on November 6 and tested positive on November 10.
– The fourth case is a male visitor from the United States who is a contact of a known case. He was diagnosed with the viral illness on November 18.
All of the visitors were asymptomatic.
November 23 – 1 case:
– A male visitor from Jamaica via Caribbean Airlines on November 14 tested positive after a second test on November 16. He was asymptomatic.
November 24 – 2 cases:
– A 28-year-old Barbadian female, via American Airlines on November 22;
– A 26-year-old male visitor, via British Airways flight on November 20. Both were asymptomatic and returned a positive result on the second test.
November 25 – 1 case:
– A 27-year-old, male, via an American Airlines on November 16, returned a positive result on the second test. He was asymptomatic.
November 26– 3 cases: Three female visitors were diagnosed with COVID-19, after undergoing second tests. All were asymptomatic:
– A 52-year-old, who arrived via British Airways on November 20;
– A 48-year-old, via American Airlines flight on November 23;
– A 30-year-old, who arrived via American Airlines on November 24.
November 27 – 4 cases:
– A 31-year-old Barbadian man, via American Airlines on November 22;
– A 45-year-old male visitor, via American Airlines on November 21;
– A 47-year-old-male visitor, via British Airways November 20;
– A 19-year-old female visitor, via American Airlines on November 20.
They were all asymptomatic.
November 28 – 5 cases:
– A 44-year-old female visitor, via American Airlines on November 21;
– A 55-year-old male visitor, via American Airlines on November 26,
– 3 male visitors aged 46, 43 and 30, via Caribbean Airlines on November 27. All cases were asymptomatic.
November 29 – 1 case:
– A 27-year-old male visitor via American Airlines on November 23, tested positive on the second test. He was asymptomatic.
December 2020
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December 1 – 2 cases:
– A 41-year-old female;
A 37-year-old male, who arrived yesterday via American Airlines.
Both were asymptomatic.
December 2 – 1 case:
– A 47-year-old Barbadian who arrived via American Airlines on November 30 and was asymptomatic.
December 3 – 2 cases:
– A 25-year-old female, via American Airlines on November 30;
– A 56-year-old male, via Jet Blue on December 1;
Both were asymptomatic and tested positive on their second tests.
December 4 – 3 cases:
– A 54-year-old female visitor, via Caribbean Airlines, November 27;
– A 62-year-old female, via Caribbean Airlines, November 30;
– A 45-year-old male, via American Airlines. November 30.
December 5 – 1 case:
– A 53-year-old man arrived on December 4 via American Airlines and was asymptomatic.
December 7 – 2 cases:
– A 30-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man. Both arrived via American Airlines on December 2, and December 3, respectively. They were asymptomatic.
December 8 – 3 cases:
– A71-year-old woman, who arrived on JetBlue on December 5, was diagnosed with the viral illness after a second test;
– A 21-year-old man, who arrived on Virgin Atlantic on December 5;
– A 52-year-old woman, who was diagnosed after coming into contact with a known case.
December 10 – 1 case.
– a 52-year-old Barbadian woman via JetBlue on December 2,. tested positive on second test. She was asymptomatic.
December 11 – 1 case.
– a 26-year-old woman, via on British Airways on December 9, tested positive on second test. She was asymptomatic.
December 13 – 2 cases.-
– a 20-year-old Barbadian woman via Air Caribbean on December 4
– a 35-year-old Barbadian positive via American Airlines on December 10.
They were both asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests.
December 14 – 2 cases
– Two male visitors, aged 20 and 45, arrived via BA tested positive on second test. They were asymptomatic.
December 15 – 1 case.
-a 37-year-old male visitor,via British Airways on December 11 was positive on the second test. He was asymptomatic.
December 16 – 4 cases.
– two women, aged 42 and 37, via American Airlines on December 10&11.
– a 53-year-old man, via Virgin Atlantic on December 12,
-a 31-year-old man, Via British Airways on December 13.
All of the visitors were asymptomatic
December 17 – 4 cases.
-a 47-year-old man, via American Airlines on December 13,
-3 women, aged 29, 30 and 71, via British Airways on December 14.
All were asymptomatic.
December 18 – 2 cases.
– a 47-year-old woman, on American Airlines,
– a 11-year-old child, on British Airways.
Both arrived on December 14, were asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests.
December 20 – 8 cases – 2 returning Barbadians and 6 visitors
– a 75-year-old Barbadian woman, via British Airways;
– a 54-year-old male visitor, on American Airlines on December 11;
– a 23-year-old Barbadian woman, on American Airlines on December 12; – – a 60-year-old male visitor, on British Airways on December 14.
-a 32-year-old female on Virgin Atlantic on December 14;
– a 29-year-old female on Virgin Atlantic on December 16;
– a 24-year-old male visitor, on British Airways on December 16; and
– a 28-year-old female visitor, von Air Canada on December 17.
All of the cases were asymptomatic.
December 20 Update – 6 cases.
– a 42-year-old male visitor, on Virgin Atlantic on December 14;
– 67-year-old Barbadian woman, on American Airlines on December 16; – a – – a 26-year-old female visitor, on American Airlines on December 18.
– two children, aged three and 11, and
– a 30-year-old woman, came into contact with a known case.
December 21 – 1 case:
– 20-year-old man, n American Airlines on December 19, was asymptomatic
December 22 – 5 cases
– a 30-year-old woman and
– a 56-year-old man, on British Airways on December 18;
– a 37-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, on British Airways on December 19; and
– a 41-year-old man, on American Airlines on December 19.
They were all asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests.
Since the start of COVID tracking in March, 62,000 tests, including 12,000 in December have been conducted.
December 23 – 2 cases
– a 22-year-old male visitor, on British Airways on December 19;
– a 21-year-old female visitor, on British Airways on December 20.
Both were asymptomatic, and tested positive on their second tests
December 24 – 16 cases
Airlines and countries were not available -They were from “United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.”
December 25 – 2 cases
-a 48-year-old female, on British Airways on December 20 – a 54-year-old male,on Virgin Atlantic on December 22. Both were asymptomatic and tested positive on their second test.
December 26 – 5 cases
Five female visitors tested positive on second test – origins not available
December 26 – 4 more cases
-3 female visitors aged 24, 44, and 68,
a 58-year-old male visitor.
Three of them, arrived on December 15 and 20, via West Jet and British Airways, tested positive on their second test. The 44-year-old came into contact with a known case. They are all asymptomatic.
Cant track these by country!
December 28 – 6 cases.
Arived December 18 and 24, on the air carriers Jet Blue, American Airlines, and British Airways. Five of them – two male and two female visitors, and a Barbadian female – tested positive on their second tests. The sixth person, a 79-year old female visitor, came into contact with a known case.3 More Cases
3 more cases
a 44-year-old male visitor, who arrived on Jet Blue on December 26, and a 26-year-old male visitor and a 52-year-old female visitor, who each came into contact with a known case. They are all asymptomatic.
Cant track these by country!
December 29 – 6 cases
– 2 females, aged 33 and 38, arrived December 28 on Virgin Atlantic;
– a 51-year-old female, who was in contact with a known case.
– a 30-year-old male, on Virgin Atlantic on December 27;
– two females, aged 11 and 30, on British Airways on December 20 and 27. They were all asymptomatic.
December 30 – 1 case
– a 33-year-old male visitor, arrived in Barbados on SVG Air on December 21, and tested positive on his second test.
December 31 – 11 cases
– 3 Barbadians – two males, aged 28 and 37, and a 43-year-old female;
– 2 male residents, aged 41 and 43;
– 6 visitors – four males, aged 27, 34, 41, and 55, and two females, aged 51 and 60.
Three visitors arrived via British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Three came into contact with known cases.
January 2021
January 1 – 12 cases
– 9 visitors – four males and five females – whose ages range from 17 to 59, are all asymptomatic. 5 arived between December 21 and 29, 2020, on British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, and Jet Blue, tested positive on their second test. 4 came into contact with known cases.
-2 persons, Barbadian males, aged 35 and 62, who arrived in Barbados on December 29, 2020, on Jet Blue, tested positive on their second test.
– a 46-year-old male resident came into contact with a known case.
- Track by country is no longer valid as country stats were not consistently reported from December 26!
COVID-19 Travel Stats to Jan 1 2021
We are no longer getting the country breakdown and cannot add value to the stats going forward
See GIS Barbados.gov/covid-19/ for latest totals!
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COVID-19 Air Travel Stats Jan 1
(By Country To Dec 26*)
Canada 16 |UK 68 |USA 75 | Caribbean 33| Transit 4 | N/A 70*|
Charter 2 | 281 Passengers | Total +all prior to re-opening 395 i
{i) There was a discrepancy in GIS report – Oct 1 was 183 total – No stats for Oct 2. Oct 3 is 1 case = 194 not 196 error carried forward/ Oct 28 was 2 cases only, 1 added in GIS numbers.
The in-transit flight info is not always noted in the Barbados GIS numbers. They arrive from various countries on their way to another destination. The N/A figure have not been tracked by country in this summary.
All Visitors With COVID-19 Recover
Source: https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/covid-19/
Grantley Adams Airport Flight Data
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COVID-19 Protocols
Also see video on essential facts and tips for visitors in the age of COVID-19 Travel.
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