SLHTA News May 17th 2021 – OECS Says US Travel Advisory Against Saint Lucia, Other Member States ‘Concerning’

OECS Says US Travel Advisory Against Saint Lucia, Other Member States ‘Concerning’

While we have been able to manage the pandemic in the OECS with case fatality rates and cases per population rates lower than the global average, we continue to be disproportionately affected by the economic fallout of COVID, due to our highly tourism-dependent economies.

This is further compounded by the inequitable distribution of vaccines globally. While the United States boasts that 60% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, in the Eastern Caribbean we have only been able to cover about 22% of the eligible population with the first dose…Read More