ECC Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean prepares the region to face the COVID-19 epidemic. ECC also publishes situation updates on COVID-19 response in the Caribbean countries.
News on ECC response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Three days before Christmas, the Glebe Polyclinic in St. George, Barbados, received a donation from PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC).
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 22, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - In their continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic, PAHO presented the polyclinic with a state of the art standing non-…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 21 December 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - On 14 December 2020, authorities of the United Kingdom (UK) reported that a SARS-CoV-2 variant has been identified through viral genomic sequencing in 1,108 individuals as of 13 December 2020.
Given the identified variant strain can be dated back to September 2020 in UK, it is likely this…
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 18, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - The PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries (ECC) said thank you to media this week, for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During a cocktail reception hosted for media houses, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kenneth George, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health…
Bridgetown, Barbados, December 12, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - St. Vincent and the Grenadines recently received a generous donation to continue the mission of safeguarding health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and assist with managing the dengue outbreak.
Dr. Rufus W. Ewing, PAHO Advisor, Health Systems and Services, on behalf of Dr. Yitades…
Bridgetown, December 4, 2020 - The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization’s (PAHO/WHO’s) commitment to assisting Barbados during the COVID-19 pandemic was again demonstrated during an official handover of a motor vehicle, medical and information technology equipment, and supplies.
These items, a humanitarian donation from the…
Health Care Workers across the globe continue to go above and beyond the call of duty. In the Caribbean, the challenges are no different, the physical and mental affects, stigma and discrimination, fear of infection, and overall trying their best to keep it together. They show up everyday and put us first. This video feature…
St. Kitts and Nevis’s COVID-19 fight received a boost thanks to a donation of medical equipment on Friday 13 November, 2020
Bridgetown, Barbados, November 17, 2020 (PAHO/WHO)—The Federation received 35,200 respiratory masks, 10,500 isolation gowns, and 3,600 goggles, through PAHO with financial assistance from the Government of Canada. Dr.…
Bridgetown, Barbados, November 4, 2020 (PAHO/WHO) - As part of its continued efforts to protect health workers, the PAHO/WHO Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Countries made a donation of CAN$239,000 in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Antigua and Barbuda.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment in Antigua…
Members of the country’s workforce were recently equipped with training to help protect them from COVID-19.
The training, which took place on the 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 14th of October, provided more than 100 persons with life saving techniques. Those trained were hotel managers and staff, customs and immigration staff, security personnel,…