ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Executive Director of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CAPHA), Dr. Joy St. John, Thursday said that several COVID-19 variants that are causing surges in the United States, the United Kingdom and China have “been circulating in the Caribbean since last year”.
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NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government says it has no plans to impose COVID-19 testing requirements for travelers coming from China, which has in recent months recorded a surge.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The few remaining COVID-19 protocols which included mandatory mask wearing in schools and on public transportation have been discontinued.
BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize health authorities are raising the alarm of yet another wave of COVID-19 that has so far killed 688 people and infected 69, 376 others since the first case was detected two years ago.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican health authorities Tuesday dismissed as fake news, reports being circulated on social media here of a new variant of the COVID-19 pandemic.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Ministry of Health is in the process of developing legislation for electronic medical records (EMR) which could be piloted next year, according to Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has provided 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines to Haiti as cases continue to rise across the country.
WASHINGTON, DC – An institution in Haiti is among six that will receive research grants for topics related to Tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections in advanced HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and Human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) that may cause a type of cancer.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – By December next year, Government intends to present legislation to Parliament to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes, Minister for Agriculture and Lands Senator Adrian Thomas announced on Monday.
WASHINGTON, DC – A new study has found that adoption of front-of-pack nutrition warnings can help decrease obesity and cardiovascular disease in the Americas, including the Caribbean.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Members of the local entertainment and cultural industries will soon have a dedicated health insurance scheme, according to Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Allied Health practitioners who fail to register with the Health Council have been warned that they will be charged a maximum fine of (EC$250,000 One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents)
UNITED NATIONS – A top United Nations aid official says the continued spread of cholera in Haiti is a “worrying trend”, lamenting that a US$145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 percent funded.