Caribbean L 16 ife, MARCH 12-18, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
in hospital for treatment.
“We have to take these drastic
actions because citizens are not displaying
the level of responsibility and
compliance necessary, Holness said
as he announced that the 8pm to 5am
curfew will be in place until March
23.
As of last week, a strict work-fromhome
arrangement will be in place for
the public sector. Only employees who
work in critical service delivery should
be in the physical office locations.
Haiti
One of Haiti’s most powerful gang
leader, Arnel Joseph, was recently
killed – a day after dozens of other
inmates escaped in a prison breakout
that left at least eight people dead,
including the prison director, authorities
said.
Police said Joseph
was riding on a motorcycle
through the Artibone
area in the town
of L’Estere when he was
spotted by a police checkpoint.
It is reported that Joseph pulled
out a gun and exchanged gunfire with
the police and when the smoke was
cleared, he was taken to hospital where
he was pronounced dead.
He had been Haiti’s most wanted
fugitive until his arrest in 2019.
He was reportedly one of the inmates
who escaped during the jailbreak.
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago is to receive a
significantly increase supply of COVID-
19 vaccines from the African Medical
Supplies Platform (AMSP).
T&T was initially set
to get 226,000 doses,
which will have a near
doubling of this allocation
to 426,000 from
the AMSP.
The 426,000 doses are in addition to
108,000 doses that T&T is scheduled to
receive this week via the United Statesbacked
COVAX alliance mechanism.
Minister of Health, Terrence Deyalsingh
said 108,000 doses were expected
to arrive by the end of March.
He said that was the deadline given
to T&T by the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO).
The AMSP, a single-source platform
designed to achieve faster, more
transparent and cost-effective access
to COVID-19 supplies, has pre-ordered
vaccines for 55 African Union member
states.
CARICOM member states, which
have been squeezed out of the international
market because of their relatively
small demands, sought vaccines
through the AMSP.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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