At a third consecutive press conference on Friday, 10 September 2021), Government leaders announced one more positive COVID 19 community transmission case diagnosed overnight. This brings the number of re-emerged local transmissions now to three.
Because of reports of panic-buying following the announcement last week of two locally transmitted cases of Covid-19 (the first for more than a year), management at Foster’s and Priced Right have had to implement limits on certain products.
Cayman Airways Limited (CAL) is investigating how a passenger who presented a positive COVID-19 test result upon arrival in Grand Cayman was able to board its flight from Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday September 9, 2021.
The Chief Medical Officer, Dr. John Lee, reports that 350 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since this was last reported on Wednesday, 8 September 2021.
The confirmation of two positive COVID-19 cases, one requiring hospitalisation, and both thought to have occurred from sources other than travel, have sent Cayman’s COVID response system into overdrive.
The Health Services Authority (HSA) has informed the Cayman Islands Government that a local resident was admitted to the George Town Hospital on the evening of Wednesday, 8 September showing potential symptoms associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19).
South Africa’s jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole. The 79-year-old is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt Correctional Centre.
The Covid Delta variant has swept across south-east Asia over recent months, prompting lockdowns and overwhelming hospitals with the Philippines hardest hit compounded by a chronic lack of health workers.
Windrush campaigners are even more concerned about compensation claimants being delayed for longer amid the Afghanistan crisis.
The Jamaica Tourist Board will be the headline destination of the new Caribbean Showcase in London on Sept. 23. Jamaica, like many Caribbean destinations, has been badly hit by the Covid pandemic.