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 - Corruption is not only a crime but immoral and the “ultimate betrayal” of public trust, the UN Secretary-General has said, calling on everyone to work together and stamp out the global scourge, in all its forms. In a statement issued on Thursday, Secretary-General António
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 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
UN News - While COVID-19 has affected all countries, the pandemic is “uneven”, and it is estimated that 10 per cent of the global population may have been infected with the virus, senior officials with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Speaking to a
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean as of October 4, 2020. Access the latest WHO data here. Dominican Republic- 113,926 cases, 2128 deaths, 89,635 recovered Puerto Rico- 25,034 cases, 686 deaths French Guiana- 10,029 cases, 67 deaths, 9665 recovered Haiti- 8811 cases, 229 deaths, 6949 recovered Jamaica- 6795 cases, 119 deaths, 2345 recovered Cuba- 5809 cases, 122 deaths, 5145 recovered Guadeloupe- 5528 cases, 57 deaths, 2199 recovered Suriname- 4924 cases, 106 deaths, 4723 recovered Trinidad and Tobago- 4741 cases, 81 deaths, 2843 recovered Bahamas- 4409 cases, 96 deaths, 2375 recovered Aruba- 4074 cases, 30 deaths, 3474 recovered Guyana- 3005 cases, 85 deaths, 1907 recovered Belize- 2131 cases, 29 deaths, 1346 recovered Martinique- 1543 cases, 21 deaths, 98 recovered US Virgin Islands- 1327 cases, 20 deaths, 1265 recovered Turks and Caicos-
India becomes the latest epicenter of coronavirus pandemic With the pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, global coronavirus cases have exceeded 30 million, according to a Reuters tally. The numbers of global new daily cases reached record levels in the past week with deaths nearing 1
UN Chief emphasises the need for COVID-19 vaccine to be affordable and available to all to curb the current global pandemic. UN News - “The outbreak remains out of control”, Secretary-General António Guterres declared in his press conference ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Week, noting that soon one million lives will be “lost to the virus”. Recognising that
