Tag: health
PAHO: COVID-19 still cause for concern, though cases in Americas decline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) director Dr Carissa Etienne said Wednesday that while COVID-19 infections have generally declined in the Americas...
PAHO to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine procurement
Washington – Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) director Dr Carissa Etienne said on Wednesday the public health agency is in the process of ramping...
Healthcare workers feeling the strain of COVID-19 surge
Chief Medical Officer Dr Kenneth George and Isolation Facilities Manager Dr Corey Forde said healthcare workers on the frontline of the battle against the...
Doctors again plead with Barbadians to play it safe
Two doctors in the frontline of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the island made another impassioned plea for Barbadians to change...
PAHO says course of COVID-19 pandemic “highly uncertain”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The course of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Americas remains “highly uncertain”, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) said...
COVID-19 pandemic has wrecked our economies, CARICOM chairman tells global summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s prime minister Gaston Browne said on Wednesday that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has wrecked the economies of...