1. COVID-19 has exacted a tragic toll on The Bahamas, but the economy is starting to get back on its feet. More than 33,368 cases have been reported as of April 2022, with over 789 deaths (Figure 1). Containment measures were put in place in March 2020 and subsequently eased through successive waves of the pandemic. The rapid surge in cases in late 2021 because of the Omicron variant has now quickly subsided. With about forty percent of the population fully vaccinated, The Bahamas is lagging other countries in the region.