Suriname, Guyana, Bahamas register more deaths from COVID-19

August 17, 2020 in Regional

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Guyana and Suriname have registered more deaths from the coronavirus (COVID-19) as other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries register increased cases of the virus that was first detected in China last December and blamed for 774,000 deaths and 21.6 million infections worldwide. Suriname...

Dominica critical of US advisory on island due to COVID-19

August 10, 2020 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_14166" align="alignleft" width="300"] Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit[/caption] ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he has written to the United States complaining about the decision by Washington to place Dominica and other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries on a list of high-risk countries...