OTTAWA, Canada – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced over US$170- million in additional funding to support COVID-19 vaccination needs in lower income countries, including the Caribbean. 

GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and newborns in the postnatal period, the first six weeks after birth.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony Monday urged Guyanese to take responsibility for their health even as Guyana continue to relax some of the measures that have been in place for the past two years to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne Wednesday warned that countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to remain vigilant and urgently close vaccination gaps as cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) surge in Europe and East Asia due to Omicron BA.2 variant.

UNITED NATIONS – Haiti is still to reach two percent of its population in the vaccinations drive against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said Monday in a new report that indicates only a tiny proportion of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in developing countries.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago health authorities Wednesday said it is too early to determine whether a fourth dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine would be needed for people amid reports that the two-US-based manufacturers were seeking approval for the fourth booster.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – As Grenada prepares to remove COVID-19 restrictions next Monday, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Shawn Charles has warned citizens that they will be responsible for their own personal protection.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica's government has announced a relaxation of some of the measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The government of Grenada Tuesday said it intends to remove all remaining measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) next month even as it urged citizens to continue to practice the health regulations to reduce new infections and deaths.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony Thursday said the government is considering the recommendation by the US-based Center of Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to offer coronavirus booster doses to persons 12 years and older.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Health authorities say cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in Barbados and are expressing concern that while most of these events are occurring in persons over 65 years old, cases are also been reported in the younger population as well.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has issued guidelines to Caribbean and other countries to improve oxygen use in health care facilities, many of which have faced shortages of this vital gas used in the treatment of respiratory conditions resulting from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.