COVID-19 Caribbean to U.S. Group Evacuation

Student Evacuation during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Location: The Caribbean

Duration: March 2020

As COVID-19 gained momentum, major global cities implemented travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 and closed airports to incoming international traffic. A group of U.S., Canadian and European veterinary students, dispersed in different locations around the Caribbean, needed a way off the island and a flight home. With a lack of direct flights, as well as flight reductions and cancellations to and from the islands, getting them home was going to be a challenge.

Read more about how UnitedHealthcare Global chartered four aircraft, and evacuated 348 passengers, along with 168 pets, service and therapy animals, back to home before the borders closed.