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Cayman’s ability to conduct genome sequencing is not only a pivotal leap forward for the local COVID response, it could also help give the jurisdiction the edge it needs to be added to the UK’s ‘green’ travel list.
Health Services Authority CEO Lizzette Yearwood made this point when she discussed the new technology on the Cayman Crosstalk radio show on 8 June.
“Once we can identify what is happening here in this community, we upload it into a global database. [W]e have had a lot of discussion with the Governor’s Office about this, because this technology and the information we get from these tests is really going to help us in our negotiations with the UK to get us in the green status, so we are very excited about the work,” Yearwood said.
At present, Cayman is on the UK’s amber list, which requires that travellers from here must quarantine for 10 days…
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