WASHINGTON, DC – The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, has warned that while the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an estimated 4,000 lives weekly in the Americas, and Monkeypox cases rise, the polio virus has now been detected among unvaccinated communities in New York.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The second person diagnosed with monkeypox in Guyana has been released from hospital.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A senior official of the Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV & AIDS (CRN+), Tuesday urged closer collaboration among regional and international stakeholders “to overcome the challenges that face us as a region, as it relates to HIV and AIDS”.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is finalizing arrangements for the acquisition of 100,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine from biotechnology firm Bavarian Nordic, for distribution to Latin American and Caribbean member countries.

WASHINGTON, DC – Director of the Pan Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa Etienne, Wednesday said prevention remains a major key in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and Monkeypox  in the Americas, including the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has confirmed two more cases of the Monkeypox virus, bringing the number of persons with the virus to nine as health authorities indicating that while vaccines have been promised through a collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), there is no guarantee that the island will actually get the amount of doses promised.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Government says it is moving towards developing a “white paper” that will guide the island’s efforts at achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with the aim of improving health systems and ensuring that affordable and quality health care is provided to St.t Lucians.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The first set of vaccines to treat monkeypox is expected to arrive this month, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton has disclosed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Monday announced that the country had recorded its fifth case of the Monkeypox virus but the first case to be the first case to be reported outside of rural Jamaica.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony, Monday confirmed that Guyana has recorded a second case of the Monkeypox virus.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia health authorities have extended until September 10, the current protocols for the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washington, DC - The National Chest Hospital in Kingston is to benefit from a gift of J$3.5 million-dollars donated by the RalRosa Foundation, for the to purchase much-needed medical equipment for the institution.