Caribbean Life, S 22 EPTEMBER 17-23, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
COVID-19 virus, a person would have to
make an appointment to visit that public
building and present a negative PCR
COVID-19 test result to gain access.
Based on the regulations covering
both public and private buildings it
would cover the markets, supermarkets,
stores, private hospitals and all private
businesses and institutions including
places of worship that the public would
have access to.
The previous regulations only covered
government ministries, departments
and agencies.
ST. LUCIA
St. Lucia last week reported a record
eight deaths from COVID-19. Health
authorities said they have taken note “of
the significant increases” in reported
cases.
The Ministry of
Health and Wellness
and Elderly Affairs said
there were also 345 new
cases of COVID-19 from
a batch of 892 samples tested recently,
bringing the total number of cases
diagnosed in the country to date to
8,870.
The Ministry said the eight new
deaths had pushed the island’s total to
84 and that those who succumbed to
the virus ranged from 34 to 93 years.
Updated figures as of Sunday, Sept. 12
is 9,823 cases, with 292 cases reported
and a total of 132 deaths.
TRINIDAD
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk
Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) said it
has made a payment of approximately
US$2.4 million TT $16.3 million to the
government of Trinidad and Tobago following
a rainfall event that occurred
last month.
It said that the Aug. 18-20 rains
caused by an Inter-tropical Convergence
Zone, resulted in flooding
and landslides across
southern and western
Trinidad making several
roads impassable.
Due to different hazard risk profiles
for each of the islands in the twin-island
republic, the government purchases
two separate CCRIF policies for excess
rainfall, one for Trinidad and the other
for Tobago, the CCRIF said adding that
this payout is being made on the excess
rainfall policy for Trinidad.
It said that since the oil-rich twinisland
republic purchased coverage for
excess rainfall in 2017, the country has
received payouts under its excess rainfall
policy each year, totaling US$12.5
million.
Trinidad and Tobago also has cover
for tropical cyclones and for earthquakes.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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