A third and larger shipment of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine is due in Cayman from the UK on the British Airways flight arriving on February 11th.
It has emerged that there are some pockets of COVID vaccine resistance from within the over-60s age group and the government is now appealing to the churches to assist in getting them converted to the campaign.
Cayman recorded two milestones this past week as the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The jurisdiction past an impressive 10,000 vaccinations in the ongoing national voluntary vaccination programme.
Cayman’s business community had hoped that Government’s proposed border reopening date of end of March would become a reality since the vaccine rollout, however those hopes will now have to be put on hold for a further period of time since the Premier’s announcement yesterday....
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. John Lee, reports that 500 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Friday, 29 January 2021. Eight were positive.
The Public Health Department has published the COVID-19 vaccination schedule for the week commencing Monday 1st February 2021.
The COVID-19 vaccination programme continues for all persons in Stage 1, Groups A, B, C and Stage 2, Group A
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. John Lee, reports that 339 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Thursday, 28 January 2021. Three were positive.
A software error is being blamed for a traveller being permitted to quarantine at a residence which did not meet the approved criteria.
The National Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccination campaign is continuing apace in Cayman with several important developments from this week.
The UK COVID-19 variant has been found in test samples from Cayman Islands.
The presence of the variant first observed in the UK was confirmed in samples sent by the Cayman Islands Public Health Department to Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for verification.