Medical Health
COVID-19 travel regulations to run another month
(CNS): Cabinet has now extended the Control of Covid-19 (Travel) (No. 2) Regulations until the end of June, officials said Thursday evening. This brings them into line with the management regulations, which were also extended until the end of June last month. The extension of the rules surrounding travel means that unvaccinated adult tourists with […]
COVID-19 weekly report changing to reflect more diseases
(CNS): The weekly COVID-19 report covering the third week of May, which was released Thursday morning, will be the last report dealing with the coronavirus pandemic alone. Given the emerging global diseases like monkeypox, next week it will become a newsletter that covers all communicable and non-communicable diseases impacting the community. This last COVID-19 report […]
Doctors ready to support baby formula changes
(CNS): Health Services Authority paediatrician Dr Linden Swan has confirmed that some families here are being impacted by the baby milk formula shortage in the United States, especially those with babies who have allergies or other special feeding issues. But he said that doctors are ready to support families with babies who are transitioning to […]
School outbreak boosts active case numbers
(CNS): After a reported outbreak of COVID-19 at Cayman Prep on Friday, over 100 students and their family members were locked down over the weekend. The positive tests boosted the number of people in isolation and on Monday Public Health said there were an estimated 1,778 active cases, including 58 on the Sister Islands.
Monkeypox on local radar but no Caribbean cases
(CNS): Health officials around the world are increasingly concerned about the number of cases of monkeypox emerging in more countries. The Cayman Islands Public Health Department said it is aware that this smallpox-related virus could appear in the Caribbean, but so far no cases have been reported.
CMO hints at need to reduce COVID restrictions
(CNS): Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton, who last week was urging people to help curb the spread of COVID-19, now says that the risk of increasing infections needs to be balanced with the benefits of a more normal lifestyle. Despite the still high transmission levels, she said consideration needs to be given to […]
Health City moving towards training institution
(CNS): World-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty has plans to convert the hospital he founded here, Health City Cayman Islands, into an institution for training Caymanian students to become the healthcare professionals of the future. Part of the original deal Shetty made with the Cayman Islands Government to build the hospital in East End, in […]
CMO urges people to help curb COVID spread
(CNS): Fourteen people are currently in hospital “for COVID-19 related causes”, six of whom are vaccinated, according to Public Health, and another 1,738 people have formally tested positive for the virus. Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton has said that she doesn’t want to cause alarm but people need to be more aware of […]
COVID cases taking a toll on services, say health officials
(CNS): The public is being urged to practice infection control measures as the number of people isolating due to SARS-CoV-2 continues to climb. According to the latest official active case numbers, more than 1,600 people are currently infected, which is taking a toll on businesses and services, Public Health officials said in the latest COVID-19 […]
COVID-19 hospital admissions in double figures
(CNS): Cases of COVID-19 continued climbing over the weekend and there are now ten people in the hospital as a result of SARS-CoV-2, six of whom have been vaccinated. Over the weekend another 227 people officially reported testing positive for the coronavirus, including another 21 in the Sister Islands. There are now at least 1,427Â official […]
Gene lab to advance treatment for local patients
(CNS): The opening of the Cayman Islands Molecular Biology Laboratory (CIMBL), which will undertake diagnostic genome sequencing, will advance medical treatment and patient outcomes for people in the Cayman Islands, the Health Services Authority said in a release.
