Cuba’s vaccine forerunner entering third phase of trials Executives of the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) have confirmed that the Soberana 02 COVID-19 vaccine’s third phase of clinical trials will proceed in Havana next month. A Cuban vaccine candidate has demonstrated a “high degree of safety and reliability”
Six hundred thousand doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine from the UN-partnered COVAX initiative have arrived in Ghana: a historic first for the international partnership to provide equitable inoculations for all. Confirming the news on Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that further supplies of the AstraZeneca/Oxford jab will reach Côte d’Ivoire later
The parachute used by the Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on NASA's spacecraft team. In a report by the Associated Press, Systems engineer Ian Clark used a binary code to spell out “Dare Mighty Things” in
Jamaica GIS - The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported that young persons between the ages of 20 to 29 years now account for the highest number of persons confirmed with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Of the 20,310 persons now confirmed to have the virus in
Residents and citizens of Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) gave the main opposition Progressive National Party (PNP) a landslide victory over the incumbent People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) in the recently concluded General Elections. The PNP won nine of the ten electoral district seats and all five
The critical task of ensuring that all countries have enough medical equipment to vaccinate people safely against COVID-19 gathered pace on Tuesday, with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announcing that 100,000 syringes have been sent to the Maldives, ahead of an inoculation drive there. The shipment
Lost? Find yourself in the British Virgin Islands! - the BVI Tourist Board & Film Commission invites guests to visit the islands and have the opportunity to win prizes. Full press release as follows: After experiencing the rigors of COVID-19 including spending time in quarantine, isolation and
OECS Release - The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) supports Member States engagement in WTO negotiations to end harmful fisheries subsidies. With the support of the Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the OECS Commission will be convening a High-Level
In a landmark ruling on LGBT+ rights in the Caribbean, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) stated recently that Jamaica should retract its colonial-era gay sex ban. A decade ago, two Jamaicans initiated the case after being attacked by homophobic gangs and sought asylum overseas.
UN NEWS—Without nature’s help, “we will not thrive or even survive”, the UN chief said on Thursday, launching a major report on the environment. “For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature. The result is three interlinked environmental crises”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a virtual
