PAHO warns of potential blood shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

… and health services.” The risk of transmission of the new coronavirus through transfusion of blood and components is …

Last updated: 4 May 2020

PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Noreen Jack updates the country on the efforts being done to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Belize

… it seems that Belizeans are sharply focused on the new Coronavirus, especially after the first diagnosed case on …

Last updated: 22 Apr 2020

PAHO/WHO Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Statement on Detection of a SARS-COV-2 Variant in United Kingdom

… across the country will not work against the new variant of coronavirus. All viruses, including the SARS-CoV-2, change …

Last updated: 28 Dec 2020

PAHO/WHO assisting Barbados to strengthen its COVID-19 isolation facilities

… of the positive cases and contain the spread of the coronavirus in Barbados.  Specific to the vehicle, he noted …

Last updated: 5 Dec 2020

PAHO Director asks countries to address health, social and economic emergencies together, as COVID-19 expands in the Americas

… is “deeply concerned” by the rapid expansion of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas. “The pandemic …

Last updated: 20 Jul 2020

Region of the Americas continues to prepare for COVID-19

… (PAHO) has announced a total of 23 confirmed cases of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the Region of the Americas. …

Last updated: 29 Jun 2020

Webinar: Approaches to NCDs during the pandemic and post-pandemic period

Last updated: 30 Jul 2021

Brazil, PAHO and WHO share experiences to improve diagnosis and genomic surveillance of the COVID-19 virus

… countries on laboratory diagnosis of the then called novel coronavirus: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, …

Last updated: 20 May 2022