Archive for November 4th, 2021
Active COVID cases climb to at least 1,425
(CNS): With another 125 community transmissions of SARS-CoV-2, including four more cases confirmed on the Brac, and one traveller testing positive between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the number of confirmed active cases of the virus in the Cayman Islands has climbed to more than 1,425, accounting for well over half of the cases recorded here […]
Masked 7MB robbers flee empty-handed
(CNS): Three men seated near the parking lot at the Seven Mile Public Beach were targeted by two masked armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday morning, but they were driven off by their intended victims and fled empty-handed. Police said they were called to the scene at around 1:40am and found that one […]
COVID pill approved by UK health agency
(CNS): The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve a COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics. On Thursday Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommended that the drug, Molnupiravir, be administered by physicians as soon as possible following a positive COVID-19 test and within […]
Police investigate baby’s death at beach
(CNS): The RCIPS has opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a baby yesterday around noon on Seven Mile Beach. The infant boy was taken to the West Bay Clinic and had arrived unresponsive, police said in a short release. Officers were called to the clinic where they were told the […]
Cayman must cut emissions, says Panton
(CNS): The Cayman Islands has one of the largest carbon footprints per capita in the world, which Premier Wayne Panton has said must be reduced. In a video call from the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the PACT Government leader pointed out that if countries like Cayman are going to press […]
Full prison struggles with high COVID case load
(CNS): With at least nine security officers isolating at home and around 20 inmates now infected with COVID-19, the prison service is struggling with quarantine issues inside HMP Northward. Prison Director Steve Barrett has denied that inmates who have tested positive are being housed in the same cells as those who are virus-free and said […]
Foster’s expansion stalls over ‘old time’ house
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority has adjourned an application by Foster’s to expand its West Bay supermarket to give the local business time to revise the plans for a larger parking lot to incorporate a century-old traditional Cayman house on the site. This will mean revising the plans to put the additional parking space around […]
