SANTO DOMINGO — The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is back on an uptick in the last few days despite showing slight signs of slowing this week. The total number of cases of COVID-19 across the region had increased to 7,432, with Saba reporting its first cases this week and Puerto Rico, Cuba and […]
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COVID-19 In Caribbean: Dominican Republic Has 3,286 Cases And 183 Dead
SANTO DOMINGO — With economists from the World Bank, IMF and IDB forecasting a gloomy economic future for the Caribbean region, there seemed to some good news Tuesday as the number of cases in most regional countries showed a flattening off, even though an uptick continued in seven countries. Most countries, except for the Dominican […]
COVID-19 In The USVI: 51 Confirmed Cases: 35 On STT; 14 On STX; 2 On STJ
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands’ outbreak of the coronavirus has now infected at least 51 people, but the territory’s death toll remained just one this weekend. Confirmed cases in the territory increased by five this weekend to 51, according to figures released by the Virgin Islands Department of Health. St. Thomas has had […]
Dominican Republic Has 2,111 Cases Of COVID-19 and 108 Deaths So Far
SANTO DOMINGO —The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, passed 2,000 in one island alone Wednesday. An analysis of the latest reported number of cases by News Americas Wednesday night showed the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Dominican Republic jumped to 2,111 with 155 new cases reported yesterday alone. […]
WARNING TO CARIBBEAN: ‘Gov’ts Must Increase COVID-19 Testing … Before It Is Too Late!’
QUITO — We are among 250 population scientists and health specialists from around the globe who have issued a stark warning to countries in the Caribbean and Latin America: governments must increase COVID-19 testing in the region before it is too late. Having observed the experience elsewhere in the world, the region can and should implement pertinent […]
Dominican Republic Continues To Lead Region In COVID-19 Deaths With 60
SANTO DOMINGO —The death rate from the new coronavirus, COVID-19, reached a new high across the Caribbean region Thursday as the number of confirmed cases also continued its steady uptick. The number of people who have so far died from the virus in the Caribbean is now at 104 as of last night, a News […]
Dominican Republic Has Half Of All COVID-19 Cases In The Caribbean … 40 Deaths
SANTO DOMINGO — In the one month it took the novel coronavirus COVID-19 to completely spread across the Caribbean, several islands have successfully managed to contain the spread of the virus, while other islands are actively struggling. As of March 28, the region surpassed the thousand-case threshold with close to 1,100 cases of the virus with […]
Dominican Republic Leads Region In COVID-19 Deaths With 20 So Far
SANTO DOMINGO — The death toll in one Caribbean nation hit 20 this morning, which was just under the total number of cases across the region just last night as the regional confirmed cases of COVID-19 spiked past 1,100. The Dominican Republic saw its death toll double today as it jumped from 10 to 20. […]
CHINA BAN! Caribbean Nations In Lockstep With United States Over Lockout
MIAMI — As the U.S. continues to enforce strict travel restrictions on travelers from China over the coronavirus outbreak, an increasing number of Caribbean nations are also doing the same, while taking steps to screen arriving passengers at their ports of entry. In recent days, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominica, and Trinidad and […]
Heat Wave Warning Has Experts Worried About The Elderly
WASHINGTON — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is warning people in the Caribbean that they are at risk for heat strokes and even death as a result of the heat wave being experienced globally. It said that the situation could worsen between July and August, “with adverse impact on human health” and is urging […]