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Jamaicans still flocking to overseas employment programme despite COVID-19

Almost 300 Jamaicans are to leave the island this weekend to take part in the seasonal farm work programme in the United States...

Caribbean has achieved COVID-19 containment, says researcher

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has been contained in the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti, according to a leading researcher and academic. However, Dr. Clive Landis, pro-vice-chancellor for...

Coronavirus may linger in semen of infected men, poses small risk for COVID-19 infection via sex, new study says

An analysis of semen from men infected with coronavirus revealed that the disease lingered in the samples of only a few patients, suggesting there...

Study claims Vitamin D levels may impact COVID-19 mortality rates

Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates from the novel coronavirus, a new study reveals. A research team led...

Trinidad-born soldier/teacher in NY overcomes battle with Covid-19

Trinidad-born Ricardo Babu­lal, who was tested positive for Co­vid-­19 in New York, was determined to survive and not leave his loved ones behind,...

Black and Pakistani people more likely to die from COVID-19 – UK data

Black people and those of Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnicity have a significantly higher chance of dying from COVID-19 than white people, even when adjusting...

Brazil has registered 125,218 COVID-19 cases and 8,536 deaths, raising chances of lockdowns

Brazil, one of the world’s emerging coronavirus hot spots, registered a record number of cases and deaths yesterday, prompting the health minister to flag...

Russia reviews plans to ease curbs as cases rise by 10,559 – latest updates

Death toll from coronavirus pandemic crosses 250,000 as confirmed cases exceed 3.7 million. Here are the developments on the pandemic for May 6, 2020. Putin...

PAHO director warns of possible crisis in Haiti due to COVID-19

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne has cautioned countries not to prematurely relax their social distancing measures...

Amazon city resorts to mass graves as Brazil COVID-19 deaths soar

Deaths from the coronavirus outbreak have piled up so fast in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city that the main cemetery is burying five coffins...
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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...