ABC News: A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia, and six other tigers and lions that […]
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BBC-Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat. It comes after the coronavirus outbreak was linked to wildlife meat, prompting Chinese authorities to ban the trade and consumption of wild animals. Shenzhen went a step further, extending the ban to dogs and cats. The new […]
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BBC-The total number of coronavirus deaths in Spain has now exceeded 10,000. The country, the second-worst hit in terms of deaths, has also lost nearly 900,000 jobs. The US on Friday said it saw a record 6.6 million new unemployment benefit claims The unemployment figures are another sign of the dire impact the pandemic is […]
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More than 33 countries, territories, and regional organizations participated in what was called the First Extraordinary Meeting of Health and Foreign Ministers of the ACS to address the danger that COVID-19 represents mainly for the Caribbean. The Health and Foreign Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) held Tuesday the first extraordinary meeting of […]
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the summer Olympics, set for Tokyo, will be postponed after reaching an agreement with the International Olympic Committee. “The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the […]
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As the Government of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) intensifies its response to the global pandemic, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all airports and seaports in the Territory of the Virgin Islands will be closed to inbound passengers for 14 days, effective 11:59 pm, Sunday, March 22, 2020. Internally, all non-essential gatherings of 20 persons or more […]
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Fellow citizens, the pandemic, Covid-19 has resulted in a global crisis that is unlike any we have seen in our lifetime. Over 250,000 people worldwide, have so far contracted Covid-19. We are thankful thus far, that no case of the virus has yet been confirmed here in the tri-island State of Grenada. Nevertheless, we know […]
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Implemented by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through its Social Development Unit, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Governments of seven OECS Member States, the Family Law Reform Project aims to increase the capacity of the judicial and legal system by providing laws which make fundamental shifts […]
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Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic has confirmed that Barbados recorded its first two cases of COVID-19. Here is the full text of his statement: Today I am advising the public that Barbados has recorded its first two cases of COVID-19. The patients are a 48-year-old visitor who arrived in Barbados on March 13th from […]
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All schools in the country will close as of Monday, education officials have just announced. The closures are in direct response to the COVID-19 outbreak as the Ministry of Education seeks to mitigate the impact of its spread. According to a release issued moments ago, all educational institutions – both public and private – in […]
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