Tag: coronavirus
4 positive virus tests as CIG waits on breach appeal
(CNS): The cases of COVID-19 continue to grow among travellers in isolation and quarantine, as government waits to find out if the first appeal before the courts of an isolation breach will see the rule breakers receive a more severe punishment. Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported Monday that there were four new positive […]
Rules bent for ‘escapee’ teen in isolation
(CNS): A teenager who was supposed to be in a secure government facility, having already breached COVID-19 isolation protocols last weekend, has breached them again, this time from his own home. Officials said in a press release that he broke the rules for a second time Friday evening and that the case was under police […]
Another patient has COVID-19 symptoms
(CNS): Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee reported Friday that all of the 137 COVID-19 test results carried out over the last day were negative, but an additional person is now showing symptoms of the virus. There have been nine new positive cases this week and there are currently 29 people who have not yet […]
Six new COVID cases include two on Cayman Brac
(CNS): Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said Thursday that there were six new cases of COVID-19 among a batch of 344 COVID-19 tests carried out over the last day, two of which were individuals who are isolating on Cayman Brac. All six are currently asymptomatic and will remain in isolation along with another 1,556 […]
1000s of COVID vaccines expected here in January
(CNS): The arrival of several thousand vaccines in the first week of January will trigger stage one of Cayman’s COVID-19 national vaccination programme. Premier Alden McLaughlin said the shot will pave the way towards further reopening of the borders by March. But worried that public fears may impact uptake, he said that despi,te not being […]
Security beefed up, over 1,500 people isolating
(CNS): Security at government’s COVID-19 quarantine locations has been stepped up after a man managed to escape from what was supposed to be a secure facility on Sunday. Public concern is growing with the rising number of people in government quarantine or home isolation, which reached 1,572 on Tuesday, the highest number since the limited […]
Five people suffering COVID symptoms
(CNS): One more traveller was added to the tally of people who have tested positive for the COVID-19 in Cayman on Tuesday, bringing the total 291. There are currently 24 active case and five of those people are now said to be suffering from symptoms of the virus. No one is in hospital as a […]
Traveller ‘escaped’ from quarantine
(CNS): Police are investigating another breach of isolation by a traveller who has been at a government-run facility. The man went missing from what is supposed to be a secure quarantine location on Sunday. Officials who revealed the breach in a release Monday evening did not say how long the man was in the community […]
78 COVID-19 cases since border opening
(CNS): Another traveller tested positive for COVID-19 at the weekend, which brings the total recorded positive cases of the virus since the border was opened on 1 October to 78. The latest positive sample was among a batch of 422 tests, the rest of which were negative, carried out since Friday on travellers entering or […]
Week ends with additional COVID-19 case
(CNS): Another new positive COVID-19 test on Friday brings the total cases of the virus for this week to 15. The latest COVID sample to come back positive was in a traveller who remains in isolation and is asymptomatic. It was among a batch of 442 tests, the rest of which were negative. There are […]
Five people now suffering COVID-19 symptoms
(CNS): Another three people have tested positive for COVID-19. All of these new patients are travellers currently in isolation and are asymptomatic, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee. However, another person who previously tested positive for the virus now has symptoms. Officials have given no details on the status of the five people […]
