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Simply speaking could transmit coronavirus, new study suggests

Speaking calmly and at a normal volume produces liquid droplets so small they can remain suspended in the air long enough to enter the...

Cuba develops vaccine to combat COVID-19

The director of research at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology here, Dr Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial is now being held...

PAHO warns Caribbean to prepare for full COVID-19 blast

Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) director and the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for the Americas, Dr Carissa Etienne, says they neither anticipated...

Scientists Have Reported The First Case Of The Coronavirus Spreading From A Dead Body

Thailand is reporting the first fatal case of the novel coronavirus being transmitted from a dead patient to a medical examiner, a finding that...

STAY BACK! Scientists warn coronavirus can spread 13 FEET from sufferers – more than twice the social distancing limit

PEOPLE with the coronavirus can spread the infection as far as 13 feet, a study has found. The distance is more than twice as far...

Coronavirus patients can suffer lasting bodily damage, even after recovery

Patients who survive COVID-19 can still suffer lasting bodily damage, including to the liver and heart, researchers are finding. Multiple studies of recovered patients from...

Guyana: Man kills daughter, 11, in religious ‘sacrifice’ to get rich

Ganesh Ramdain, a 33-year-old construction worker, was on Friday remanded to prison for the murder of his 11-year-old daughter Varshane; during a video interview...

Jamaican farm workers head to US and Canada, risking COVID-19 for work

Despite the alarming rate at which lives are being lost to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in North America, Jamaicans are still willing to take...

Scientists say coronavirus can spread through ‘aerosolized feces’

Closing the toilet lid is highly recommended amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a report, as a group of researchers have found that the...

Coronavirus could travel 27 feet, stay in air for hours: MIT researcher

Social-distancing guidelines to stay 6 feet from others may be woefully inadequate, one scientist warns — saying the coronavirus can travel 27 feet and...

Coronavirus cases in Mexico pass 1,000, health emergency declared

Mexico’s government on Monday announced a health emergency including stricter measures aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus after the number of cases passed...

Two more test positive in Trinidad & Tobago for COVID-19

As of yesterday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for COVID-19...
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Barbados recorded 37 new COVID-19 cases

There were 37 new positive COVID-19 cases on Sunday, out of the 1,436 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprised both...

A Visitor form UK died in Jamaica of COVID-19

Jamaica on Monday recorded one more COVID-19 death, pushing the tally to 305. The deceased is a 77-year-old male from the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, there were...

Sandals founder Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart dies aged 79 following ‘short battle with illness’

Travel pioneer Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, who founded Jamaica's Sandals resort, has died. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1941. He grew up on...

Barbados Confirms 161 New COVID-19 Cases

Barbados has announced 161 cases of COVID-19 at the Island’s Dodds prison. The discovery has prompted a massive contact tracing exercise. Authorities say the cases relate...