Heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in their 43rd regular meeting in Suriname last week have commended the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for its continued comprehensive response to COVID-19 in keeping with the Agency’s mandate. This commendation of the Trinidad-headquartered Agency is contained in the communique which was issued at the end of the July 3-5 Conference under the heading “Health” in which they acknowledged that …