As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic for a second year, the Cayman Islands is marking a year without local transmission of the disease. The country, amongst only a handful worldwide, will achieve this milestone on Sunday, July 11. After the first case was reported in the Cayman Islands on March 13 2020, the Cayman Islands has maintained its success in battling … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Caribbean aims for 80 percent vaccine coverage
CARICOM’s heads of Government are determined that the region will see herd immunity of 80 per cent coverage before the end of 2021 and, to this end, agreed to redouble their efforts to acquire adequate supplies of vaccines at this week’s heads of government meeting. The group tabled a report on the COVID-19 situation from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), in particular citing the … [Read more...]
U.S. grapples with Latin America and Caribbean bureaucracies in COVID-19 vaccine rush
The Biden administration says it is fighting local bureaucracies across Latin America and the Caribbean in its rush to deliver coronavirus vaccine doses to its neighbors, where COVID-19 cases are spiking and where only one in 10 adults are fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization’s Americas regional office. Some of the hardest hit countries in the region, such as Haiti and … [Read more...]
Caribbean Countries to Receive Six Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines From US
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says 15 member countries will receive approximately six million of the 25 million doses of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that the United States has earmarked for deployment to help ease the global shortage. She said that these nations include countries in Central and South America, and the Caribbean, inclusive of … [Read more...]
Barbados: Government announces travel bubble for Caribbean countries
The government of Barbados will introduce a travel bubble for specific countries in the Caribbean with a low incidence of COVID-19 cases, which takes place on 30 June. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced during a speech to update the country on the COVID-19 situation that ‘persons fully vaccinated with a negative PCR test comintg from Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Anguilla, … [Read more...]
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