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Senator hopes to procure COVID vaccines from Cayman for The Bahamas

Outspoken Bahamas Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator, Dr Michael Darville has suggested that that the Caribbean nation should seek to procure vaccines from Cayman and other British Overseas Territories. “I believe we need to reach out to Cayman and some of the British colonies because we already have close diplomatic relations with them to see if we could source some of the vaccine to stand the inoculation programme,” he said at a PLP press conference on January 7. In an interview with the Miami Herald, which was published on January 8, the Senator was also quoted as saying “The territories’ administration must have found a way to get the vaccine into those countries through the legislature in the UK and so that puts them at an advantage as far as we’re concerned.”

Health officials monitoring holiday celebrations, bracing for possible spike in cases

“We are not seeking to close our borders again as a country,” says Wells NASSAU, BAHAMAS Health Minister Renward Wells yesterday urged Bahamians to continue to abide by the health protocols and emergency orders throughout the remainder of the holiday season. There have been fewer than 100 new COVID-19 cases recorded in The Bahamas in the past week. As of Monday, COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 7,846, of which 1,444 remain active. Minister of Health Renward Wells. “I don’t want to jinx our situation in the country,” Wells told reporters outside Cabinet. “I’m hoping that we do not enter a third wave. So far, the numbers have been very good in regards to COVID.

Health minister: No immediate plans for UK travel ban

NASSAU (CMC): Health Minister Renward Wells says the territory is closely monitoring the situation in the United Kingdom (UK) following reports of a virulent strain of the coronavirus emerging in that country. According to Wells, there are no immediate plans to impose a travel ban against the UK, but presently, there are no direct flights from the UK to The Bahamas. “I think those flights are supposed to start again in February and so, we’re just observing it. We’re seeking to ensure that we maintain the health protocols that we have in place, that anyone who’s coming into the country has to be able to take the RT-PCR test before they come in. So, we’re seeking to deal with this particular strain at the borders,” the health minister said.

OFFICIALS ALERT OVER U K STRAIN: No immediate plans for travel ban - but that could change

and TANYA SMITH-CARTWRIGHT WITH a new strain of COVID-19 spreading in parts of England, Health Minister Renward Wells said while there are no immediate plans to impose a travel ban against the UK, officials will continue to closely monitor the situation. The mutation is said to be 70 percent more contagious than other strains of the coronavirus. “Well, you’re speaking about the virulent strain that is now in the UK, the southern part of the UK and spreading,” Mr Wells said before going into a Cabinet meeting yesterday. “It is not more virulent, it’s not more deadly than the current COVID that we’re experiencing though it transmits much more readily, much more easily. But we’ve had other strains of COVID also if you remember back in February, March and in Italy, there was a particular strain in Italy that was extremely infectious as well.”

No immediate plans for UK travel ban, says Bahamas health minister

No immediate plans for UK travel ban, says Bahamas health minister
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