This Saturday, no new case. Guadeloupe still has 152 cases of coronavirus confirmed by PCR test. Among these confirmed cases, 5 patients are hospitalized at the CHUG (5 patients in intensive care, more patients in medicine). Today, a total of 97 people are declared cured by infectious disease specialists in Guadeloupe. The expansion of PCR … Read more
In the last regional epidemiological point, dated April 30, Public Health France publishes some key indicators. Individual monitoring (figures closed on 04/29/2020 at 10 a.m. – Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe and CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre)– 152 biologically confirmed cases in Guadeloupe, 38 in Saint-Martin and 6 in Saint-Barthélemy– Half of the cases in Guadeloupe and more … Read more
A new death and a new confirmed case of coronavirus are to be deplored, this Thursday, in our archipelago. A 75-year-old man did not resist the virus that killed us for the tenth time. A new death is to be deplored, this Thursday, which brings to 10 the number of deaths in total in Guadeloupe. … Read more
Taking into account the circumstances related to public health around the world, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has decided to suspend the departures of its fleet from midnight onwards. All trips currently underway will end as planned and the company will assist its guests with their safe return home. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. expects to resume … Read more
Fabric, Atlantis. The Fire brigade de Tela reports the death of a young man drowning this Monday on the beaches of the Atlantic coast. This is a young man identified as José David Mata, who bathed in the Miami beaches, a garífuna community in the Honduran Caribbean. Firefighters found the body after relatives of Jose … Read more
Although the official authorities of Puerto Rico considered that the arrival of the coronavirus was unlikely, they now claim that the arrival of the virus is imminent. This was stated by the Secretary of the Department of Health, Rafael Rodríguez, who said that the island is at alert level. “We used to say it was … Read more
In a case of coronavirus COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic and other suspicious cases in other areas of the Caribbean, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced ordered today, Sunday, to take additional measures to prevent the virus from spreading on the island. “The ‘task force’ created, both from government agencies and private entities, is attentive and taking … Read more
Three hundred and sixty-one dead: the balance sheet of the new coronavirus now exceeds that of SARS in mainland China, where a hospital, built in record time to cope with the influx of patients, was to open on Monday. After ten days off due to the Chinese New Year, the stock markets, panic-stricken by the … Read more
According to the latest dengue surveillance report, published by Santé Publique France, the epidemic has already affected 4,360 people. For about two months, the weekly number of dengue cases has been estimated at 350 per week on average. Sante Publique France estimates that since the start of the epidemic, nearly 4,360 patients have been seen … Read more
The number of clinically suggestive cases has been on the rise since early January but is still lower than the values recorded last December. Epidemiological surveillance data for dengue in the first two weeks of January 2020 show that the virus is still active in Martinique. Our island remains in epidemic risk. “The individual and … Read more