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List Of Countries ‘Pausing’ Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine Growing

BERLIN — Germany, France, Italy and Spain became the latest countries today to suspend use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients, though the…

VI Free Press March 15, 2021

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Royal Caribbean Starting ‘Fully-Vaccinated’ Cruises From Israel This Summer

TEL AVIV — Royal Caribbean International is preparing to offer cruises from Israel for the first time. Cruises will begin June 2 and continue through to the Jewish holidays at…

VI Free Press March 2, 2021

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As Pandemic Eases Elsewhere, Some Caribbean States Face Worst Outbreaks Yet

KINGSTON (Reuters) — In Jamaica, which won praise for containing its coronavirus outbreak last year, patients now overflow into corridors on chairs and stretchers in some hospitals, prompting the Caribbean…

VI Free Press March 1, 2021

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Caribbean Leaders Grateful That COVID-19 Vaccine Has Trickled Down To Them, Thanks Largely To India

ROSEAU — As the leader of a small Caribbean island still struggling to rebuild nearly four years after a devastating hurricane, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit never thought he would get…

VI Free Press February 22, 2021

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Caribbean Will See Positive Growth In 2021, But Not Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels of Economic Activity

SANTIAGO, Chile — The Latin America and the Caribbean region will experience a contraction of -7.7 percent in 2020 but will have a positive growth rate of 3.7 percent in…

VI Free Press December 17, 2020

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WHO Says Vaccinating 20% of Latin America And Caribbean Will Cost More Than $2 Billion

BRASILIA — Vaccinating 20 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against COVID-19 will cost more than $2 billion but low income countries will be helped by…

VI Free Press November 28, 2020

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U.S. Airlines Add COVID-19 Testing to Popular Caribbean Destinations

CANCUN — U.S. airlines are adding flights, and in some cases COVID-19 testing programs, for travel to Mexico and the Caribbean, a region central to carriers’ strategies to tap into…

VI Free Press November 25, 2020

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Some 11.3 Million People in Latin America And The Caribbean Infected With COVID-19, 400,000 Deaths

BRASILIA — The death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean from the novel coronavirus rose to 422,102 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. Brazil, Mexico, Peru,…

VI Free Press November 3, 2020

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WHO British Medical Expert Agrees With Donald Trump: Lockdowns Are Crashing The World Economy

LONDON — The UK's envoy to the World Health Organization is begging world governments to stop locking down every time coronavirus infections start to spike because he says the yo-yo effect…

Bro Bot October 10, 2020

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WHO Says It Is Worried About COVID-19 Spikes In Jamaica And 12 Other Caribbean States

KINGSTON — The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about spikes in COVID-19 cases spikes in countries that had managed outbreaks effectively, such as Cuba and Jamaica, and 11 Caribbean…

VI Free Press October 9, 2020