Topic: CDC

The Department of Agriculture has said no avian influenza has been found in samples taken from five birds in a local poultry flock that was euthanised after suspected cases were detected in preliminary rapid antigen tests.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended its COVID-19 programme for cruise ships.

About 100 cruise ships are now being monitored by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for COVID-19 cases onboard.

Cayman couples Joy and Sam Basdeo and in-laws Andre and Maria Jackson say they are not worried about their trip, nor the journey ahead, even though their cruise ship is among 88 now under investigation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for onboard COVID-19 cases.

The Holland America cruise ship, whose stop in Grand Cayman was cancelled this week, is now among 88 cruise ships under investigation by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for onboard COVID-19 cases.

The Tourism Ministry has called the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory against travelling to the Cayman Islands "regrettable", but says raising the jurisdiction to level 4 – very high risk of COVID-19 – does not mean the industry will be "negatively affected".

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved the Cayman Islands to the Level 4 list of countries with a very high level of COVID-19, and is advising against travel to the region.