Bridgetown, Barbados, April 3, 2020 (CDEMA): As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold in the region, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the United Nations Resident Coordinators’ Offices in the Caribbean convened the 2nd meeting of the Caribbean Partner Donor Group on Thursday April 2, 2020. The virtual meeting had representatives from 18 regional […]
Fellow Citizens, Good evening. I am Nickolas Steele, Grenada’s Minister of Health. TODAY, FRIDAY, APRIL 3rd, 2020, I announce that two more laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 on mainland Grenada, have been diagnosed. This brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 to twelve; however, there are only 11 cases here on Island, since one left. […]
ST. GEORGE’S: APRIL 1, 2020: GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICE: Grenada’s Minister for Health says government is following up with the relevant law enforcement authorities after one of the cases confirmed last weekend, left Grenada on the same day the confirmation was announced, but before he got his results. During a statement issued on Wednesday April 1, […]
Police have arrested and charged twenty persons with violating the 2020 Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 2) Regulations, which took effect 7:00 p.m. on Monday 30th March, 2020. Of the eleven arrested on March 30th 2020, ten were charged with violating the curfew and one for breach of the social distancing protocol. Seven of these persons […]
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 but to ‘grow back better’. The Recommendations are the first output of the Global Tourism Crisis Committee, established by UNWTO with high-level representatives […]
On Saturday, March 28th 2020 The CHINA AID Low Income Housing Project Phase II (2) visited St. Augustine’s Medical Services (SAMS) to make a donation of 300 surgical masks. During the course of the housing project SAMS has treated a large volume of the company’s construction workers for a variety of illnesses; from medical ailments […]
Donation will help countries purchase crucial testing kits Bridgetown, Barbados, 30 March 2020 – Regional bank CIBC FirstCaribbean is moving to assist countries across the region to purchase much-needed COVID – 19 testing kits. The bank, through its charitable arm the FirstCaribbean International ComTrust Foundation, will donate a total of USD$250,000 toward the purchase of […]
TRUE BLUE, Grenada, March 30, 2020 — St. George’s University (SGU) continues to collaborate with Grenadian health officials during this global pandemic by supporting Grenada’s medical professionals to combat the public health threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Grenadian community. SGU has received approval from the Government of Grenada and Grenada Airport Authority to arrange […]
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General 30 March 2020 Five years ago more than 40 babies born in Jamaican hospitals became infected with lethal bacteria – half of them died. The bacteria Klebsiella, like the coronavirus, is spread from person-to-person or via contaminated surfaces. It can be killed by hand-washing with warm soapy water. The situation caught […]
