Caribbean Tourism Organisation - Following the launch of the TCI’s COVID-19 Vaccination program on January 11, 2021 the TCI can proudly state that it has efficiently administered its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Turks and Caicos Islands on Thursday, January 11, 2021, received, compliments
UN News - The number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of the UN’s health agency said, while warning that after inoculating their own health workers and older people, countries must share doses with others, to
UN NEWS - COVID-19 has caused “widespread upheaval” for the whole fishing and aquaculture industry around the world, the UN deputy agriculture chief said on Tuesday, launching a new report that assesses the toll the pandemic has taken on the sector. “Production has been disrupted, supply
Press Release - The Government of Guyana has further extended the published COVID-19 measures from December 2020 until February 28, 2021. The measures maintain the curfew from 10:30 pm to 4 am daily, and restrictions on social activities. However, the new guidelines facilitate the opening of bars
British High Commission - The UK will offer its world leading genomics expertise to help identify new variants of the virus that cause Covid-19 in countries around the world. The announcement comes as part of a speech delivered by UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock at Chatham
Montserrat has launched its Remote Worker Programme on Friday, January 29th 2021, giving professionals and entrepreneurs the opportunity to experience a work-life-vacation balance, trading humdrum offices for turquoise beaches for up to 12 months. Deputy Premier of Montserrat Dr. The Hon. Samuel Joseph explained that the need for this
PAHO News - “Today, we mark another tragic milestone in our region: over one million people in the Americas have now died from complications of COVID-19. We’ve lost more people to this virus than the entire population of many cities,” Pan American Health Organization Director
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert panel issued its first guidance on the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, saying that it should ideally be given to people in two separate doses, 28 days apart. In exceptional circumstances this period could be extended to 42 days, said WHO’s
Grenada GIS - The nightly curfew in Grenada, implemented to help curb the potential spread of COVID-19 through social activities, will remain in place, at least for the next two weeks. During Tuesday’s Post-Cabinet Press Briefing, Minister of Health, Honourable Nickolas Steele confirmed that the Cabinet
Since September, the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened, infecting close to 100 million people, costing more than $3 trillion in lost wages and intensifying obstacles for peace and security around the world, the UN political chief told the Security Council on Monday. And
