KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has officially launched its digitized coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination card saying that the internationally accepted document was developed in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) standards.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Antigua and Barbuda government says there will be no fetes allowed in the country during the Christmas holidays amid fears of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Opposition Leader, Dr. Hubert Minnis is urging the Bahamas government to re-think its decision to remove the travel health visa requirement for entry into the country, describing the decision as a “grave mistake”.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has welcomed the World Health Organization (WHO) listing earlier this week of an AstraZeneca vaccine produced in Latin America, saying it is already in use in some Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad –The Pan American Health Organization has said that the Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) after “rigorous evaluation by independent experts” as it sought to re-assure the public about the efficacy of the vaccine.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago is to lodge a formal complaint against an unnamed aircraft that transported a passenger who tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus (COVId-19) from the United States, Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh said Monday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health and Wellness is preparing for a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is expected to be largely driven by the spread of the Omicron variant in the population.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has issued a mandate for all government workers to be vaccinated by mid-January.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says that starting Monday, COVID-19 booster vaccines will be available across the twin island republic.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The plan to require all government workers to be fully vaccinated if they want to continue being paid will go ahead despite calls from trade unions to have it scrapped, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – COVID-19 cases are on the decline in most Caribbean countries, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Carissa Etienne reported on Wednesday.

BELMOPAN, Belize –The Belize government says it has postponed “until such time it is deemed fit and unavoidable” the mandatory vaccine mandate for public sector workers that was due to come into effect on December 15.