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Review
. 2022 May 19:10:844333.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.844333. eCollection 2022.

The Commonwealth Caribbean COVID-19: Regions Resilient Pathway During Pandemic

Srikanth Umakanthan  1 , Maryann M Bukelo  2 , Somu Sekhar Gajula  3
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Review

The Commonwealth Caribbean COVID-19: Regions Resilient Pathway During Pandemic

Srikanth Umakanthan et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created severe humanitarian and socio-economic constrains in the world. The health crises caused by COVID-19 has focused on consistent co-operation and strong bonding between the developed, developing and the under-developed countries to overcome this challenging pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; caribbean; economic; financial institutions; regional healthcare.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The Caribbean region COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021.
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Figure 2
The Caribbean regions case fatality rate as of December 2021.
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