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As COVID vaccines arrive, conspiracy theories run rampant in Latin America, Caribbean

World champion sprinter Yohan Blake had just raced across a track at a meet in Jamaica when he made his position clear: He would rather miss this summer’s Tokyo Olympics than get a coronavirus vaccine. “I am not taking it,” he told The Gleaner, a daily newspaper on the island. “I don’t really want to get into it now, but I have my reasons.” Blake’s reluctance to get a shot to protect … [Read more...]

Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 562,127

Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of today, March 15: Dominican Republic- 246,045 cases, 3222 deaths, 202,062 recoveries  Puerto Rico- 94,790 cases, 2080 deaths  Cuba- 61,472 cases, 370 deaths, 56,755 recovered  Jamaica- 30,499 cases, 485 deaths, 15,139 recovered   French Guiana- 16,764 cases, 87 deaths, 9995 recovered Haiti- 12,664 cases, 250 deaths, 10,177 recovered  Belize- … [Read more...]

UK Variant of COVID-19 Now Spreading Among Jamaican Population

The more contagious United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 called B.1.1.7 is now spreading among the Jamaican population. This revelation was made by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, at a virtual press conference on Monday, March 8. Tufton said seven of the eight samples that were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago returned positive … [Read more...]

CIBC donates US$750,000 to help 10 [Caribbean]countries purchase COVID vaccines

Ten countries across the region will get a major boost to their COVID-19 vaccination programmes as a result of a US$500,000 donation from regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean. The donation to national vaccination programmes is being made by the bank through its charitable arm the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation and will support the purchase of vaccines in Antigua, Bahamas, … [Read more...]

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