Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: On Wednesday 11th March 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its first confirmed case of Covid-19 infection. By Wednesday 6th January 2021 there were one hundred and forty-nine (149) reported cases of COVID-19, of which one hundred (100) have recovered and forty-nine (49) remain active. Over the past week, there has been a rapid increase in the number of positive cases, many without recent travel history. On Wednesday 6th, SVG recorded 16 new cases. Eleven (11) of those persons did not have a recent travel history. According to information from the Ministry of…
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Plans are on the way for the procurement of the Covax vaccine to be used to treat COVID-19 here. This was revealed by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache at the virtual press conference on Tuesday 5th January, 2021 hosted by officials of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment at the Ministry’s conference room. Dr. Keizer Beache said “the vaccine would be made available to us in the first quarter,” adding that assistance will be provided through the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO). According to the CMO Covax which has the largest portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines will be…
The protocol for mass gatherings has been revised and effective tomorrow January 8, 2021, indoor gatherings mustbe limited to ten(10) persons and outdoor gatherings to twenty (20). Additionally, public transportation vehicles will be required to limit the number of passengers to six (6) less than the number of passengers they are licensed to carry. As a result, an eighteen (18) seater van should only carry 12 passengers, a twenty-two (22) seater, sixteen (16) and a twenty-eight (28) seater, twenty-two (22) passengers. The protocol for the entry of travelers to St. Vincent and the Grenadines has also been revised and effective…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed fifty-five (55) new COVID-19cases. Three (3) cases are non-nationals who arrived on island between December 31, 2020 and January 4, 2021 with negative PCR test results, and subsequently tested positive during quarantine.Fifty-two (52) of these new cases are nationals without a recent travel history, bringing the total number of local cases under investigation to eighty (80). There are currently five (5) distinct clusters to which most cases can be linked. Contact tracing, further linking and testing related to all of these local cases are ongoing.St.Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded two hundred…
Barbadians could be getting their chip-based national identification cards sooner than expected, as the Government seeks out a fresh approach to tackle challenges relating to contact tracing in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. This indication has come from Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who announced that the use of a digital ID card could be critical in addressing some of the shortcomings. She explained that over the past several days, officials have discovered that some people were giving incorrect addresses and other contact information when they visit establishments, making it difficult for authorities to effectively carry out their contract tracing.…
The Gaston Browne administration is spending a whopping $500,000 a month to keep LIAT flying. This was revealed by Information Minister Melford Nicholas during Thursday’s post-cabinet press conference. “It’s running approximately $500,000 a month, so over the next three months we would expect that we are going to be able to up the ante by the time we get to the window where we have identified a suitable partner — the cost may run approximately $4 million to $4.5 million,” Nicholas said. “But as I’ve indicated, the funds are available and it’s the whole question of managing it effectively and…
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Hospital chiefs in England raced to secure hospital beds on Thursday as the surge in coronavirus cases risked overwhelming the system, healthcare providers and medics said. A leaked briefing suggested that even in a relatively positive scenario, London’s hospitals could be beyond capacity in less than two weeks. The UK on Thursday recorded another 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test — the second highest toll since the peak of the first wave in April last year. There were more than 52,000 new cases in 24 hours, taking the overall number of infections to…
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General William Barr on Thursday accused President Trump of betraying his office and “orchestrating a mob” to attack Congress in a sharp rebuke of his former boss. “Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable. The President’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his office and supporters,” Barr said in a statement to the Associated Press. It comes as members of the GOP begin to break rank and turn on the president in the wake of the violent siege on the US Capitol which left one woman shot dead and dozens injured. Rep. Adam Kinzinger of…
Vincentian Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson, leader of the Team from the Seismic ResearchCentre, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) briefed Cabinet on thecurrent status of the La Soufriere Volcano on Wednesday 6th January, 2021.The SRC Team conducted a successful reconnaissance of the La Soufriere Volcano on board theFrench Helicopter on Wednesday 6th January, 2021 through an arrangement between theGovernment of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Government of France, through theEmbassy of France to the Eastern Caribbean States, to Barbados and the OECS in Saint Lucia.The second planned reconnaissance on that day on board the Regional…
The Public Service Union (PSU) on Thursday called on the government to institute a shift system for public servants to mitigate against COVID-19 “crippling the delivery of critical public services”. The union, in a press statement on Thursday, noted that the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment had announced that 28 adult nationals without recent travel history have tested positive for COVID-19. This is evidence that the local threat from the coronavirus is continuing to grow at a worrying rate in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the PSU said. It said that many of the services provided at the…