The Pan American Health Organization has trained in Haiti more than 2,800 community health workers including 2,700 community health agents (ASCP) and 162 community health nurses and auxiliary nurses as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing much-needed support to the Ministry of Health and the country’s Multisectoral Pandemic Management Commission of COVID-19. In […]
ST. GEORGE, GRENADA, AUG. 11, 2020 – The Government of Grenada has made it clear in previous communication that prior to travelling to Grenada, Carriacou, & Petite Martinique during the COVID-19 pandemic, all returning nationals, among other travellers, must book at a state-approved quarantine facility, at their own cost. The Ministry of Health has worked […]
The Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation reminds persons travelling to Grenada that they are totally responsible for the arrangement and cost of their accommodation. All persons from medium and high risk countries are required to book with an approved accommodation facility prior to arrival into Grenada. Persons entering Grenada are required to familiarize themselves […]
Countries must balance COVID-19 response with maintaining essential services to manage and prevent infectious diseases. Washington, D.C., Aug. 11, 2020 (PAHO)— The pandemic of COVID-19, which has killed over 390,000 people in the Americas, is threatening regional plans to eliminate and control infectious diseases including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis and others, PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne said […]
The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) has observed that holders of Liquor Dealers Licenses have been violating the conditions of their license. While we have no intention to shut down any legitimate businesses, we are cognizant of the many law enforcement challenges these violations are facilitating by operating beyond the time stipulated in the license. […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Amid global challenges by small states accessing COVID-19 essential medical supplies, CARICOM Member States have received a significant donation from the World Health Organisation, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The supplies, worth over US700,000, arrived just over a week ago in Barbados – the […]
Bridgetown, Barbados, 31, July 2020 – Communities across the region have a unique opportunity to hail those special heroes, who in the darkest moments of the Covid-19 crisis, shone brightest. Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean today launched its FirstCaribbean Unsung Frontline Heroes initiative aimed at giving persons the opportunity to nominate essential workers and persons from […]
St. George’s: July 29, 2020: Fellow Grenadians, today, July 29, 2020, the Ministry of Health announced that Grenada has now recorded its 24th laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19. The latest case is a male over 60 years of age, who arrived on a flight from the USA on 22 July 2020, and has since been […]
The Grenada Bar Association has taken note of the statement issued yesterday (26TH July) by the government of Grenada that it will not table the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Control Bill 2020 at the sitting of Parliament on Wednesday 29th July, 2020. The expressed reason for this is that the government wishes to delay the process to […]
