Despite the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the finances of the government and the economy of the Cayman Islands have so far withstood impact relatively well.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reports 136 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Wednesday, 9 September. One test was positive.
The Marriott, Department of Tourism (DOT) and Work Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) all got together on Tuesday and Wednesday to reach out to many of the tourism-sector workers who have been displaced because of COVID as well as those who might want to look for jobs in the industry....
Cayman is ranked among the countries with the lowest incidence of COPVID-19 globally relative to population size.
That disclosure was made by Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee while giving his latest update on cases here.
Britain is providing £4.5 million (KY$4.9m) to the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Special Development Fund to support countries in the region with their coronavirus COVID-19 recovery.
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