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Caribbean Life, D 20 ecember 10-16, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
tion with St Kitts and Nevis, the executive
board of the Washington-based financial
institution recently that the complete
halt in cruise ship arrivals and very few
stay over tourists since
the first quarter of 2020
“compounded on the
pandemic’s impact on
domestic activity.”
In a statement, the
lending agency said the pandemic resulted
in an estimated annual decline in
gross domestic product (GDP) of 14 percent
and the general government’s first
fiscal deficit (4.7 percent of GDP) since
2010, “financed by drawing down sizeable
deposit buffers.”
The IMF said an expected rebound in
tourism sets the stage for a strong recovery
from 2022 onward.
“However, the recovery path could
be derailed should the pandemic lead
to further sustained disruptions on the
anticipated pace of tourism recovery and
domestic activity,” the IMF warned.
TRINIDAD
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 984
COVID-19 cases, the highest number of
confirmed infections in a single day last
week.
The Ministry of Health also reported
17 new deaths from the virus, four of
which occurred in Tobago.
Until now, the highest daily reported
figure of positive cases was 781, reported
on Nov. 17.
Last month, epidemiologist Dr. Avery
Hinds warned that Trinidad and Tobago
could begin seeing near 1,000 new cases
of COVID-19 being recorded daily.
In the first three days of December,
2,398 cases have been confirmed. And
with 17 deaths occurring on Dec. 3, the
death toll for the first week of December
went pass 100 cases as there were 26
deaths over the weekend.
Of the new deaths, four were patients
in Tobago, bringing the
toll to 128.
Tobago also reported
61 new cases, taking the
island’s active cases to
788.
T&Ts overall death figure has climbed
to 2, 236 and overall confirmed cases to
774,533 as of Dec. 5.
Earlier last week. the US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and the US Embassy in Trinidad and
Tobago are advising Americas against
traveling to T&T.
The CDC is the national public health
agency of the USA.
T&T is not the only Caribbean country
on the CDCs level 4 list of 79 countries.
Other Caribbean neighbours include
Barbados, Antigua, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica
and the Cayman Islands
— Compiled by Azad Ali
Continued from Page 4
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