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TCI: Covid Testing Rate improving

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#TurksandCaicos, March 17, 2021 – During the Press Conference held Monday evening by the Minister of Health and Deputy Premier E Jay Saunders… the nation heard the Covid 19 testing rate has gone from 30 percent two weeks ago to 19 percent to date.

The Ministry of Health through the National Public Health Lab is on a mission to get to three percent of tests performed showing positives for Covid 19… that three percent, with lower covid 19 new case rate is what the CDC requires to take Turks and Caicos off the high risk list for travellers. 

Saunders said there is no lobbying by TCI Government to be removed; the strategy is to first aim to comply with what our neighbours north want.  That is however proving a challenge as Turks and Caicos residents are not coming out to be tested in large enough numbers even though capacity for testing has been ramped up. 

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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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