[Reprinted: CNW, 8-12-2020] PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The technical director of the Epidemiology Division at the Ministry of Health, Dr Avery Hinds, has warned that Trinidad and Tobago should brace itself for an upsurge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases given the increased movement of people over the past few days. “As you have seen there has been a fair amount of gathering and movement in the … [Read more...]
Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Record More COVID-19 Cases
[Reprinted: CNW, 8-10-2020] PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – One person has died and 23 others have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti over the past 24 hours as the country continues to outpace the region with positive cases and fatalities from the virus that was first detected in China last December. The Ministry of Public Health said as a result of the new cases, the total has reached … [Read more...]
Nearly 40% of older Americans aren’t ready for telehealth visits
[Reprinted Becker's Hospital Review, 8-4-2020] More than one-third of adults aged 65 and older are experiencing challenges seeing providers via telemedicine visits, according to an Aug. 3 study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. UC San Francisco researchers analyzed data on 4,525 patients from the National Health and Aging Trends 2018 study of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 or older. Using … [Read more...]
UK Accelerating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in the Caribbean
[Reprinted: CNW, 8-6-2020] BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United Kingdom has come to the aid of countries in the region by providing access to vaccinations for COVID-19. The Foreign Secretaries of the UK and Mexico, Dominic Raab and Marcelo Ebrard, have stated that ensuring equitable access to vaccines, treatments and tests to all in the Caribbean and Latin America through international and … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 108,712
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 8-6-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of August 6: Dominican Republic- 75,660 cases, 1222 deaths, 40,122 recovered French Guiana- 8069 cases, 47 deaths, 7075 recovered Puerto Rico- 7824 cases, 258 deaths Haiti- 7544 cases, 171 deaths, 4832 recovered Cuba- 2726 cases, 88 deaths, 2396 recovered Suriname –2050 cases, 27 deaths, 1327 … [Read more...]
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