WASHINGTON, D.C. – While overall vaccination coverage has reached 41 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, surveillance will remain key to identifying new risks and responding to local infection hotspots, the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F. Etienne said Wednesday.

 GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, Monday reiterated a call for pregnant and breastfeeding women to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying that the benefits of the vaccines for outweighs the side effects.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Prime Minister Gaston Browne says Antigua and Barbuda will be entering 2022 with most, if not all of the measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, removed, whether or not a significant number of people has been vaccinated.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government Monday urged people living with HIV to get vaccinated so as to protect themselves against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Washington, D.C. - Fifteen schools in St. James and three health institutions in Western Jamaica the latest beneficiaries of gifts from the Atlanta Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Former prime minister, Sir James Mitchell, is supporting the St. Vincent and the Grenadines government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination policy and has criticized politicians whom he says are “lukewarm about vaccination”.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, indicating that St. Lucians will have to live with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for the ‘foreseeable future” has announced an end to the existing state of emergency (SOE) that had been put in place by the last administration to curb the spread of the virus that has so far killed 232 and infected 12,129 others since March last year.

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) which administrates public healthcare in Clarendon, St. Elizabeth and Manchester has received $9 million from J. Wray & Nephew Ltd. to support the fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

UNITED NATIONS –The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne says that he is in agreement with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that the lack of a global response and vaccination program to end the COVID-19 pandemic is “a clear and tragic example” of the failure of the international community to deliver policies to support peace, global health, the viability of the planet and other pressing needs. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr.  Carissa F. Etienne, Wednesday said that several Latin America and the Caribbean countries are on track to reach the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 vaccination target of 40 per cent before the end of the year.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Adopt-a-Clinic program is gaining traction, particularly among the Diaspora in the United States, which has adopted several clinics across the island.

 WASHINGTON, DC – As Jamaica continues the battle against the COVID-19 Pandemic, Health and Wellness Minister Dr. The Hon Christopher Tufton, will be the special guest on the next edition of the monthly virtual town hall, Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks, on Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 7:00 pm EDT.