According to the Caribbean Public Health Agency ( Situation Report No 29 (issued on March 31 2020 up to 32 countries in the Caribbean region have reported the importation of at least one confirmed case of COVID 19 The risk of further importation of cases to the Caribbean Region remains Very High The aim for all countries now, is to stop transmission and prevent the spread of the virus Based on the Draft CARPHA Health Sector Response Guidelines for COVID 19 circulated to Member States, most countries are encouraged to implement actions in keeping with the Initial or Targeted Action in the Response Phase
At the time of publishing, there were 1926 cases in 32 countries/territories (including 23 CARPHA Member States), in the Caribbean Region The Regional Coordinating Mechanism for Health Security (RCM HS), is actively working with Heads of Government and regional partners on a collective approach to the COVID 19 response A virtual meeting of the RCM HS was convened on 24 March 2020 Countries are strongly urged to strengthen their health sector response and move to a state of readiness and rapid response.
As at April 2 n d 2020 WHO reported 900 306 confirmed cases of patients with COVID 19 with the total number deaths soaring to 45 693 globally
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