St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded a total of seven (7) COVID-19 casesfor patients seen on February 18th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th 2021. One (1) of these seven (7) positive cases is a rapid antigen result from February 18th which was submitted today, February 24th. The remaining six (6) cases include (1) positive for February 22nd, three (3) for February 23rd and two (2) for February 24th. A total of 142 samples were processed for February 23rd, yielding three (3) positives and resulting in a positivity rate of 2.1% for Tuesday, February 23rd. Fifty-seven (57) persons were cleared bringing…
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Release from the Ministry of Health Please note that our protocol for very high, high risk , medium risk and low risk countries still stands. Newest addition to our protocol: Travelers arriving with evidence of being fully vaccinated (at least 4 weeks after the final dose) with a COVID-19 vaccine recognized by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (National Regulatory Authority) shall: i. Present with documented evidence of full vaccination issued by a competent authority; ii.Must arrive with a negative COVID-19(RT-PCR)test done no more than 72 hours before arrival. iii. Must be…
Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) and Science Initiative for Environmental Conservation and Education (SCIENCE) have announced the winners of their Waste to Art competition held under the theme “Amazing Seabirds: Our Birds, Our Islands, Our Future.” The contest was held on islands throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada within four categories: Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Tertiary Schools and Adults. First place in the Primary Schools category was awarded to Kyle Salhab and Zariel Thomas of Grenada, who used Styrofoam, wire, and newspaper to depict a seashore environment. Second place went to Allen Lowmans of St Vincent, who…
Coronaviruses similar to Covid-19 can survive on clothing for up to three days, according to new research. Research carried out by De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester looked at how a coronavirus behaves on three fabrics commonly used in the healthcare industry. Polyester enables the virus to survive at infectious levels for up to 72 hours, whereas it dies within 24 hours on 100 per cent cotton. However, coronaviruses can only survive on a polycotton hybrid however for six hours, the study found. The study used a model coronavirus called HCoV-OC43 which is very similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus which…
As Dr Thomas Christopher, the volcanologist from Montserrat comes to the end of his stint this week as lead scientist for La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent and the Grenadines, he says the effusive eruption must continue to be monitored. In his latest interview with the UWI Seismic Research Centre for ‘La Soufriere Today’ Christopher says he came to St Vincent and the Grenadines with the mindset of being able to do the exact same kind of thing in Montserrat, but St Vincent’s volcano has proven him wrong. The volcanologist says La Soufriere’s system is quite different as well…
UNITED Nations Secretary General António Guterres says women and girls are bearing the greatest impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic as the world continues to fail to address “the most pervasive human rights violation of all, gender inequality”. Addressing the 46th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council Monday, Guterres argued that the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated entrenched discrimination against women and girls and charged that, “the crisis has a woman’s face”. “Most essential front-line workers are women — many from racially and ethnically marginalised groups and at the bottom of the economic ladder. Most of the increased burden…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded eight (8) new COVID-19 cases for patients seen on Monday, February 22nd, 2021. Four (4) cases are from rapid antigen tests done on persons seeking care at the Kingstown Flu clinic and four (4) are from PCRs all done on Monday, February 22nd. A total of eleven (11) positive cases (including the three (3) rapid antigen tests reported yesterday, Monday 22nd), were therefore recorded for February 22nd. A total of 238 samples were processed, resulting in a positivity rate is 4.6% for Monday, February 22nd. At the time of preparing this release one hundred…
An agreement to facilitate the repatriation of criminals to serve their sentences in their home country has been signed between St Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba. The agreement between the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Cuba regarding ‘Criminal Sentences’ was signed on Tuesday February 23rd, 2021 at Cabinet Room. The signing ceremony saw this country’s Prime Minister, Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves and His Excellency Jose Manuel Leyva Ventura, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines declaring the humanitarian intent of the contract. Prime Minister Gonsalves said,…
WhatsApp users who do not accept its updated terms and conditions by the 15 May deadline will be unable to receive or send messages until they do so. Their account will be listed as “inactive”. And inactive accounts can be deleted after 120 days. Calls and notifications will still function for “a short while” but, TechCrunch reported, probably only a “few weeks” . WhatsApp announced the update in January. There was a backlash among many users who thought it meant the company was planning to change the amount of data it shared with its parent company, Facebook. It later clarified…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in the United States and accused of helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar cartel and plot his audacious escape from a Mexican prison in 2015. Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former beauty queen, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Monday and is expected to appear in federal court in Washington on Tuesday. She is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico. Her arrest is the latest twist in the bloody, multinational saga involving Guzman, the longtime head of the Sinaloa…