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The OECS Environmental Sustainability Cluster and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) partner to launch a webinar on “Shelter Management: Best Practices and Tools for Preparedness” on June 30, 2020.
Emergency shelters provide vital spaces for impacted, vulnerable or unhoused members of the community prior to, or post a hazard event. The management of disaster shelters is evolving as managers and practitioners integrate learning and upgrades from research, experience and technology.
In CDEMA Participating States, including OECS Member States, many existing emergency shelters, in particular in smaller and more remote communities, were not originally designed as shelters, thus presenting functional and operational challenges and constraints.
The current COVID-19 pandemic also presents an additional layer of issues, constraints and protocols for consideration and adaptation for relevant authorities, agencies and communities.
The webinar will enable participants to explore the intricacies and challenges of developing and coordinating an effective emergency shelter management programme within communities in the Member States of the Eastern Caribbean. The Webinar will pursue four main objectives, namely:
The following speakers will provide insights on shelter management during the 2020 hurricane season, recognizing the multi-hazard environment:
The general public is invited to participate in the webinar.
Theme: Shelter Management, Best Practices and Tools for Preparedness
Date and time: June 30, 2020 10:00 a.m.
Registration link: https://oecscommission.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eEWMsJkDTZGUuTWDMKBxFg
The Caribbean needs to prepare to manage COVID-19 for the next two years.
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Barbados is the latest Caribbean destination planning to reopen its borders for tourism.
The Caribbean island will officially begin receiving visitors on July 12, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced.
The move comes after Barbados has reported 35 days with no new cases of COVID-19.
The first commercial flights to Barbados will kick off with Air Canada service from Toronto on July 12.
On July 18, British Airways will resume service from London Gatwick, and JetBlue will be relaunching flights from New York to Barbados on July 25, with four weekly flights out of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
On Aug. 5, American airlines will be resuming flights to Barbados out of Miami.
“We will continue to take a risk based approach to the protection of our country, our people and our visitors,” Mottley said.
So what should visitors to Barbados know before they plan their trips?
Travelers will be required to present evidence of a negative result of a PCR COVID-19 test and a bar code to clear immigration.
All travelers from “high risk” countries are “strongly encouraged” to take a COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours prior to departure for Barbados, according to Tourism Minister Kerrie Symmonds.
Barbados is defining “high risk” countries as those with more than 10,000 cases in the prior seven days, with community transmission. That would include the United States.
Travelers from “low risk” countries (those with less than 100 new cases in the previous seven days) will have up to one week prior to departure for Barbados to take their tests.
Travelers will also have to fill out a new online “Embarkation/Disembarkation” ED card, which will include personal questions relating to COVID-19 symptoms. (You can find the card here)
Once all required steps are included (along with supporting documents uploaded), travelers will receive a bar code.
Those travelers without a documented negative PCR test result will be required to take a test upon arrival, and will be quarantined at their expense, with an anticipated wait time of 48 hours for the results.
If travelers fail that test, they will be replaced in isolation “where they will receive care from the Ministry of Health and Wellness.”
For more, visit Barbados.
— CJ
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Air France is making its return to the Caribbean this summer, the carrier said this week.
The airline will be relaunching its flight service to the wider Caribbean beginning in July.
The relaunch will include Fort-de-France, Martinique; Havana, Cuba; Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe; Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and St Maarten.
Air France is also relaunching its service to Panama City this summer.
All of the routes will be operated from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport.
We can see that people need to travel again and will gradually be resuming services to 150 destinations in France, Europe and the rest of the world this summer,” said Anne Rigail, CEO of Air France. “After this difficult period, we are delighted to be welcoming our customers back on board, so that they can travel this summer and be reunited with their loved ones. All Air France staff, both on the ground and on board, are committed to guaranteeing our passengers the highest levels of health and safety.”
Air France is requiring the use of surgical masks on its flights, with temperature checks for all travelers prior to boarding.
It’s part of enhanced health and safety measures that also include a new procedure for disinfecting cabins, the company said.
— CJ
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… del covid-19 en Puerto Rico, la gobernadora Wanda Vázquez … empleados del gobierno de Puerto Rico deberán comenzar a laborar … y Salud Ocupacional de Puerto Rico.
El nuevo decreto permitirá … social.
Con estas medidas Puerto Rico comienza la reapertura 3:04 …
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