The U.N.-backed Covax program will not meet its target of delivering enough doses this year to Latin America and the Caribbean to vaccinate 20 percent of their people.
Tag: Caribbean Area
Health Officials are Buying Millions of Vaccines for Latin America
The Pan American Health Organization is working to address inequities in availability by offering doses for sale to countries in need.
Hurricane Sam Strengthens to a Category 4 Storm
The fourth named storm to form in less than a week was forecast to strengthen Saturday night as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean.
Montserrat’s Audacious Tourism Experiment During the Coronavirus Pandemic
To step onto Montserrat’s volcanic beaches, 21 travelers (so far) with an income of at least $70,000 have agreed to stay two months. The goal: to keep cash coming in, while keeping Covid away.
A Caribbean Island’s Audacious Tourism Experiment
To step onto Montserrat’s volcanic beaches, 21 travelers (so far) with an income of at least $70,000 have agreed to stay two months. The goal: to keep cash coming in, while keeping Covid away.
W.H.O. Warns of Dire Threat of Covid During Pregnancy in Latin America
In Mexico and Colombia, Covid has become the top cause of maternal deaths.
Health officials plead for vaccine donations to Latin America and the Caribbean.
Although every country in the region now has some vaccines, only one person in four there has been fully vaccinated.
The W.H.O. will address inequities by making vaccines in Latin America.
In a region where some populations have extremely limited access to vaccines, public health agencies are taking control of the means of production.
Earthquake and floods have set back Haiti’s faltering effort to curb the pandemic.
Disaster victims are competing with coronavirus patients for the island’s scarce health care resources, and vaccination efforts had barely begun, the W.H.O. warned.
Tropical Storm Grace Heads Toward Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
The tropical depression is expected to batter Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday.