Further to the announcement on a temporary ban on all public gathering of 50 people or more, the Ministry of Commerce, Planning and Infrastructure has clarified that staff members are not included in the numbers for establishments such as: • Bars; • Restaurants; • Hotels.
In order to protect our patients, the Health Services Authority is restricting all visitors effective immediately (14th March 2020), except for parents of children in the paediatric ward and those accompanying mothers in labour.
The announcement that we have COVID 19 in the Cayman Islands will be of great concern to everyone. However, this was not unexpected and the Government has been putting plans in place to minimise the impact.
The group of concerned residents who had campaigned to stop the Government’s plan to enhance the Smith Barcadere location have welcomed the Government’s U-turn stopping all work on the project.
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The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) has confirmed testing for COVID-19 will be available locally from this week.
The COVID-19 outbreak is forcing a rethink of how society organises and conducts itself; from individual to group interactions.
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.
Despite authorities assuring the steady arrival of essentials such as hand sanitizer, toilet paper and other cleaning products, stores in Grand Cayman are still seeing a ‘run’ on certain items, due to the panic caused by the Island’s first case of Corona Virus (Covid 19).
Premier Alden McLaughlin has advised that after consultation with Public Health and the Ministry of Education, Youth Sports, Agriculture and Lands, all educational institution will close starting, Monday, March 16.
