CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St. Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) Wednesday projected a “very strongly” month for tourist arrivals here after the island registered an increase of more than 34 per cent in arrivals.

NEW YORK, New York – The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne on Friday reiterated a call made earlier this week, at the first World Health Organization (WHO) forum for Small Island Development States (SIDS) on Health, for the health and well-being of SIDS to be classified as a global human right.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government is urging people “to come forward and present themselves to be vaccinated” as the island confirmed a cluster of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases at a business enterprise.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –Jamaica has launched a knowledge, attitudes and practices study on salt consumption in the country as part of the efforts to inform consumers on healthy lifestyle choices.

“Vaccinating children for COVID-19 is a key component to reaching the two-thirds threshold necessary to obtain herd immunity and stop the pandemic from continuing to spread and mutate,” said Dr. Miguela Caniza, Director of the St. Jude Global Infectious Diseases Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize government has reiterated its call for teachers to get vaccinated as it gears to re-launch its national campaign aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth George on Sunday called on all local establishments to re-evaluate all protocols related to COVID-19 in the wake of a hike in cases across the country.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A shipment of 65,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Mexico will facilitate the staging of another blitz this weekend to inoculate persons who are due their second dose, Health and Wellness Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Haiti is the only Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country expected to benefit directly from 14 million doses of vaccine for the coronavirus (COVUD-19) pandemic for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the United States Monday announced new plans for sharing the shots globally.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton is calling on Jamaicans to monitor and destroy mosquito breeding sites in and around their homes, as the Dengue fever remains a threat in the country.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Premier David Burt was booed by protesters over the government’s stringent coronavirus (COVID-19) travel regulations, but he later announced that six people in Bermuda have been infected with the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant that had its roots in India.

Many Americans have questions about Covid-19 vaccines – and rightfully so. There’s lots of information out there, and researchers are learning new details about the virus daily.