The Cayman Islands Minister of Finance Roy McTaggart on Wednesday laid out for the first time the extent of the economic challenge facing the territory due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On recent Wednesday and Saturday mornings, several hundred people have been lining up in the parking lot at the First Assembly of God to find a little relief from the financial impacts of the coronavirus.
Early in the Covid-19 corona virus lockdown, Premier Alden Mclaughlin announced that weddings and funerals would still be allowed, under certain restrictions, in particular, with very limited numbers.
The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), set up just under three months ago, is being hailed as a singular success in its short lifespan coordinating the Cayman Islands response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
A further 10 positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed today bringing the total to 121 cases tested positive here.
Tuesday 17 May was the first day, for several weeks that Cayman’s beloved beaches were open, and beach-lovers were celebrating. Thousands of white butterflies seemed to have turned out specially to mark the day, too, making it into the happiest day Cayman has seen in a long time....
The Cayman Islands is now moving to a new phase of easing its stringent lockdown provisions with further relaxations starting from this weekend and a new Level 3 (Moderate Suppression) taking effect next week, down from Level 4 (High Suppression).
On Sunday 17 May, here's what you can and cannot do under current regulations during Sunday:
A further 329 COVID-19 test results were reported on Wednesday of which only was positive.
The Cayman Islands on Monday reported an additional three positive coronavirus cases bringing the total to 84. Two are frontline staff who were asymptomatic, the third person had contact with an asymptomatic individual.