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With heavy machinery and ceremonial shovels, demolition of the former home of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and construction of a state-of-the-art new National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) began with a groundbreaking ceremony this week in McNamara.
Read more: Construction on BVI National Emergency Operations Centre Begins
Women and families who would be impacted by the increased activity of the La Soufrière Volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, should it become explosive, will have access to 400 dignity kits that have been donated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Read more: Women and families in St. Vincent And The Grenadines to benefit from UNFPA Donation
The National Hazard Management Executive (NHME) of the Cayman Islands has received a comprehensive familiarisation briefing from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) which outlined the next steps for how Cayman can take advantage from its membership.
The Ministry of Health, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Emergency Management Agency are pleased to announce the arrival of a shipment of medical supplies donated by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The shipment contained eighty thousand (80,000) masks, twenty-six thousand two hundred fifty (26,250) IgG Rapid Test Kits, one hundred (100) coveralls, one hundred (100) N-95 masks, and three thousand (3000) gloves.
Georgetown, Guyana August 5, 2020 - Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, last evening, handed over a quantity of essential medical supplies to the Ministry of Health. The items include 5,730 N95 masks, 316,600 surgical masks, 46,250 rapid test COVID-19 kits, 200 overalls and 5,000 gloves.
The supplies were donated to the CDC through a collaborative arrangement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the World Health Organisation (WHO), Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates. Guyana is one of 14 Caribbean territories to receive these supplies.
The hand over was done moments after the supplies arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on a special cargo flight.