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Amidst daunting findings recently made by scientists that the “world is on a trajectory to reach 1.5 ° C within the next twenty years relative to pre-industrial temperature under even the lowest emissions scenario”, CARICOM Ministers of Environment and Minsters of Foreign Affairs joined climate negotiators, and technical experts on Monday to discuss the critical issues for the Caribbean of keeping global temperature to at least the 1.5°C threshold.
Two (2) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and seventy-five (175) samples processed on Tuesday, 7th September, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.14%.
The need to enhance consumer protection rights relating to electronic communications services was the refrain at the 21st Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority and the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (ECTEL/NTRC) Consultative Forum on Friday, 3rd September , 2021.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on August 30th, 2021, named the variant B.1.621 - Mu, a variant of interest. A variant of interest (VOI) is one that has genetic differences to the other known variants and is causing infections in multiple countries, and therefore might present a particular threat to public health.