Tag: COVID-19 vaccine
16 travellers positive for COVID over weekend
(CNS): There were sixteen positive cases of COVID-19 among travellers over the weekend, five of whom were vaccinated, Chief Medical Officer Dr John Lee said in his latest report. Three people who tested positive were at the end of the five-day home quarantine period, while the rest were at the end of ten or fourteen […]
Vaccine numbers grow, mask mandates re-emerge
(CNS): Businesses and government agencies began implementing mask mandates at the weekend as fears that Cayman’s COVID-free community bubble has burst. The concern has also fuelled a surge in the uptake of the vaccine, with an additional 514 people getting shots over the weekend. The national vaccination rate of people with both doses is now […]
COVID vaccine take-up surges as local cases emerge
(CNS): Hundreds of people went looking for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the last two days following the revelation that Cayman’s protective bubble had burst and the coronavirus had been detected in the community in a family with no travel history. At least 500 people were vaccinated at the West Bay Clinic […]
UK expected to clear booster shots for Cayman
(CNS): Following emergency approval by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots, Governor Martyn Roper said he was hoping to get the green light very soon from the UK Government to start a booster programme here in Cayman so that the most vulnerable […]
Latest figures reflect slight increase in shots
(CNS): Even before the news of the return of coronavirus transmission in the community yesterday, the latest vaccination numbers show that the rate had already begun to increase this week. Before yesterday evening’s surge at the West Bay clinic, the latest figures from Public Health showed that 52,622 people, or 74% of estimated population of […]
Data reveals mild, short-lived vaccine side effects
(CNS): Up to 23 August there were no reported admissions to hospital in the Cayman Islands for side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine and no deaths associated with its administration, public health officials have confirmed. According to data collected from the vaccination forms submitted by people coming for their second dose, as well as calls […]
Mac opposes October opening in social media post
(CNS): Speaker McKeeva Bush has publicly declared his opposition to the PACT government’s current policy to lift some quarantine restrictions on visitors in October. Despite being a member of the current government, Bush falls outside the collective responsibility held by Cabinet members, and while his role as speaker requires him to refrain from engaging in […]
37 with COVID-19 in isolation
(CNS): There are now 37 active cases of COVID-19 among those currently in quarantine and isolation, 13 of whom have symptoms, though no one has been admitted to hospital. According to the latest public health figures released Tuesday, another four travellers tested positive for the virus just one day before the government plans to open […]
24 positive cases of COVID emerge this weekend
(CNS): Twenty-three travellers and one person quarantining with a traveller tested positive for COVID-19 in this weekend’s test results. Despite the obvious concern this will now fuel in the community, given that government is still planning to open the borders to fully vaccinated travellers in five weeks, officials said the Cayman Islands quarantine protocols have […]
Just 61 people added to vaccine tally
(CNS): The needle on the COVID-19 national vaccination rate remained stuck Friday, when just 61 people were added to the tally of those who have had at least one dose and only 33 people rolled up their sleeve for a second dose over the last day. Government is due to lift travel restrictions in less […]
Vaccines still stalled as Mu added to WHO list
(CNS): Just over 50 people got their first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine over the last 24 hours, according to the latest figures, as the national vaccine programme continues to stall. Here in Cayman, 73% of the population has now had at least one dose while the fully vaccinated rate remains at 70%, just one […]
