UN News - Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in Geneva. “Since the peak of the Omicron wave, the number
Jamaica's tourism industry is rebounding strongly from the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with earnings of $3.64 billion in 2022. Hon. Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, made the announcement during a House of Representatives session. “We ended the year equalling the record-breaking earnings of tourism
Release - The World Bank has provided more than 40 million US dollars under the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Regional Health Project, to improve health facilities and laboratory capacities, strengthen public health systems and emergency management, institutional capacity building, project management and coordination, and
UN News - A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published have revealed. In 2021, an estimated five million boys
Release - The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) contends that there is no room for complacency because the pandemic is not over. Speaking at a training webinar for regional journalists on Thursday 5th January, CARPHA’s Executive Director, Dr Joy St. John pointed out that immunity levels
Almost 3 years since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in the Caribbean Region and the COVID-19 outbreak was designated a pandemic, COVID-19 cases are still occurring in our communities. In light of this, the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is encouraging Ministries of
UN News - The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in his first virtual briefing for the year. “We continue to ask China for more rapid, regular, reliable data on hospitalizations and deaths, as well as more comprehensive,
UN News - The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses. The UN warned that the
Release - As a growing number of Caribbean destinations continue to set record tourism arrivals, expenditures, and hotel occupancies, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) praised the region’s tourism industry, local government authorities and the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for their vigilance and
UN News - A hundred million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022. The UN continued to help those in need in a myriad of ways and push for more legal and safe ways for people to migrate. The 100 million figure, which includes
