Latest CoronaVirus News & Updates from Haiti
Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers
6d | YAHOO!Haiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel ...
Read moreCate Oswald, chief policy and partnership Officer for Partners In Health, speaks during forum on COVID-19 in Haiti
1d | Miami HeraldU.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson hosted a virtual forum on Haiti titillating “An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing ...
Read moreHaiti records 123 more positive cases of COVID-19
1d | The Jamaica ObserverHaiti on Friday recorded 123 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), pushing the country's total since March 19 to 1,443, ...
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As Haiti Braces for the COVID-19 Pandemic, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Are More Important Than Ever
2d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Haiti about Water Sanitation Hygiene and Epidemic; published on 29 May 2020 by World Bank ...
Read moreCoronavirus detected in Haiti's largest prison
9d | YAHOO!Nearly a dozen detainees in Haiti's largest prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an administrator told AFP ...
Read moreDespite cancellation of Run Across Haiti, Pittsburgh-area runners continue with event close to home
1d | TribLIVE.comThe country of Haiti is 1,550 miles from Pittsburgh, but a group of local runners who had hoped to participate in this year’s ...
Read moreMSF opens a COVID-19 treatment centre in Haiti
12d | ReliefWebMSF has re-purposed the Grands Brûlés hospital in Drouillard, a neighbourhood of the capital, to support patients who have ...
Read moreMassive mural of doctor who died of COVID-19 honors immigrant frontline workers in New York City
1d | CBS NewsDr. Ydelfonso Decoo, an immigrant who lived in Washington Heights, gave up his potential retirement — and ultimately his life ...
Read moreHaiti voodoo leaders prepare temple 'clinics' for coronavirus sufferers
6d | The Jerusalem Post BlogsVoodoo priests have appeared on television and radio shows to make clear they are not responsible for coronavirus and are ...
Read moreFEATURE-Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers
6d | Thomson Reuters FoundationHaiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel coronavirus and to prepare the sacred initiation chambers of their temples to ...
Read moreHaiti records more than 300 COVID-19 cases over a three-day period
3d | The Jamaica ObserverThe Ministry of Public Health said the 111 new cases meant that over the past three days Haiti recorded more than 300 new ...
Read more30 deported to Haiti, but ex-strongman remains in US
4d | Houston ChronicleThirty people were deported to Haiti on Tuesday, but a former paramilitary leader accused of murder and torture was not among ...
Read moreMSF opens a COVID-19 treatment centre in Haiti
12d | ReliefWebMSF has re-purposed the Grands Brûlés hospital in Drouillard, a neighbourhood of the capital, to support patients who have ...
Read moreCoronavirus puts 14 million people at risk of missing meals in Latin America and the Caribbean
2d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Haiti and 10 other countries about Education, Food and Nutrition, Children and Epidemic; ...
Read moreDespite cancellation of Run Across Haiti, Pittsburgh-area runners continue with event close to home
1d | TribLIVE.comThe country of Haiti is 1,550 miles from Pittsburgh, but a group of local runners who had hoped to participate in this year’s ...
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Take five: As Haiti battles COVID-19, services to protect women and girls with disabilities are critical
5d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Haiti about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Children, Persons with Disabilities, Epidemic and more; published on 18 May 2020 by UN Women ...
Read moreFEATURE-Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers
6d | Thomson Reuters FoundationHaiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel coronavirus and to prepare the sacred initiation chambers of their temples to ...
Read moreCOVID-19 has reached Haiti's overcrowded prisons. Some fear a human rights disaster
3d | Miami Herald on MSN.comWith COVID-19 infections spiking in Haiti, where fevers are quickly spreading inside the country's overcrowded prisons, hundreds of inmates risk dying of the novel coronavirus, the government's chief ...
Read moreMassive mural of doctor who died of COVID-19 honors immigrant frontline workers in New York City
1d | CBS NewsDr. Ydelfonso Decoo, an immigrant who lived in Washington Heights, gave up his potential retirement — and ultimately his life ...
Read moreHaiti’s bishops considering next steps in effort to rebuild churches
4d | America MagazineUnder a program called the Partnership for the Reconstruction of the Church in Haiti--PROCHE--the American Catholic Church, ...
Read moreMassive mural of doctor who died of COVID-19 honors immigrant frontline workers in New York City
1d | CBS NewsDr. Ydelfonso Decoo, an immigrant who lived in Washington Heights, gave up his potential retirement — and ultimately his life ...
Read moreHaiti’s bishops considering next steps in effort to rebuild churches
4d | America MagazineUnder a program called the Partnership for the Reconstruction of the Church in Haiti--PROCHE--the American Catholic Church, ...
Read moreFlossie Lee Bournes, a nurse in the early days of AIDS, dies of COVID-19 in new pandemic at 82
1d | Chicago Sun-TimesBecause of the dangers of the coronavirus, her family couldn’t be with her final hours. ‘That’s my mama, and I can’t see her, ...
Read moreNew York City hires more than 1,700 contact tracers to combat COVID-19
3d | MarketWatchContact tracing is a kind of medical detective work. “The real skill is persistence,” says one woman who has done it.
Read moreFACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 5.93 million, death toll over 364,000
1d | Thomson Reuters FoundationMore than 5.93 million people have been reported infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 364,043 have died, a Reuters tally shows. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and ...
Read moreStorm season 2020: Florida prepares for hurricane season amid coronavirus pandemic
16h | The Daytona Beach News-JournalAs the season officially begins Monday, the state is dealing with a coronavirus pandemic. What can we expect if the ...
Read moreChildbirth in the age of coronavirus: Parents in South Florida balance joy and fear
2d | Miami HeraldThis was not the childbirth experience any of these parents had envisioned. The coronavirus added to the stress of having a ...
Read more‘I win’: Darien man’s battle with COVID-19 brought him close to death
4d | StamfordAdvocateA Darien man who works at Stamford Hospital came down with COVID-19 and became a patient in the hospital. He came very close ...
Read moreCOVID-19 could have disastrous implications for 12 million breastfeeding women and their babies in high risk countries, warns CARE International
2d | ReliefWebEnglish News and Press Release on Somalia and 8 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Children, Women, Epidemic ...
Read moreWFP Warns COVID-19 Pandemic Could Mean a Food Crisis in Latin America
1d | Voice of AmericaA report released this week by the U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) warns that social and economic measures aimed at slowing ...
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