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Advice sheet for home isolation
Your health team have agreed that you may stay at home while you wait for the results of tests for COVID-19 infection.
Your health team have agreed that you may stay at home while you wait for the results of tests for COVID-19 infection.
Officers from the new Cayman Islands Regiment have been deployed to support the staff in Hazard Management Cayman Islands (HMCI) as the department works hard on planning to assist with the Government’s response to COVID 19.
The coronaviruses (CoV) comprise of a large family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).
Even though a vital school fair for Cayman Brac students was postponed last week, students are still getting important work experience on the Sister Island thanks to Layman Scott High School’s (LSHS) vocational work experience programme, called Work Link.
As a part of Government’s Coronavirus preparedness measures, the Ministry of Community Affairs has announced that existing Needs Assessment Unit (NAU) clients need not visit the agency’s offices to receive temporary assistance.
A team from the RCIPS Air Operations Unit carried out a mission on Saturday, 14 March 2020 to deliver emergency medical supplies for The MS Braemar cruise ship, which is currently off the Bahamas and unable to dock at present due an outbreak of COVID-19 onboard.
Last Friday, Cayman’s Local Distillery – Cayman Spirits Co., announced efforts to begin production of an all-purpose sanitizer to alleviate the current stress on supply.
The global cruise industry is in disarray for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions due to the pandemic coronavirus outbreak takes hold.
At the Monday 16 March Press conference, Premier, Hon Alden McLaughlin, Minister for Health, Hon Dwayne Seymour, H.E The Governor Martyn Roper, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Lee updated Cayman’s public on the new developments concerning the coronavirus.
As Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) has been closely monitoring the situation regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19), several proactive and voluntary measures have been implemented to help ensure the continued safety and well-being of CAL passengers and employees.