Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is urging Vincentians to take the Covid-19 vaccine but he is frowning on reluctance of some even as he indicates a right to decide. “Is either we’re going to believe in superstition, or we’re going to believe in the science. “Everybody knows, or, in my view, every reasonable person knows that if you didn’t have vaccines people’s life span would have been much shorter. This is another vaccine. And, it’s a vaccine for a virus which is not an automatic death sentence. “It’s a killer, to be sure, but we see the persons who have…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines today registered four (4) new COVID-19 cases. Three (3) cases are from rapid antigen tests done today, Monday 15, 2021 on persons who presented with flu-like symptoms. The fourth (4th) is a contact of a known case from a PCR done on Sunday 14, 2021. Thirteen (13) persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to six hundred and twelve (612). Eight hundred and thirty-nine (839) cases remain active and six (6) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, four hundred and fifty- seven (1457) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent…
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak in one of its regions on Sunday, after the West African nation confirmed at least seven cases of the disease, including three deaths, the country’s National Security and Health Agency (ANSS) said. Health officials in the southeastern N’Zerekore district said seven people who attended the funeral of a nurse tested positive for the disease and experienced symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding. Three of them died following the February 1 funeral. It is unclear if the nurse, who worked at the local health center, died from Ebola.Five dead in newest Ebola outbreak…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today registered four (4) new COVID-19 cases. Three (3) cases are from rapid antigen tests done today, Monday 15, 2021 on persons who presented with flu-like symptoms. The fourth (4th) is a contact of a known case from a PCR done on Sunday 14, 2021. Thirteen (13) persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to six hundred and twelve (612). Eight hundred and thirty-nine (839) cases remain active and six (6) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, four hundred and fifty- seven (1457) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent…
1. The new dome continues to grow towards the north-west and south-east with the most active gas emissions being the contact areas between the pre-existing 1979 dome and the 2020-21 domes, as well as the top of the new dome. 2. Plans have been put in place to establish a new seismic station along the volcano trail and for the establishment of benchmarks for GPS measurements to be done at Table Rock and Jacob’s Well along the trail to the volcano. 3. Radio tests were made of communication links between Georgetown and the start of the volcano trail on the…
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization gave emergency use approval to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, allowing distribution to some of the world’s poorest countries to begin. “The WHO today listed two versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through Covax,” a WHO statement said, referring to the programme aimed at equitable distribution of doses. The two versions given the seal of approval are being produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII), and in South Korea. “Countries with no access to vaccines to date will…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more than 15 million shots in ten weeks. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport were escorted by security guards to buses that took them to nearby hotels. Some of the travelers said they had tried and failed to make it to Britain before Monday to avoid the quarantine. Zari Tadayon, who flew to Heathrow from Dubai and was taken to the Radisson Blu Edwardian hotel near the airport,…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedesaegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 15th February 2021 – Kingstown (port), Campden Park (Port), Belle Isles, La Croix, Akers, Biabou & Fancy Tuesday, 16th February 2021 – Richmond, Rockies, Lowmans, Belmont, South wood & Owia Wednesday, 17thFebruary 2021 – Cane Hall, Questelles, Fairbane Pasture, Cedars & Point Thursday, 18th February 2021 – Dorsetshire Hill, Sion Hill, Clare…
The National Pause has been extended until February 28, 2021. However minimarts will be allowed to opened Monday to Friday. Supermarket and minimarts will remain closed on Saturday and Sundays.
Vincentian/American Luzette King, a well-known social activist in the state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on February 11, 2021, appeared before Senior Magistrate Rechanne Browne to which many believed were charges already divulged to the public. The original charges which King was slapped with are: (1) that on 30 January 2021 at Argyle International Airport (AIA) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines she did enter the state by air and did not present herself in person to the nearest Immigration Officer as required by section 10 (3) of Chapter 114 contrary to section 27(D) The Immigration (Restriction) Act No.…