Vaccine Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/vaccine/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:09:09 +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 Vaccine Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/vaccine/ 32 32 CIBC donates US$750,000 to help 10 [Caribbean]countries purchase COVID vaccines https://ecsii.com/cibc-donates-us750000-to-help-10-caribbeancountries-purchase-covid-vaccines/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:10:13 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3675 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 Read More

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]]> As Pandemic Eases Elsewhere, Some Caribbean States Face Worst Outbreaks Yet https://ecsii.com/as-pandemic-eases-elsewhere-some-caribbean-states-face-worst-outbreaks-yet/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:18:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3646 KINGSTON (Reuters) – In Jamaica, which won praise for containing its coronavirus outbreak last year, patients now overflow into corridors on chairs and stretchers in some hospitals, prompting the Caribbean nation to open three emergency field hospitals. While global new infections start to decline, a handful of countries across the Caribbean, including the larger islands Read More

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]]> The COVID-19 exit strategy—why we need to aim low https://ecsii.com/the-covid-19-exit-strategy-why-we-need-to-aim-low/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:47:16 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3597 As we find ourselves in the second year of a global pandemic, the question on everyone’s mind is: when will this end? Much of the narrative around the pandemic last year was that all hopes for a return to normal hinged on development of an effective vaccine. This rhetoric was deaf to the concerns of Read More

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]]> Cuban Scientists Working Towards COVID-19 Vaccination https://ecsii.com/cuban-scientists-working-towards-covid-19-vaccination/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:24:29 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3074 [Reprinted: CNW, 8-13-2020] HAVANA, Cuba – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says that local scientists at the BioCubaFarma Research Center are working towards developing a vaccine against COVID-19. On Twitter, the Cuban president wrote that some researchers and scientists are progressing in the search for a vaccine to halt the spread of the virus. “… I’m Read More

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]]> UK Accelerating Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in the Caribbean https://ecsii.com/uk-accelerating-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-caribbean/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 18:24:41 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=3054 [Reprinted: CNW, 8-6-2020] BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United Kingdom has come to the aid of countries in the region by providing access to vaccinations for COVID-19. The Foreign Secretaries of the UK and Mexico, Dominic Raab and Marcelo Ebrard, have stated that ensuring equitable access to vaccines, treatments and tests to all in the Caribbean Read More

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