Dominica revises COVID-19 isolation and quarantine protocols Last January 10, the government of Dominica has implemented a new set of protocols and procedures in handling COVID-19 cases. Dr. David Johnson, Chief Medical Officer of Dominica's Ministry of Health, made the announcement in a press briefing Wednesday. In the
TAIPEI, Taiwan (ASSOCIATED PRESS) - Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended Thursday as the government tried to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus’s easily transmitted omicron variant ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital. Tianjin, a port and
In a bid to transform the Caribbean into a more self-sufficient region, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has taken the big leap and bared a seven-million-dollar project on renewable energy. The project called the Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Plant with Battery and Power Conditioning Systems was unveiled
UN NEWS—Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Wednesday. Briefing reporters in Geneva, the UN health agency chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said
Bloomberg - A strain of Covid-19 that combines delta and omicron was found in Cyprus, according to Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus and head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology. “There are currently omicron and delta co-infections and we
UN NEWS—The data from the Danish Arctic monitoring service Polar Portal – which forms part of the UN weather agency WMO’s annual State of the Climate report - shows that early summer was cold and wet, with unusually heavy and late snowfall in June, which delayed the onset of the melting season. After that, however, a heatwave at the end of
Two Haitian journalists were the latest casualties of the increasing gang violence in the beleaguered Caribbean nation. In a report by The Guardian that cited Radio Ecoute FM as source, journalists John Wesley Amady and Wilguens Louissaint were slain by “armed bandits” on Thursday in Laboule,
UN NEWS—The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Thursday. The agency’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices, averaged 125.7 points - a 28.1 per cent
In a bid to make inbound travel to the Caribbean easier, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is urging governments in the region to reduce the isolation periods for tourists who tested positive for COVID-19. Travel Week reported that from the usual 14 days, the
Grenada only allows cruise ships and sailing vessels with less than 1% COVID-19 cases for them to be allowed to berth at any of the harbours in the country. Health Minister Nickolas Steele has disclosed that there is a health protocol or an agreement with
