Archive for January 6th, 2021
Six more travellers COVID positive
(CNS): There are now 47 active cases of COVID-19 among the 1,245 travellers currently in isolation after six more people tested positive in the latest batch of 408 coronavirus test results carried out over the last day. Eleven people are suffering symptoms but none of them are in hospital, officials said. With the arrival of […]
Officials fear low vaccine take-up
(CNS): Cayman’s governor, premier, health minister and top doctor will be the first people to get the COVID-19 vaccine ,not because they are vulnerable to the coronavirus but because of fears that ‘anti-vaxxer’ sentiment may have gripped the country. Governor Martyn Roper said Tuesday that the take-up level of the vaccine will determine when Cayman […]
Pressure mounts for MPs to oust Bush as speaker
(CNS): Constituents across the Cayman Islands have been calling, messaging and emailing their MPs as well as posting their demands on social media to remove Speaker McKeeva Bush from his high office following his conviction for a violent offence against a woman. The silence of most representatives has struck a chord with the community, and […]