Medical Health
District sites open for COVID confirmation testing
(CNS): Public Health officials have re-established district testing centres in West Bay and Bodden Town for people who need a PCR test to confirm a positive case of COVID-19 from a lateral flow test. With hundreds of people still testing positive every day, the two-hour clinic at South Sound was overwhelmed. This caused significant public […]
COVID-19 cases soar again over weekend
(CNS): Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton has reported that there were 843 new positive cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, including eleven in the Sister Islands, and that the number of patients in hospital had climbed to 15 after seven new admissions.
Education minister isolates after positive COVID test
(CNS): Education Minister Juliana O’Connor-Connolly is the latest member of government who has been forced into isolation after testing positive for COVID-19. The minister, who was one of the last MPs to get fully vaccinated, is said to have only mild symptoms of what is likely to be the Omicron variant, which is now the […]
Changes to COVID rules under consideration
(CNS): Government has extended the current regulations and restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic but only for one more week. Officials said the Control and Management of Covid-19 Regulations, 2022 and Control of Covid-19 (Travel) Regulations, 2022 are now under review while Cabinet contemplates moving to Phase 5 of the border reopening plan and looks at […]
Clinic to confirm positive LFTs extends one hour
(CNS): Hundreds of people are still testing positive for COVID-19 every day, many of them with lateral flow tests, but there is still only one daily clinic for those individuals to take the requisite confirmation PCR test. However, that clinic will now be open for two hours per day instead of just one, officials have […]
Public health boss cutting COVID reports
(CNS): Even as the pandemic continues to rip through the community, closing offices, government departments and placing thousands of families in lockdown, the interim chief medical officer has announced plans to cut reports on the state of the pandemic to just once per week.
Hospital admissions climb as virus spreads
(CNS): Public Health officials said that there are now nine patients in hospital as a result of COVID-19 after three more people were admitted over the last day, reflecting the anticipated knock-on effect from the continued uncontrolled spread of the virus through the community. Another 357 positive tests emerged during the latest results, and officials […]
Two more people die as a result of COVID-19
(CNS): Officials have confirmed that two people have died of COVID-19 related causes over the last 24 hours in Cayman. CNS understands that one of the two victims was an unvaccinated elderly woman from Cayman Brac who was admitted to the George Town hospital a few days ago. But officials have not revealed any details […]
Quarantine rules relaxed for vaxed Omicron cases
(CNS): Public Health officials have announced a relaxation in quarantine and isolation requirements for those testing positive for the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. As this variant becomes the dominant strain in the Cayman Islands, the rules have reverted to those in place before it emerged. With immediate effect, people who are positive with any strain […]
Over 600 more people infected with COVID-19
(CNS): The number of people admitted to hospital who have tested positive for COVID-19 increased to seven over the weekend but Public Health officials have not stated whether or not these admissions were because of the coronavirus or for other reasons. But with more than 600 new cases reported this weekend and over 4.8% of […]
Care home hit with COVID outbreak
(CNS): A number of both staff and residents at Maple House have tested positive for COVID-19 and all those impacted have been moved to an undisclosed location, officials have said. Few details have been revealed about the outbreak, which was revealed as part of the routine lateral flow testing at the residential care facility for […]
