The Caribbean is two years into the coronavirus pandemic and a lot has happened including the introduction of vaccines, new variants and hard-hitting policies to curb the spread of the virus. Here are some pandemic moments we pretty much will not forget that happened in the Caribbean in 2021: Confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 2 million COVID-19 cases … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 2,266,904
Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of January 3, 2022: Cuba- 966,942 cases, 8324 deaths, 956,792 recoveredDominican Republic- 421,953 cases, 4249 deaths, 409,026 recoveriesPuerto Rico- 199,965 cases, 3310 deathsJamaica- 92, 177 cases, 2476 deaths, 65,813 recoveredTrinidad and … [Read more...]
Jamaica: Medical tourism and health technology
Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean have a virtually untapped resource in medical tourism. Of course, there are places that offer this, but the extent to which we could be benefitting from such an industry is massive and not truly being exploited. We have focused a lot on health and wellness tourism. According to dobusinessjamaica.com in their ‘Health and Wellness Tourism’ report: “The Global … [Read more...]
WTO says Caribbean could be site for vaccine production
The Director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the Caribbean could serve as a production site for goods such as vaccines and that efforts are being made to get manufacturers to invest in the region. “We have to decentralise and we have asked the manufacturers to invest more in developing countries and emerging markets so that we can also produce,” she … [Read more...]
New Covid19 Vaccine, The Bharat Biotech BBV152 COVAXIN vaccine, What you need to know
On 3 November 2021, the Technical Advisory Group for Emergency Use Listing listed the Bharat Biotech BBV152 COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued interim policy recommendations for the use of the Bharat Biotech BBV152 COVAXIN vaccine. This article provides a summary of those interim … [Read more...]
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