UN News - With the COVID-19 pandemic sparking a “communications emergency” caused by false information disseminated on social media, the UN Secretary-General is encouraging people everywhere to take a breath before sharing content online. António Guterres will launch the #PledgetoPause campaign as part of wider efforts to
Media Release - The Caribbean Public health Agency (CARPHA), with funding from the European Union (EU), has entered into an agreement with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to support Member States’ participation in the COVAX Facility, through assistance with the required down payment to Gavi,
Associated Press - A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests that the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean as of October 16, 2020. Access the latest WHO data here. COUNTRYTOTAL CASESDEATHSRECOVERIESDominican Republic120,0662,18996,152Puerto Rico55,516758- French Guiana10,233699,894Haiti8,9252317,182Jamaica8,0671603,481Guadeloupe6,908962,199Cuba6,1181245,702Bahamas5,3851123,178Trinidad and Tobago5,194933,502Suriname5, 0941094,907Aruba4,285323,910Guyana3,6201072,522Belize2,682411,612Martinique2,2572498US Virgin Islands1,329211,294Sint Maarten73722657Turks and Caicos6966673Curacao6731371Saint Martin5018380Cayman Islands2251212Barbados2187195Bermuda1859172Bonaire1313116Antigua and Barbuda1123100British Virgin Islands71170Saint Barthelemy67055St Vincent and the Grenadines65064Dominica32024Saint Lucia31027Grenada25024Saint Kitts and Nevis19019Sint Eustatius14011Montserrat13112Saba505Anguilla303
UN News - UN chief António Guterres set out a new plan to transform the world’s food systems - coinciding with the start of World Food Week - which will culminate in a major summit, scheduled to take place in September next year. In a video
UN News - The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world – often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions – has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. The agency was recognized “for its efforts to combat hunger,
UN News - The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that “our health systems are inadequate”, the UN chief told a ministerial meeting on Thursday, citing weak structures and unequal access to healthcare as “major reasons” why the coronavirus has killed one million people and infected more
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the sole regional public health agency, has released a six-minute video highlighting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Entitled "CARPHA – Leading the Caribbean’s COVID-19 Response", the video also includes testimonial on CARPHA’s role in its Member States. Since the pandemic,
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said that economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean will be slower than the return to productivity following the subprime mortgage crisis more than a decade ago. Alicia Bárcena was speaking during a
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says that COVID-19 could spread through airborne particles that can linger in the air for minutes or even hours. In its latest guidance, CDC acknowledged that under certain circumstances, people have become infected by smaller particles
