Ninety-nine (99) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and sixty-two (517) samples processed on Monday October 4th, 2021, resulting in a positivityof 19.1%. One (1) imported case was detected in a fully vaccinated passenger from Denmark. Two (2) other cases were detected on exit screening. All other cases are contacts of known positive cases and personsseeking care. There are currently twenty-three (23) patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle IsolationFacility. Twenty-one (21) are unvaccinated and two (2) patients are fully vaccinated. Twenty-one (21) patients are admitted to the COVID-19 wards at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Nineteen…
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Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and sixty-two (162) samples processed on Sunday October 3rd, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 17.3%. Four (4) cases were detected on exit screening. All other cases are contacts of known positive cases and persons seeking care. There are currently twenty-one (21) patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. Nineteen (19) are unvaccinated and two (2) patients are fully vaccinated. Thirty-two (32) patients are admitted to the COVID-19 wards at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Thirty-one(31) are unvaccinated and one (1) patient is partially vaccinated. Three (3)…
Sixty-two (62) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and nine (309)samples processed on Saturday October 2nd, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 20.1%. Two (2) caseswere detected on exit screening. All other cases are contacts of known positive cases and personsseeking care.There are currently twenty-one (21) patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle IsolationFacility. Nineteen (19) are unvaccinated and two (2) patients are fully vaccinated. Thirty-two (32)patients are admitted to the COVID-19 wards at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Thirty-one(31) are unvaccinated and one (1) patient is partially vaccinated.Four (4) new recoveries were noted over the reporting…
Onehundred (100) COVID-19 positive cases were reported from fivehundred and thirty-six (536) samples processed on Friday October 1st, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 18.7%. Fourteen (14)cases were detected on exit screening. All other cases are contacts of known positive cases and persons seeking care.Five (5) additional COVID-19 deaths have been recorded between Saturday October 2nd and MondayOctober 4th, 2021. A 74-year-old female who tested positive for COVID-19 on admissionto the COVID ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on October 2nd, died of COVID pneumonia during the afternoon of the same day. The second patient is a 66-year-old female…
On 01.10.2021, the Police arrested and charged DeonBaptiste, a 36-year-old Labourer of Mt. Bentick with the offence of Theft. According to investigations, the accused allegedly stole one brown and white ewe goat valued ECC $450.00, the property of a 50 years old Farmer of Langley Park. Theincident occurred at Langley Park, on 13.08.2021 Baptiste is expected to appear before the Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge.
On 02.10.2021, the Police arrested charged Sandy Gloster, a 20 years old Labourer of Barrouallie for several offences namely; Burglary, Damage to Property and Possession of Unlicensed Ammunition. (1) According to investigations, the accused man allegedly entered the Barrouallie Police Station as a trespasser and stole several items valued at $560.00 ECC, the property of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 2) for without lawful excuse, allegedly damaged one black aluminium 4×4 Sash Glass Window valued$450.00EC, the property of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (3) The investigation further led to the accused being charged with…
Guyana is slowly approaching the numbers needed for the country to reach herd immunity against coronavirus (COVID-19). Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony revealed during this morning’s COVID-19 Update that 361,626 adults have received at least one dose of an approved vaccine. This represents 70.5 per cent of adults. Around 209,506 people or 57.9 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated. Just about 24,939 (34.2 per cent) teens and pre-teens have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccines that were donated by the United States. About 12, 762 of that group is fully vaccinated. Over 608,833 doses of either the…
(www.independent.co.uk)The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. Visitors to the Facebook website simply saw an error page or a message that their browser could not connect. The WhatsApp and Instagram apps continued to work, but did not show new content, including any messages sent or received during the problems. Facebook’s outages happen relatively rarely but tend to be vast in their impact, not least because they…
One hundred and thirteen (113) COVID-19 positive cases were reported from six hundred and sixty-six (666) samples processed on Thursday September 30th, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 17%. One (1) case was detected on exit screening. All other cases are contacts of known positive cases and persons seeking care. Twenty-two (22) rapid antigen positive results were reported for Thursday September 30th, 2021.Two (2) additional COVID-19 deaths have been recorded on October 1st, 2021. One patient is a 52-year-old female who tested positive for COVID-19 on September 30th, 2021 and was referredto the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato Memorial…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise that public that our strategic testing will be piloted again for travelers arriving in St. Vincent and the Grenadines at theAIA on October 2nd, 2021. Only travelers considered to be of higher risk will have a nasopharyngeal swab taken for RT-PCR testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus at the MLU. Travelers categorized as higher risk include those who are not fully vaccinated or have been granted approval for working quarantine. Further testing at the TA/MOHWE approved transition accommodations during the assigned quarantine periodwill be at the discretion of the Port…