Nearly eight thousand (8000) confirmed new Covid-19 cases have been reported over the last three weeks of September 2021 with a 52% increase from 4231 cases in the month of August 2021 from Barbados and 6 Eastern Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). The increase of cases is largely noted in persons who are … [Read more...]
PAHO concerned about low vax rate in Caribbean & Latin America
THE Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is reporting that only a quarter of citizens in the Caribbean and Latin America are fully immunised, and that for many access to vaccines is still months away. “While every country in our region has begun administering COVID-19 vaccines, immunisations are following the fault lines of inequality that have long divided our region,” PAHO director Dr … [Read more...]
Coronavirus cases in the Caribbean to date: 1,402,178
Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of August 19: Cuba- 554,247 cases, 4319 deaths, 504,599 recovered Dominican Republic- 346,997 cases, 3989 deaths, 337,956 recoveries Puerto … [Read more...]
COVID-19 Claims 34th Victim in Bermuda as CDC Raises Risk Threat
Bermuda has recorded its 34th death from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic with active cases soaring to 205, while the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised the island’s risk rating to high. Health officials said the 79 new positive cases of the virus came from the latest batch of 10,128 test results. The 205 active cases of COVID-19 represent the highest number … [Read more...]
Cuba To Begin Vaccinating Adolescents
HAVANA, Cuba, Thurs. Sept 2, 2021 (Reuters) – Cuba will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19 this week and younger children from mid-September as part of a drive to immunize more than 90% of the population by December, state-run media said on Wednesday. All children ages 2 through 18 will receive at least two doses of the Cuban-developed Soberana-2 vaccine beginning Sept. 3, the … [Read more...]
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