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BBC reports positive on Caribbean’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic

BBC reports positive on Caribbean’s handling of COVID-19 pandemic

May 18, 2020
11:39 pm

A BBC Report has been highlighting the Caribbean’s handling of the COVID’s pandemic.

It notes that the death toll in the region from the coronavirus has been relatively small, with 84 deaths across 20 nations, when compared to other parts of the globe.

The UWI’s Professor Clive Landis in the BBC report on the Caribbean’s response to COVID 19

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