WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see children being vaccinated starting in the next few months. It’s a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the coronavirus. “Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer we will have children being able to be vaccinated,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said during the White House coronavirus briefing. Vaccines are not yet approved for children, and Fauci was looking ahead to a time they will be plentiful. Even older adults are having difficulty getting shots at the moment. As of Thursday,…
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France said on Friday that it would close its borders to non-European Union countries as cases rise and the government struggles to avoid a new lockdown. Jean Castex, the French prime minister, said that all travel between France and nations outside of the E.U. would be banned starting on Sunday, with exceptions made only for urgent matters. All travelers from E.U. countries, except for cross-border workers, will have to present a negative coronavirus test to enter the country, Mr. Castex added. Speculation about new restrictions had been growing in France over the past week, with a flurry of conflicting and…
More than four tonnes of high-purity cocaine were discovered on a fishing vessel that was intercepted far off the coast of Barbados, according to information revealed by Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The NCA said about a week ago on January 17, a French Navy ship operating out of Martinique intercepted and boarded the boat, which carried a Venezuelan flag, in international waters east of Barbados. Investigators said the contraband, estimated to have a street value of hundreds of millions of pounds was destined for the UK and Europe. Deputy Director Tom Dowdall, head of NCA International, said: “Working with…
New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament Dwight Fitz Bramble declared on Wednesday that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves was misleading the House of Assembly when he claimed that he (Dr Gonsalves) had made him deputy at the foreign office in Washington. Prime Minister Gonsalves, commenting on Bramble’s contribution to the debate on the 2021 budget estimates, chided him for criticizing the government for allocating two percent of the estimated $1.21 billion budget to foreign trade. The Prime Minister went on to tell the House that Bramble, as a former diplomat, should “have a conscience” because after all it was…
With the Covid-19 confirmed cases racking up in this country and with the pandemic wreaking havoc on commerce and trade as well as human capital in places like North America and some parts of Europe and the Caribbean, Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves says that the 2021 Budget Estimates “have been a particularly difficult set of estimates to compile for a host of reasons.” As he rose to present the 2021 estimates in parliament on Wednesday, the finance minister acknowledged “the very hard and professional work” of the staff of his ministry and all the various ministries of the Government,…
PARIS, France (AFP)— COVID-19 may damage sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to a new study based on experimental evidence. The viral disease — which has swept the globe, claiming nearly 2.2 million lives — can cause increased sperm cell death, inflammation and so-called oxidative stress, researchers reported Friday in the journal Reproduction. “These findings provide the first direct experimental evidence that the male reproductive system could be targeted and damaged by COVID-19,” the authors concluded. Experts commenting on the research, however, said the capacity of the virus to compromise fertility in men remains unproven. COVID-19 causes respiratory…
NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. “With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy,” according to a statement issued through Thompson.…
Fri, Jan 29, 2021 Introduction On Tuesday January 26th, 2021, Prime Minister Dr Hon Ralph Gonsalves delivered an address at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council convened to discuss the situation in the Middle East. In it, he outlined the position of this country on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and underscored our commitment to a viable peace process, that would result in a lasting solution to this long-standing conflict. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has begun the second year of the 2-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council which ends in December of this…
The Churches and Pastors who planned the National 24-hour prayer vigil express heartfelt gratitude for the outstanding support and wonderful partnerships that made the vigil a tremendous experience. VC3 Facebook page which hosted the streams records to-date part 1 (6pm to 2am) as having 54,000 views, 5,400 comments and 1,200 shares with Youtube recording 8,600 views. We are not able to determine total number of views since the streams had to be done in three parts. The total unique individual attendees on the zoom platform was 3,651. This was supported by a number of persons who tuned in and following…
Fri, Jan 29, 2021 Even before Covid-19, VAT was sucking the lifeblood out of poor households, killing businesses and our economy. The high rate of VAT has caused many businesses to record their lowest levels of sales in over 40 years, forcing them to close and put their employees on the breadline. In addition, VAT has decimated the rural economy. About 90% of the revenue collected by the incompetent ULP government is from taxes and fines imposed upon businesses and our people. In this extra hard time of Covid-19, government must reduce the tax burden on businesses and our people,…