Tag: TravelCayman
Travel Cayman shut down as restrictions lifted
(CNS): On Wednesday, 24 August, the remaining travel restrictions related to COVID-19 will be lifted, Premier Wayne Panton revealed Friday. No one will need to be vaccinated to enter the Cayman Islands and therefore Travel Cayman, the government department created to deal with the pandemic restrictions, will be disbanded. From next week, declarations or certificates […]
Masks mandate repealed, travel tests dropped
(CNS): Government’s mandatory requirement for people to wear masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19 has been repealed and is now purely voluntary, with the exception of visitors to hospitals, prisons and care homes. Bar and restaurant owners can require staff to mask up when serving customers but the government is no longer compelling […]
CMO hints at need to reduce COVID restrictions
(CNS): Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr Autilia Newton, who last week was urging people to help curb the spread of COVID-19, now says that the risk of increasing infections needs to be balanced with the benefits of a more normal lifestyle. Despite the still high transmission levels, she said consideration needs to be given to […]
Travel Cayman staffer fined for curfew breach
(CNS): A staff member of Travel Cayman, the department that oversees the COVID-19 protocols for unvaccinated travellers and people in isolation, was issued with a ticket on Tuesday by the RCIPS for an incident involving a breach of quarantine that took place on Monday, 28 March, according to the Ministry of Border Control and Labour.
More breaches as COVID isolation cases grow
(CNS): The risk of more community transmission in Grand Cayman increased over the weekend as seven more breaches of isolation rules were reported, as well as another jump in positive cases of the virus among travellers that were due to be released from quarantine. While the Public Health team continues to investigate the contacts of […]
Police investigate quarantine bus mix-up
(CNS): Police say there was no intentional breach of COVID-19 isolation rules surrounding a mix-up over the transport to take a group of people at the end of their quarantine for their PCR exit test. It appears that the group, who were isolating at a home and not in a government facility, got into the […]
Travellers cleared of quarantine breach
(CNS): Travel Cayman officials have said that a group of people currently in isolation who were spotted on social media sitting aboard a boat this weekend were not in breach of the home quarantine protocols. The RCIPS, Public Health and Travel Cayman conducted an investigation into the alleged breach following a report about the circulation […]
Local man dies at quarantine hotel
(CNS): Public health officials have confirmed that a local man has died at the government quarantine hotel, the Holiday Inn. Few details have been released by the Travel Cayman team, which is responsible for the health and well-being of those who are being held at the facility until they have served their ten or 14-day […]
BA repatriation schedule still in the works
(CNS): Government officials have said that until the borders reopen and commercial flights begin operating once again, the only passenger flights approved to operate during this period are to facilitate repatriation travel. While government said it is continuing to work closely with British Airways to secure a consistent flight schedule to and from the UK, […]
Seven cases of COVID among latest travellers
(CNS): The weekend COVID-19 test results, which include travellers on the Cayman Airways flight on Saturday where mask protocols were breached as people took pictures with a celebrity passenger, revealed seven positive cases. While the investigation is underway, the new ten-day protocol for those who have been vaccinated did not come into effect until today, […]
Officials reveal COVID-19 isolation risk
(CNS): Travel Cayman has said a system software error enabled a traveller to quarantine at home instead of in government quarantine, raising questions about the risk the individual, who is approaching the end of the 14 days in isolation, posed to the community. Few details were given by officials, who said in a brief statement […]
