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Gov’t to launch E-commerce platform for businesses during curfew

Published 22 March, 2021

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Some businesses, including restaurants and delivery operators, are to be able to function after the curfew hours until midnight through the new E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS).

Limited testing of the service has started, and there is a plan to launch it as a pilot in Portmore by Friday, March 26, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

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AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages

Published 22 March, 2021

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FILE – In this Friday, March 19, 2021 file photo Medical staff members administer the AstraZeneca vaccine at La Nuvola (The Cloud) convention center that was temporarily turned into a COVID-19 vaccination hub, in Rome. AstraZeneca said Monday March 22, 2021 that advanced trial data from a U.S. study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79% effective. The U.S. study comprised 30,000 volunteers, 20,000 of whom were given the vaccine while the rest got dummy shots. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalisations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.

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Prison Staff Protest Handling Of Covid Outbreak

Published 22 March 2021

Basseterre 

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Prison officers at Her Majesty’s Prison are currently standing outside the penal institution in a show of frustration over management of the Covid outbreak at the facility. The officers say they are concerned about their health and that of their families.

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COVID-19 UPDATE: 18 new cases, 28 recovered

Published 22 March, 2021

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There were 18 new positive cases of COVID-19 recorded on Saturday, March 20, from the 422 tests conducted by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory. They comprise eight men and 10 women.

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UWI centre predicts influx of sargassum

Published 22 March, 2021

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SOURCE: CMC — Some islands in the Eastern Caribbean were told to brace for a moderate to severe influx of Sargassum seaweed in the coming months

This is according to the March 2021 Sargassum Sub-Regional Outlook Bulletin published by the UWI Centre for Resource Management and Environment Studies, Cave Hill, Barbados.

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