[Reprinted: PAHO, 8-4-2020] Routine vaccination, care for diabetes, hypertension and HIV, and maternal health have all been impacted. Countries must adapt and ensure continuation of primary health services alongside pandemic response. Health services are being disrupted in countries of the Americas as health workers are redirected to care for COVID-19 patients, people hesitate to seek routine … [Read more...]
Cuban Scientists Working Towards COVID-19 Vaccination
[Reprinted: CNW, 8-13-2020] HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that local scientists at the BioCubaFarma Research Center are working towards developing a vaccine against COVID-19. On Twitter, the Cuban president wrote that some researchers and scientists are progressing in the search for a vaccine to halt the spread of the virus. “… I’m pretty sure they will succeed,’ … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 121,420
[Reprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 8-13-2020] Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of August 13: Dominican Republic- 82,224 cases, 1371 deaths, 47,095 recovered Puerto Rico- 10,279 cases, 306 deaths French Guiana- 8423 cases, 50 deaths, 7713 recovered Haiti- 7781 cases, 192 deaths, 5123 recovered Cuba- 3128 cases, 88 deaths, 2504 recovered Suriname –2653 cases, 39 deaths, … [Read more...]
Trinidad Warned to Brace for Upsurge in COVID Cases
[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 past … [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 7,634 … [Read more...]
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