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Countries Should Prioritize Pregnant, Lactating Women For COVID-19 Shots

BOGOTA -— Countries in the Caribbean and Latin America should prioritize pregnant and lactating women in distribution of COVID-19 shots, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said today. PAHO said…

Bro Bot September 8, 2021

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PAHO Warns That Only 25% Of Latin America, Caribbean Is Fully Vaccinated

CARACAS — Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa Etienne warned that 75 percent of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean has yet to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19…

John McCarthy September 5, 2021

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COVID-19 Still Devastating in the Americas, PAHO Says

HAVANA — COVID-19 continues to inflict a devastating toll on the Americas, with Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador and Paraguay among the countries with the world’s highest weekly death rates, the…

VI Free Press July 28, 2021

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UN General Secretary to CARICOM: COVID-19 Can Only Be Defeated With Vaccines

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening session of the eleventh Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-United Nations General Meeting: Let me begin by thanking you…

Bro Bot July 26, 2021

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Unvaxxed Pushing Herd Immunity Away As Threat From Delta Strain Increases

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Virgin Islands is doing twice as good as the rest of the Caribbean in terms of the number of vaccinations given, but still lags far…

Bro Bot July 25, 2021

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USVI Children’s Health At Risk Because Their Parents Refuse COVID-19 Vaccine

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Mutant strains of COVID-19 present the greatest risk of infection to people in the U.S. Virgin Islands because the B117 and the delta variant are at least…

VI Free Press June 27, 2021

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Acute Malnutrition Surging Among Haitian Children, UNICEF Warns

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Cases of life-threatening malnutrition are expected to more than double among young Haitian children this year, due to COVID-19, gang violence and extreme weather associated with climate change,…

VI Free Press May 31, 2021

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Latin America and Caribbean Has Highest Per Capita COVID-19 Death Rate In World

BRASILIA — The death toll from COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean was due to pass one million people today, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic worsening…

VI Free Press May 21, 2021

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Pandemic Forces 62-Year-Old Women Into Sex Trade In Mexico … Just To Buy Food

MEXICO CITY — Hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic have forced former sex workers in Mexico back into the trade years after they left, made it more dangerous and reduced…

VI Free Press April 9, 2021

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32 Countries In Americas Have Detected Infection By 1 of 3 ‘Variants of Concern’

BRIDGETOWN — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said 32 countries and territories in the Americas have reported the presence of at least one of the three “variants of concern”…

VI Free Press April 5, 2021