Medical Health
Cayman’s COVID caseload remains high
(CNS): As of Friday morning, there were still around 5,500 people in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, as another week of staff shortages plagued both the business community and public services. According to Public Health officials, on Friday evening there were 13 people admitted to hospital as a result of the virus, nine of […]
More vaccine clinics set for vulnerable kids
(CNS): Another four Saturday COVID-19 vaccination clinics have been scheduled by the Public Health Department for vulnerable children between five and eleven years old. The clinics are by appointment only and open from 9am until 3:30pm at the Cayman Islands Hospital, beginning tomorrow and every two weeks until the end of March, when the nurses […]
PH confirms over 5,300 people still in isolation
(CNS): According to the most up-to-date figures released by the Public Health Department in several weeks, despite a decline in the number of new cases of COVID-19, there are still 5,316 people officially in isolation having tested positive for the virus. For two months now the business community and public services have been dealing with […]
Omicron B2 variant turns up in test results
(CNS): Public Health officials have revealed that the new Omicron variant, BA.2, has been discovered in the Cayman Islands. The highly contagious nature of this latest strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which was identified here on 3 February, might explain why so many people have been in isolation over the last week. This latest variant […]
2000+ released from isolation under new rules
(CNS): Public Health has estimated that there are now around 4,000 people in isolation as a result of an officially recorded positive COVID-19 result after new guidelines allowing those with CT levels of 32 or above to be released from quarantine. Given that the last active case number released by the Public Health Department was […]
Over 7,300 people currently infected with COVID-19
(CNS): The number of people in isolation here in Cayman after formally reporting that they have tested positive for COVID-19 is now believed to be more than 7,300 people, according to statistics on international websites where cases are recorded. Public Health Department officials have failed to report the number of active cases of the virus […]
Octogenarian dies from COVID-related causes
(CNS): An 86-year-old patient who was fully vaccinated but suffering from severe comorbidities died Wednesday as a result of COVID-19 related causes. This is the sixteenth person to die as a result of SARS-CoV-2 over the last two years in Cayman since the virus arrived on our shores. Another 15 people are in hospital due […]
Online form created for quicker quarantine exit
(CNS): The Public Health Department has created a new online platform to enable people who tested positive for COVID-19 but have completed their full isolation period, are asymptomatic and have CT values of 32 or more to be released more quickly. An early release request can be sent to PHD through the new online form […]
COVID-19 cases reveal first hint of decline
(CNS): The latest estimated figures from the Public Health Department reveal there were far fewer new positive cases of COVID-19 from Thursday through Saturday that were confirmed through PCR testing compared to the previous three days. Over 27, 28 and 29 January, 580 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-19, including 22 on the Sister Islands.
Record number of people still locked down
(CNS): More people than ever before were in isolation last week after taking PCR tests confirming they were positive with COVID-19. According to figures released by Public Health, at the end of the day last Wednesday, 6,545 people were in quarantine as a result of the coronavirus. Almost 1,600 people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between […]
COVID-19 spike continues and prison battles spread
(CNS): More than four months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus returned to these shores in September last year, the number of people testing positive each day continues to climb, and there are at least 20 people currently in the hospital. The prison service is also battling another peak of infections, with 16 staff and 31 inmates […]
