Today marks the second observance of World Food Safety Day (WFSD). This year’s theme “Food safety, everyone’s business” calls attention to the fact that food safety is a shared responsibility among policymakers, farmers, food businesses and consumers. Whether you grow, process, transport, store, distribute, sell, prepare,
Poorer countries slated to get their supply this year A multinational pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical company has now the capability to produce 2 billion doses of a likely vaccine that can effectively curb the highly contagious coronavirus, which has been ravaging countries all over the world since
Stringent hygiene certification program launched to combat COVID-19 Aruba is gearing up to welcome inbound tourists again in its pristine shores. Officials are eyeing an official date sometime between June 15 and July 2020, but while they're at it, they have released a stricter set of health
A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being
Following the approval of IMF for the disbursement of 3 COVID-19 emergency assistance fund, Dominica said the money will be allocated for income support. In an interview, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said that the fund will bring some relief to those greatly affected by COVID-19.
All 15 cases of the tiny Caribbean island have recovered St Lucia is the only country in the world to become free of COVID-19 without any recorded deaths. St Lucia's Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday, April 22, the recovery of all its 15 COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile,
St. Lucia’s newest positive case of COVID-19 is a teenager - an 18-year-old male who is a close contact of a previously confirmed case. In the latest health bulletin, health authorities confirmed that there are now fifteen (15) COVID-19 cases in the island. “On Friday, April 10th,
Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs Is Not Buying Any Excuses Prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic as if you’re preparing for a hurricane, Sint Maarten. This was the stern message of Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs to her constituents in an April 1 press briefing about the island's next steps
In light of recent studies that COVID-19 can spread between people interacting in close proximity, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies) and
St. Kitts and Nevis will be on total lockdown until the 3rd of April to slow the spread of COVID-19 on the island. Prime Minister Timothy Harris announced the decision in an address to the nation – two days after the he declared a 14-day state
