Archive for 2021
CAL urges passengers to learn US travel rules
(CNS): From today, all non-US citizens flying into the United States must be fully vaccinated in order to travel, a requirement that is part of a new international air travel policy introduced by the US government. All foreign travellers must also show a negative COVID-19 test result. Cayman Airways is urging passengers to conduct their research and […]
Cruise ships struggle to keep COVID out
(CNS): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has extended its order controlling COVID-19 protocols on cruise ships until January next year. In the order, which was issued last month, the CDC said that while protocols to manage COVID-19 have prevented onboard medical clinics and hospitals in ports from being overwhelmed, the spread of […]
Cayman needs UK nod for kids COVID shots
(CNS): As the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 spreads rapidly through the community, including children, the government here must wait for the green light from the UK to begin administering paediatric formulations to children under 12 years old. The US Food and Drug Administration authorised the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for this age […]
194 COVID positive cases recorded in one day
(CNS): The escalation in community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 was starkly illustrated Friday when public health revealed that 194 positive tests for the virus were recorded between 8am Wednesday and 8am Thursday across all three islands, bringing the total number active cases as of yesterday morning to 1,600.
Cops seek help to ID men on CCTV from GT bar
(CNS): Police are asking the public to help them identify two men caught on camera outside a George Town bar almost one year ago. The footage comes from CCTV taken on 19 December last year outside a bar on Martin Drive, likely the Zodiac Bar, when “an incident” occurred. While there was no indication in […]
Car brings down pole across Old Crewe Road
(CNS): Traffic police are currently on the scene of a collision on Old Crewe Road where a car reportedly crashed into a CUC light pole, knocking it down and is blocking the road. The driver, who was the only person in the car, has been taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital by ambulance to be […]
Anglin to ‘chip in’ on costs for same-sex unions JR
(CNS): The Grand Court has upheld a decision by the legal aid director requiring Kattina Anglin to contribute towards the cost of the judicial review, which she successfully secured, of the governor’s use of his powers to implement legislation providing for same-sex civil unions. Because Anglin is soliciting funds for the legal fight through the […]
Girl sexually assaulted at care home
(CNS): Police are currently investigating allegations that a male intruder has been entering the Frances Bodden Children’s Home in Bodden Town and sexually assaulting an underage girl. Officers were called to the secure care home on Wednesday after a report of the man climbing into one of the bedroom windows at the house the previous […]
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 […]
