SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Saturday that the US territory will remain on lockdown until May 3 to curb coronavirus cases, marking one of the strictest measures taken in a US jurisdiction. Governor...
US Customs and Border Control has released medical supplies destined for the Cayman Islands and they are now due to arrive in the country early next week. Jordan Stubblefield, head of sales at Bluewater Medical Supplies, which is one of the...
The 33 Trinidadians stranded in Barbados were left disappointed and hurt on Wednesday after their government again refused to allow them into the country. According to the Barbados Nation News, the Trinidadians were to have boarded a Condor flight...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A one-week lockdown will take effect Thursday night under an extended State of Emergency announced by Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris, as the twin-island federation continues efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19...
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has urged countries in the region to protect healthcare workers by ensuring that they have access to personal protective equipment and supplies needed to care for patients affected...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Premier David Burt says Bermuda will be “significantly ramping up” its testing after reporting the island’s first two deaths from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Speaking during a...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck sections of the twin-island republic late Monday. According to the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus, the quake...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A 74-year-old man is the second person to have died from COVID-19 in Barbados. The patient, who tested positive for the viral illness on March 20, died on Monday morning, one day after Minister of Health and...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda on Monday recorded its first two deaths from COVID-19. Premier David Burt, who made the announcement, also said two more positive cases had been confirmed, bringing the island’s total to...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Workers at the country’s largest telecommunications company, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, will be taking a temporary cut in salaries to ensure the company’s survival during the COVID-19...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Health Minister Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic has sought to assure the country that there is no shortage of ventilators despite the fact that a shipment of the medical equipment destined for the...
Haiti on Sunday reported its first novel coronavirus death, a 55-year-old man who had underlying health conditions. The health ministry said the man suffered from diabetes and hypertension. He was one of only 21 confirmed cases of the COVID-19...
Barbados has recorded its first COVID-19 death. The deceased, an 81-year-old Barbadian man, succumbed last night after suffering from diabetes complications and COVID-19 pneumonia. He had earlier travelled to the United Kingdom and...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Health officials on Saturday announced two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 , bringing Bermuda’s total to 37, as the island began a 14-day lockdown designed to stem the coronavirus that has...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Two more people have tested positive for the COVID-19 bringing the number of confirmed cases in the twin-island republic to 100. The Ministry of Health said the two new cases were the close contacts of a...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Over 100 persons have been charged for violating a mandatory 24-hour curfew in an effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The curfew, which came into effect earlier this week, is part...
A Jamaican woman with no fixed place of abode has become the first person to be charged with breaking curfew in Barbados. According to the NationNews, Christean Bridgette Beacon, 23, appeared in the District "A" Magistrates' Court...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Health authorities have confirmed that one of Grenada’s nine coronavirus (COVID-19) patients sneaked out of the island with his wife and child. This was confirmed by coordinator of the COVID-19...
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Pastor of the New Testament Church of God, Jamaican Uriah Taylor, and three other members of the church will return to court on May 5 after they were granted bail on charges arising from their failure to comply...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana has recorded its second death from the coronavirus (COVID-19) as health officials Tuesday confirmed that there are now 12 positive cases of the virus in the country. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Karen Boyle...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 rattled several Caribbean islands during the early hours of Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre at...
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has imposed a seven-day 24-hour curfew beginning on Monday night as it warned that persons were ignoring earlier measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)....
Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its third COVID-19 death. At the same time, the number of cases has jumped to 76. Two days ago, the southern Caribbean country had reported 60 cases and one death. In the meantime, one person has now been discharged...
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Registered Nurses Association is calling for calm as a worker at the Scarborough General Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19. The association made the call following a media...
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago has recorded a second death related to COVID-19. In a statement on Friday morning, the Ministry of Health said the elderly man had pre-existing medical complications. In offering...
