Caribbean National Weekly August 19, 2021

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THURSDAY AUGUST 19, 2021

Delta Variant has Jamaica Scrambling Just as Jamaica finished celebrating the arrival of one million visitors to its shores since the pandemic halted travel, the population got news of an unwelcomed guest this week. On Wednesday the island confirmed 22 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the government has promised to keep the population updated on the situation. “We have received 40 results from the 60 samples sent to the (Trinidad0based) Caribbean Public Health Agency. Twenty-two are positive for the Delta Variant,” said Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton said in a statement.

It has never been more important for our people, including those 12 years and older, to get vaccinated. – Tuon He said the epidemiology and laboratory teams are now doing further analysis to see if there is any particular significant factor related to the 22 identified, adding “the public will be kept updated”. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said that hospitals across the country have exceeded their COVID-19 bed capacity while exhausted healthcare workers urge members of the public to stay vigilant in their practice of infection

TOP STORIES 22 Cases of Covid Delta Variant now in Jamaica

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DESPERATION for Aid Increases in Haiti After Quake Pressure for a coordinated response to Haiti's deadly weekend earthquake has increased as more bodies were pulled from the rubble and the injured continued to arrive from remote areas in search of medical care. Aid was slowly trickling in to help the thousands who were left homeless.

International aid workers on the ground said hospitals in the areas worst hit by Saturday's quake are mostly incapacitated and that there is a desperate need for medical equipment. But the government told at least one foreign organization that has been operating in the country for nearly three decades that it did not need assistance from hundreds of its medical volunteers. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said Wednesday that his administration will work to not “repeat history on the mismanagement and coordination of aid," a reference to the chaos that followed the country's devastating 2010 earthquake, when the government was accused of not getting all the money continues on B4 – Desperate

continues on B4 – Scrambling

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