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Caribbean countries boost the capacities of nurses in critical care during COVID-19

Brittany Baptise is a nurse at the Scarborough General Hospital in Trinidad and Tobago, in the Caribbean. Today is her day off and she smiles as she describes how nervous she was when she learned that she would be working in an intensive care unit (ICU) to treat COVID-19 patients. “I was a bit fearful because, coming from the medical ward, we didn’t really know the rules and function of an ICU. … [Read more...]

In Search of a Vaccine, Some Tourists Find Luck in the Caribbean

Roughly 3 percent of vaccines in the U.S. Virgin Islands have gone to tourists, the governor said this week. “Nowhere else in the U.S. can you actually just walk in and get the vaccine,” he said. When Lydia Todman booked a trip to St. Croix with her husband earlier this month, she was hoping only for a relaxing getaway. But when she arrived, she learned she could also get the Covid-19 … [Read more...]

Health passports with Covid-19 test information successfully used

IATA’s travel pass was tested successfully by Singapore Airlines as JetBlue starts using CommonPass app, and Hong Kong airport successfully trialed its health passport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the arrival at London’s Heathrow Airport of the first traveller using the IATA Travel Pass app to manage their travel health credentials. “The successful … [Read more...]

Caribbean economies could become COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that many Caribbean countries risk becoming what it describes as COVID-19 “economic long-haulers."  “Much the same as some patients could suffer from lingering illnesses long after the coronavirus infection has passed, the pandemic’s economic fallout might be felt in the region long after the health emergency is controlled,” said the … [Read more...]

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