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Jamaica, Haiti, St. Vincent to get more vaccines through COVAX

Published 28 October 2021

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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: Caribbean LOOP NEWS

he Caribbean nations of Jamaica, Haiti and St Vincent and the Grenadines are among four countries due to receive more doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility.

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#BreastCancerAwareness: Reach For Recovery, the Legacy of Agnes Farell

Published 27 October 2021

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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: LOOP NEWS

The month of October is used to spread awareness about Breast Cancer. Events are hosted, commemorative pins are worn and the colour pink is used to honour those who have fought breast cancer and those who continue to fight.

In St. Kitts, Reach for Recovery SKB Breast Cancer Support Group offers assistance to those in need year-round while using the month of October to further awareness efforts with the hosting of activities synonymous with the group.

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Cancer should be considered a pandemic – Faces of Cancer president

Published 27 October 2021

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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: LOOP NEWS St. Lucia

Noting that more people die from cancer when compared to COVID-19, President and Founder of Faces of Cancer, Miss Dorothy Philip believes cancer should be considered a pandemic.

“It’s true COVID is killing people, but cancer kills over 270 people in Saint Lucia alone every year,” Miss Phillip declared.

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Fifteen new Covid-19 cases in St Lucia, one death

Published 25 October 2021

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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: LOOP NEWS St. Lucia

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs today Sunday, October 24, 2021 confirms a total of fifteen new cases of COVID-19.

These cases were processed on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Ezra Long Laboratory from a total of 273 samples which were collected between October 22 and October 23, 2021.

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Another COVID outbreak at Bordelais: 27 new cases at prison

Published 25 October 2021

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Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Source: LOOP NEWS St. Lucia

The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs today Friday, October 22, 2021, confirms a total of 54 new cases of COVID-19.

These cases were processed on Thursday, October 21, 2021, at the Ezra Long Laboratory from a total of 272 samples which were collected between October 20 and October 21, 2021. This number of positive cases makes up 19.8% of all the samples processed on that date. These new cases bring the total number of cases diagnosed in-country to date to 12,385.

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