Omicron Variant Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/omicron-variant/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:35:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png Omicron Variant Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/omicron-variant/ 32 32 Health Ministry confirms Omicron BA.2 variant in Barbados https://ecsii.com/health-ministry-confirms-omicron-ba-2-variant-in-barbados/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 19:35:46 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4458 90% of samples sent to CARPHA test positive for BA.2 subvariant Health Minister Ian Gooding-Edghill has confirmed the presence of omicron subvariant, BA.2, in Barbados.  Last week, following a spike in COVID-19 cases, the Minister of Health and Wellness disclosed that samples will be sent to Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for investigation.  In a Read More

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]]> Two years in: CARICOM & WFP study impact of COVID on Caribbean people https://ecsii.com/two-years-in-caricom-wfp-study-impact-of-covid-on-caribbean-people/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:06:19 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4391 Since January 30, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a Public Health Emergency, the socio-economic welfare of Caribbean people has been impacted by multiple lockdowns, changes in travel protocols and drastic declines in tourism, resulting in an economic contraction of 9.9 per cent in the region in 2020 (IMF) with major Read More

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]]> Omicron Variant Spikes In Bermuda https://ecsii.com/bermuda-omicron-spikes-in-this-caribbean-country/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:20:38 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4327 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 Read More

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