HealthCaribbean Weekend
Edition 2021-02-25
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HealthCaribbean Weekend is a weekly #PHC #Health #Newsletter published on Thursdays which depicts current happenings in the #Caribbean #Healthcare Sector, of interest to healthcare providers, investors & suppliers.
India vaccine maker courts Jamaica
A leading Indian manufacturer of a vaccine in late-stage clinical trials has wooed the Holness administration with a pledge to inoculate Jamaica’s 2.8 million population. Bharat Biotech, the company that produces the COVAXIN vaccine, intends to...
Barbados, Dominica to share donated COVID-19 vaccines with regional neighbours
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb. 10, CMC – Barbados and Dominica intend to share with their Caribbean neighbours some of the COVID-19 vaccines sent by the government of India, Prime Minister Mia Mottley said on Tuesday evening. A Regional...
CARICOM head praises members for sharing vaccines
Georgetown – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Friday praised the strong solidarity as member states shared their limited first batches of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. The Secretary-General’s comment came as he led his CARICOM Secretariat Staff in taking vaccine shots from 100 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine provided by Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Mottley also made donations to Guyana and other CARICOM neighbours from Barbados’ supply of …
Best for CARICOM to purchase Covid-19 vaccines as a group – experts advise
Two days ago, on the morning of Friday, February 12, Charles Savarin, the 77-year-old president of the sister Caribbean Community (CARICOM) state of Dominica, became the first person in his country to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The jab was...
PAHO urges region to improve readiness to roll out vaccines
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) o...
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