BERLIN, Germany (AFP)— German company BioNTech said Friday a preliminary study shows that its vaccine works against a key mutation in coronavirus variants uncovered in Britain and South Africa which experts have said is more contagious than […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first COVID-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Vaccination is already under way in […]
Effective January 1, 2021, all arriving travellers to Grenada are required to pay a one-time $150.00 USD ($410.00 XCD) Coronavirus (COVID-19) test fee, which will cover their day-four test or any test taken while on […]
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that the Caribbean, among other places, could lose its coral reefs by the end of the century unless there are drastic reductions in […]
Minister for Hospital Services Hon. Delma Thomas and Permanent Secretary Hannah Julien-St Paul made special hospital visits over the holidays to help bring some cheer to both staff and patients. They visited the General Hospital […]
(CMC) — The Dominican-born president of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says COVID-19 vaccines will not be an easy, quick fix for the Americas, including the Caribbean. The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020 […]
Washington, D.C. -(PAHO) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urged support for a proposal by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) to put front-of-package nutritional warnings on food products, which have been […]
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on Wednesday that it will mobilise US$1 billion to help Latin American and Caribbean countries acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines. The Washington-based financial […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, says additional agreements are being negotiated with two coronavirus vaccine manufacturers for inclusion in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) says it is hoping that coral reefs can receive “to some degree” relief after the past coral bleaching season had been quite hard […]
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