"Many countries prefer hurricanes compared to what has happened with the pandemic," said Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, a former Bahamian tourism minister who also led the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Cuba — the largest Caribbean nation and the only one working on its own vaccines — choked off arrivals after seeing infections surge. The Soberana 2 vaccine could be the first vaccine developed in South America, with countries in the Pan-American Health Organisation hoping to have 100 million doses throughout 2021. It also anticipates receiving 1.8 million vaccine doses by April via the African Medical Supply Platform, a nonprofit initiative by the African Union. Neil Walters, acting secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 02, 2021 20:29 UTC