March 22, 2021
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European Union threatens to ban export of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine if EU countries do not get supplied first

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explained last week that 10 million vaccine doses have been shipped to the United Kingdom from plants all over [...]
March 21, 2021
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Over 3 million new COVID-19 cases recorded globally in one week

Worldometer puts the total number of COVID-19 cases globally at 123,555,586, a difference of 3,398,518 when compared to last week.
March 20, 2021

Minister of Health and Wellness: More than 65% of healthcare workers vaccinated

Chebat says that more than 30% of people ages 60 years and older have also received their first dose of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.
March 20, 2021

Minister of Health and Wellness thanks sister countries for COVID-19 vaccine donations

“ The vaccine is real and now we can directly combat COVID-19,” Chebat says.
March 20, 2021
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United Kingdom makes agreements with Caribbean countries on COVID-19 recovery and financial commitment to global vaccine program

In the area of COVID-19, the UK will maintain its significant financial commitment of £548m to the COVAX facility, and it will lobby internationally for Caribbean [...]
March 20, 2021

Jamaica is 1st Caribbean nation to get COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX

Jamaica has received 14,400 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility, a global effort between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the [...]
March 20, 2021

More than 15,000 people or almost 4% of Belize’s population vaccinated

The Ministry is now on Phase 1C and encouraging all persons with underlying conditions such as cancer, HIV and those requiring dialysis to get vaccinated as [...]
March 19, 2021

COVID-19 update: Only one case detected

The new cases were detected among a sample batch of 394 tests.