DDA launches Public Awareness Campaign in Fight against COVID-19

DDA launches Public Awareness Campaign in Fight against COVID-19

Discover Dominica Authority, through the Dominica Festivals Committee, joins the fight against COVID-19 in the Nature Island.  With the report of increased number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on island, the Dominica Festivals Committee activated its Corporate Social Responsibility plan and reached out to popular musicians and entertainers to further educate and inform the general […]

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 Senator Clement Marcellin statement on COVID-19

Senator Clement Marcellin statement on COVID-19

Covid-19 is an infectious disease presently affecting nearly a third of the world’s population. Gauging from the experience in China where the disease originated and ongoing epidemiological research, Covid-19 is assigned an R0 of 2.5 meaning an infectious person will on  average likely infect 2.5 people assuming no one in the population has been vaccinated […]

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 COVID-19: An Update on Dominican students in China and advice to the Dominican public

COVID-19: An Update on Dominican students in China and advice to the Dominican public

Pursuant to our previous communiqué entitled “Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): An Open Letter to the Public from Dominican Students in China”, this open letter serves to update the general public on the current situation. The Government of The People’s Republic of China continues to work ardently to contain the spread of COVID-19, and we steadfastly […]

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 National Youth Council statement on COVID-19

National Youth Council statement on COVID-19

The National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) is the officially recognized umbrella youth organization in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Due to the recent confirmation of Dominica’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Dominica the NYCD is calling on all Dominican youth, youth groups and youth related stakeholders to be vigilant during this time. As the […]

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 RBC Royal Bank announces special banking times for seniors during COVID-19 pandemic

RBC Royal Bank announces special banking times for seniors during COVID-19 pandemic

Today, RBC Royal Bank (RY on TSX and NYSE) (“RBC”) announced the introduction of special month-end banking times for seniors and differently-abled persons due to the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. From Friday, March 27, 2020 to Friday, April 3, 2020, most RBC branches will open 15 minutes early to serve seniors and differently-abled […]

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 Update: Dominica Records 7  COVID-19 CASES

Update: Dominica Records 7 COVID-19 CASES

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment advises the public that the Commonwealth of Dominica has confirmed five (5) additional cases of COVID -19 and four (4) probably cases as of today ,March 24, 2020. These four (4) probably cases are currently being retested. This brings our total number of confirmed cases to […]

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