Under 30, out of formal work and educated to secondary level is the typical profile of the person refusing COVID-19 vaccination in the Eastern Caribbean. This is according to a groundbreaking new study on vaccine hesitancy launched on Friday. Commissioned by UNICEF, funded by USAID and conducted by the Caribbean Development Research Services Inc (CADRES), the wide-ranging study examines the extent of, and reasons for, vaccine hesitancy – and whether the minds of vaccine hesitant persons can be changed. The study was conducted in six countries: Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.…
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One (1) new COVID-19 positive case was reported from fourteen (14) samples collected on Friday January 14th, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 7.1%. Fifty-five (55) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on January 14th, 2022.The current COVID-19 testing algorithm, based on the WHO recommendations appropriate for this phase of the current outbreak, reduces the number of RT-PCR tests conducted, relying more on rapid antigen testing and clinical diagnosis. HOSPITAL ADMISSIONSThere are currently no patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Twenty- three (23) patients are admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton…
ITV – Novak Djokovic’s will not be playing at the Australian Open after a court dismissed the top-ranked tennis star’s appeal against a deportation order on Sunday. After a tense few hours, three Federal Court judges unanimously upheld a decision made on Friday by Immigration Minister Alex Hawke to cancel the 34-year-old Serb’s visa on public interest grounds, bringing the saga that has gripped the world’s attention closer to an end.The decision likely means that Djokovic, who is not vaccinated against Covid-19, will remain in detention in Melbourne until he is deported.A deportation order usually also includes a three-year ban…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s effort to play in the Australian Open despite being unvaccinated for COVID-19 moved to a higher court Saturday as the No. 1-ranked tennis player appealed the second cancellation of his visa. Djokovic was not seen on the online feed available to the public for the 15-minute procedural hearing, which began just two days before he is scheduled to play his first match of 2022 at Melbourne Park. Judge David O’Callaghan ruled that lawyers representing Djokovic and the government would need to submit written arguments later Saturday, and he scheduled another hearing for Sunday morning.…
By Jomo Thomas The announcement that at least eight government parliamentarians tested positive for the coronavirus, and the frequency with which vaccinated Vincentians contracted the virus and infected others, exploded one sordid myth and confirmed an inconvenient truth. The COVID-19 epidemic is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Far from it, it is the pandemic of the vaccinated. These vaccines were touted as safe and effective. Developments here and worldwide are living proof that they are far from effective. Their safety is questionable at best. Too many people are suffering severe adverse events, including death. These most recent developments have…
Loop Caribbean – A fisherman from St Vincent and the Grenadines and two Grenadians, a chef and an assistant chef were arrested and are assisting police with investigations in Grenada after close to $400,000 in marijuana was found in a vehicle. According to the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) sometime after 2 am on January 13, officers attached to the Drug Squad Unit intercepted a vehicle along the Grand Anse Valley Roadway and conducted a search. The search revealed a quantity of controlled drugs. The Cannabis weighed 176 pounds and carries an estimated street value of $399,168. As a result…
The Division of Nursing Education (DNE) emerged champions of the St. Vincent & the Grenadines Community College’s (SVGCC) 2022 debate competition, in a narrow 534-532 final round victory over the Division of Teacher Education (DTE). The DNE opposed the topic & The continued spikes in COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean are a direct result of Caribbean governments’ mismanagement of the pandemic & and argued that while spikes continue throughout the Caribbean those spikes can be attributed to citizens disregard for public health policies and protocols, the continued promotion of misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19. The division also argued that…
NEW COVID19 CASES Two (2) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported on Wednesday, January 12th, 2022, bringing the total to eight (8) positives from twenty-six (26) samples, resulting in a positivity of 30.8%. Fifteen (15) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from twenty-five (25) samples collected on Thursday January 13th, 2022, resulting in a positivity of 60.0%. Sixty-eight (68) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on January 13th, 2022. The current COVID-19 testing algorithm, based on the WHO recommendations appropriate for this phase of the current outbreak, reduces the number of RT-PCR tests conducted, relying more…
Introduction Many of us were blessed to be able to usher in the new year, and no doubt did so thanking God for his mercies, albeit undeserved having spared our lives to see yet another year. As we looked forward, we simultaneously reflected on the year just passed and the many challenges thrown at us, and questioned how we were able to navigate beyond the impacts of those challenges to welcome a new year. The temptation to be ready to forget and move past the challenges of 2021 may be great, but we may be better served if we look…
Leader of SVG Green Party, Warrant Officer Ivan Bertie O’Neal BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, strongly believes that SVG’s economy, under the highly incompetent and backward thinking ULP Regime, is in a terrible mess. The ULP Regime is not educationally qualified to competently manage/operate SVG’s economy well enough, to create jobs and the sustainable fiscal surpluses needed to lift our country into prosperity. Agriculture is dead, the roads are falling apart, poverty is high, unemployment is high, crime is high and the Argyle Airport is a big white elephant – a misfit to sound fiscal planning. The ULP Regime is constantly…