Barbershops, salons, gyms, cafés and bars in Sydney, Australia have reopened to fully vaccinated customers for the first time in more than 100 days. Sydney reopened on Monday after 73.5% of the New South Wales state population aged 16 and older were fully vaccinated and more
Media Release - The People’s Republic of China has stepped in once more to support the Caribbean Region in its fight against COVID-19. This week, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) received additional laboratory supplies for COVID-19 testing on behalf of Member States from the People’s
Press Release - Coordinated efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean are required to overcome African swine fever, given that its recent emergence in the Dominican Republic and Haiti poses a threat to food security throughout the region and to the livelihoods of small and
Media Release - Graduation season at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) begins this weekend. The University’s newest campus—Five Islands in Antigua and Barbuda hosts its second graduation ceremony since opening, celebrating a cohort of 42 graduands. Due to local COVID-19 protocols, the ceremony
Hauling tonnes and tonnes of brown seaweed known as sargassum has become an annual chore for sailors in the Caribbean, steering them clear from the pristine shores where tourists and vacationers in the region flock. This marine plant turns black and smells like sewage when washed
UN NEWS—The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere. The Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy aims to inoculate 40 percent of people in all countries by the end of
Two Caribbean nations are still in the United Kingdom's (UK) Red List of countries to avoid travelling to due to high risk of COVID-19 infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are among seven countries are still in the UK's Red List, Loop News has reported. The
UN NEWS—The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency’s chief described on Wednesday as “a historic day” for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease. The vaccine is geared towards children, in sub-Saharan
The Government of Dominica has approved the temporary lifting of the ban on hunting wildlife for 60 days. In a statement, the Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division of the Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment said that the ban is lifted from October 1st 2021 to
Stefanie Dazo, Matthew Brown, and Brian Melley, AP News - A ship’s anchor may have hooked, dragged and torn an underwater pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the ocean off Southern California, according to federal investigators who also found
