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Cuba begins commercial exports of local vaccines
Cuba has begun commercial exports of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, sending shipments of the three-dose Abdala vaccine to Vietnam and Venezuela. President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced the arrival in Vietnam on his Twitter feed Sunday. Cuba’s Center of Genetic Immunology and Biotechnology also announced that initial shipments of the Abdala shots were sent to Venezuela over…
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COVID-positive pregnant woman dies at SLBMC
A COVID-positive pregnant woman has died at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre. SLBMC Medical Director Dr. Albert Duncan said the patient, age 40, died this morning, September 27 at 3:25 am. This marks the nation’s first confirmed maternal death due to complications of COVID-19.
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Conspiracy theorists lack critical thinking skills: New study
THE NEW DAILY: The more people believe in conspiracy theories, the worse they perform on critical thinking tests, a new study has confirmed. This doesn’t mean that conspiracy theorists are necessarily lacking intelligence, but rather that they lack the skills to objectively analyse and evaluate a situation. The good news is that people can be…
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Biden receives COVID-19 booster shot, days after CDC recommends 3rd dose for his age range
President Joe Biden received a Covid-19 booster shot Monday at the White House, just days after the CDC recommended a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for certain at-risk groups. In a brief speech at the White House ahead of getting his third dose, the president said that “boosters are important, but the most important…
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BREAKING: Jurors convict R. Kelly of racketeering in sex-trafficking trial
Jurors have found singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering in a sex-trafficking trial lasting six weeks in New York City. They reached the verdict on Monday after two days of deliberations. Kelly, 54, had been on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court since Aug. 18 on allegations that he preyed on women and girls he lured into his…
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CDB approve US$25 million loan to Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved loans of US$25 million to Antigua and Barbuda and US$7.5 million to Anguilla to counter COVID-19 fallout and support economic recovery. “The two loans will buttress socially responsible policies, particularly for the benefit of vulnerable people in Anguilla and Antigua and Barbuda, while backing the reform process in…
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Country’s first COVID-related maternal death among 15 at SLBMC
Statement on behalf of Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC): *Dr. Albert Duncan,* SLBMC Medical Director said: “We can confirm that sadly, the following patients have died at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC). “They had tested positive for COVID-19. Male patient, age 63, on September 19 at 8:30pm. Male patient, age 27, on September…
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LETTER: Desist from lying to the public immediately
DEAR EDITOR: The one who sits in the Honorable Office of the Prime Minister and his colleagues must desists from lying to the public immediately, and add value in the form of respect to the Honorable Offices they hold compliments the general public. Almost every occasions these dishonorable men advance the words “in the interest…
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CDC director says US hospitals are ‘filled with unvaccinated people’ and warns that some are running out of ventilators and beds
BUSINESS INSIDER: Health-care systems in some parts of the US are in “dire straits” as unvaccinated people fill up hospitals, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. Some parts of the US are using “crisis standards of care” and running out of hospital…
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Response to article – ‘PM: Some on Facebook say they are poor but they always have data’
DEAR EDITOR: As a citizen placed in the economic category of ‘struggling’ at this present time, I find myself very troubled by the Prime Minister’s recent comments. The following is a response to the article entitled, ‘PM: Some on Facebook say they are poor but they always have data.’ I lost my job at the…
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CMO: Take COVID-19 seriously; boost your immune system