Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
Over 900 people vaccinated over last day
(CNS): Thursday’s COVID-19 vaccination figures reflected a slight increase in pace, as 940 people were recorded as being vaccinated since the last report from Public Health. Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said that 39.9% of the estimated population, or 25,957 people, have now had at least one shot. Of those 12,347 have also had […]
Vaccine level increasing by just 1% per day
(CNS): The COVID-19 vaccine programme is now open to all adults, but staggered alphabetically; on Thursday 18 March, people whose last name begins with U are invited to get their first dose. However, this week the number of people getting vaccinated has been growing by only about 1% per day, with just 630 getting their […]
Vaccine numbers continue steady climb
(CNS): With just over 24,360 people now vaccinated against COVID-19, the national rollout is still some way from government’s now revised target of having between 75% and 80% of the population inoculated before the borders can open and the country can begin the long road back to rebuilding the tourism sector. According to the latest […]
Over 36% of population now vaccinated
(CNS): Healthcare professionals worked flat out on Saturday, when, according to Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee, 1,761 COVID-19 vaccinations were administered, the largest number in a single day since the national programme was rolled out. So far, 23,866 people, or 36.7% of the estimated population, have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech […]
Year on from first tragic case, 5 test positive for COVID
(CNS): One year on from when the first positive case of the coronavirus was confirmed in the Cayman Islands, another five people tested positive on Friday, all arriving travellers. The first positive case was in a patient who was brought ashore after he had a heart attack aboard a cruise ship. The 68-year-old Italian man […]
No cases of serious vaccine side-effects reported to HSA
(CNS): The Health Service Authority is keeping track of all cases of side-effects from the COVID-19 vaccine but so far no one in the Cayman Islands has been hospitalised as a result of the shots. A total of 21,262 people have received at least one dose, and Medical Officer of Health Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez has […]
Quarantine to be reduced to 10 days
(CNS): Government has announced that over 91% of the over 60s have now been vaccinated and as a result the COVID-19 regulations will be changed later this month to reduce the mandatory quarantine period to ten days for travellers who have been vaccinated and produce the necessary negative test result. Premier Alden McLaughlin said the […]
Over 30% of population now vaccinated
(CNS): Public health officials have confirmed that 18,997, which is just over 30% of the estimated population of 65,000, have received at least one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, while 9,447 have had both shots. Government is planning to hold a press conference Wednesday, where it is expected to reveal the percentage of the over […]
Nine cases of COVID among weekend tests
(CNS): Travellers to the Cayman Islands are still bringing in the coronavirus, demonstrated by the nine positive tests over the weekend among 394 carried out since Friday. This brings the tally of active COVID-19 cases among the 682 people in quarantine to 32, with two people suffering symptoms of the virus. The local vaccination programme […]
Airport vaccine clinic opens to all
(CNS): All residents over the age of 16 who would like to be vaccinated against COVID-19 can now attend the airport clinic on Grand Cayman to get their first shot. But to avoid crowds, health professionals are conducting the final stage alphabetically. Those whose second name begins with A were the first on the list […]
Almost 1/4 of adults have had COVID jab
(CNS): According to the latest figures released by Public Health officials, 15,386 adults, or almost 24% of the estimated population, have now received at least one shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the Cayman Islands. Over 13%, or 8,622 people, have already completed the two-dose course and more than 24,000 shots in total have […]
