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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 24, 2020 (CMC) – Barbados recorded its sixth death to COVID-19, on the same day that it confirmed its first new case in six days. The Ministry of Health and Wellness reported, Wednesday, that the deceased is ...

WASHINGSTON, District of Columbia April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The United States government will be repatriating 129 Haitian nationals, on Thursday, even as the French-speaking Caribbean nation recorded 10 new cases of COVID-19, in 24 hours. In a statement on ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The Director of Epidemiology and Hygiene in Cuba, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported, last Saturday, that 35 persons had successfully recovered from COVID-19, the highest number in one day. 227 people have been cured from ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 18, 2020 (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has advised the government to maintain stringent emergency measures, in order to contain local transmission of COVID-19. During a virtual meeting, last Friday, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica April 21, 2020 — Jamaica has recorded 27 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number to 223. This update was given by Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton, yesterday, during a virtual press ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 21, 2020 (CMC) – A retired professor at the University of the West Indies’, Mona Campus, has become Jamaica’s sixth COVID-19 fatality. He has been identified as Tara Dasgupta, who was Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry. His ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The World Bank says it has activated US$6.6 million, to provide immediate funding for Dominica’s emergency response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, focusing on enhancing health system capacity and strengthening food security. “The ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) announced, it has agreed to relax the stringent measures for persons entering Guyana, so as to allow officials of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team to participate in ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 21, 2020 (CMC) – The toll, from the coronavirus in Guyana, has risen to seven. The Ministry of Public Health, on Sunday, confirmed that the person, who had tested positive, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s ...

ROME, Italy April 21, 2020 (CMC) – Haiti is among 10 countries, being identified for a possible famine of “Biblical proportions”, according to a new report, published by the United Nations. According to the Head of the World Food Program ...