Last Updated on November 5, 2020, 2:24 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Barbados added the Cayman Islands to its list of jurisdictions and countries considered to be high risk for COVID-19.
In the latest coronavirus health protocols, that came into effect on Tuesday, 3 November, Barbados added 14 countries to the high-risk category, and the total number of countries in the category are now 50.
Other countries added to the high-risk category were Antigua and Barbuda, Estonia, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Greece, Cuba, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Cuba, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.
They join 36 others in this category, including the United Kingdom, Jamaica, the United States and Canada.
Just two countries are considered low risk by the Barbados authorities – Egypt and Greenland – while there are six countries on the very-low-risk list – China, Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis.
In the risk categories, the US CDC considers Cayman to be low risk for COVID-19.
Back in August, Cayman was listed “very low risk” by the CDC, after observing more than 30 days without a new case at that time.
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