Confirmed Caribbean coronavirus cases as of January 3, 2022: Cuba- 966,942 cases, 8324 deaths, 956,792 recoveredDominican Republic- 421,953 cases, 4249 deaths, 409,026 recoveriesPuerto Rico- 199,965 cases, 3310 deathsJamaica- 92, 177 cases, 2476 deaths, 65,813 recoveredTrinidad and … [Read more...]
Omicron Variant Spikes In Bermuda
Bermuda in the Caribbean is seeing a spike in the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19, new data confirms. At least 16 of Bermuda’s 35 active coronavirus cases are of the Omicron variant, up from just two last week, health officials there have confirmed. The news came as 20 people tested positive among the latest batch of 6,762 test results announced on Monday night. The active cases are all … [Read more...]
Omicron and Holiday Travel: 12 of the Most Pressing Questions
Vaccination requirements, testing rules, the new coronavirus variant and more: We answer your questions about traveling safely this holiday season. Holiday travel suddenly feels more fraught as the world waits for emerging information on the transmissibility and virulence of the new coronavirus variant. Scientists are racing to see if the current vaccines offer protection against Omicron, but … [Read more...]
US: Cancer mortality fell 27% over the last five decades
Mortality rates among all cancers combined have dropped by 27% since 1971 and by 32% since 1991, when mortality was at its highest. That’s what the American Cancer Society found in its new analysis that compared rates from both years to those of 2019. Mortality in 12 of 15 types individually went down. Cervical and stomach cancer, for instance, saw as much as a 70% decrease. The decline has … [Read more...]
Jamaica: COVID-19 worsens nursing brain drain
A local medical school official has charged that 85 per cent of Jamaica's trained nurses migrate after completing their training and the situation has been made worse by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Executive dean at Caribbean School of Medical Science, Jamaica (CSMSJ) Dr Neville Graham made the claim at the institution's first graduation ceremony recently, as he charged that the world is in … [Read more...]
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