NASSAU, BAHAMAS United States Embassy Charg dAffaires Usha Pitts said the US is in early negotiations with the government of The Bahamas to contribute personnel to the frontlines of the COVID-19 fight.<\/p>\n
This comes as the nation enters an unprecedented phase of the pandemic with record cases and hospitalizations.<\/p>\n
The US has, throughout this pandemic, weve been focused on the support, Pitts said.<\/p>\n
Its not just about vaccines, right?<\/p>\n
So, we donated diagnostic equipment. We donated the freezers to store the vaccines, PPEs.<\/p>\n
We are constantly working with the Bahamian government to find out what we can do to support them.<\/p>\n
Samaritans Purse has been a partner to The Bahamas ever since Dorian and theyve always come through really well.<\/p>\n
We understand that the hospitals are really suffering because basically they need more personnel.<\/p>\n
Thats on our list too to see if we can support them with medical personnel to treat COVID cases.<\/p>\n
Asked if the personnel would include doctors and nurses specifically, Pitts said she was unable to disclose finite details as the discussions were in the preliminary stages.<\/p>\n
I cant comment just yet; were just in the early phase of discussions, the charg said.<\/p>\n
So, like this third wave in The Bahamas, it is becoming a critical issue on the medical side of things. So, were just starting discussions on how we can support The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
Hospitalized cases have increased to 146 cases, up from the 138 reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Of those, 15 cases were in Intensive Care Units.<\/p>\n
The Bahamas has around 140 beds for COVID patients.<\/p>\n
The Bahamas recorded 1,221 cases this month alone.<\/p>\n
Last month, a total of 2,185 cases were recorded a record number of cases in a single month.<\/p>\n
Another 130 cases were recorded on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, the US donated 128,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines the single largest tranche of vaccine doses received to date.<\/p>\n
It is the first tranche of a total of 400,000 doses of the US-manufactured vaccine.<\/p>\n
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