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Over 800 in Quarantine; Middle & North with more COVID cases

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#TurksandCaicos, February 5, 2021 – Providenciales has 31 new cases of Covid-19 according to the latest situational report from the Ministry of Health and there is still no word on whether or not the new strains of the coronavirus have been detected in these islands. 

Middle Caicos has also seen its cases double from two to four and  there are three new infections for North Caicos. 

Grand Turk is up by one case for a national increase of 37 new patients. 

While hospitalisations had increased a day prior by two to 11; it was overnight reported as decreased by one person and now stands at 10 admitted.   

So far this week, 245 tests have been completed by the National Public Health Laboratory.

There have been 40 recoveries over two days and at this time 804 people are in some sort of quarantine.

Turks and Caicos has now recorded 1,590 cases of Covid-19 and 1,254 recoveries.

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Rashaed Esson

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Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

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To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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