The Ministry of Health and Wellness late Wednesday, January 20, 2021 received confirmation of five new cases of COVID-19 from a batch of 168 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory. The Ministry of Health also reports the recovery of 10 cases of COVID-19. Currently, there are 353 active cases in care, with one of them requiring critical care and the others are all stable. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 718. All cases are nationals who range in age from 23 years to 71 years. Two cases are from the Castries…
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The Public Service Union has been reliably informed that there are Public Servants who have been tested for COVID-19 and have been allowed to report for duty without receiving the results of their PCR tests. The decision by Heads of Departments to allow officers to report for duty while they await their test results is reckless and dangerous. The Public Service Union is urging all department heads to desist from engaging in such action. Furthermore, we are imploring all Public Servants who have undergone COVID-19 testing to remain at home until they receive their PCR test results. Failure to do…
Residents could know in a matter of days if Barbados has a new and more infectious variant of the dreaded COVID-19 virus. Local health officials have disclosed that ten positive COVID-19 samples were sent to the Port of Spain headquartered Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) on Monday for analysis. It was not immediately clear how long it could take for the results to be returned. However, it is understood that the analysis could be completed in as little as 24 hours. “The test was sent on Monday of this week and CARPHA has received those tests, and we hope to…
PUNE, India (AP) — At least five people were killed in a fire that broke out Thursday at a building under construction at Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, officials said. The company said the blaze would not affect production of the COVID-19 vaccine. Murlidhar Mohol, mayor of Pune city in southern Maharashtra state, said five bodies were found in the rubble after the flames were extinguished by firefighters. Mahol said the victims were probably construction workers. He said the cause of the fire had not been determined and the extent of damage was not immediately clear.…
The Cabinet agreed that a moral obligation exists to pay severance to former LIAT employees throughout the countries where LIAT once operated. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda will make a special plea to all regional governments, through the Administrator appointed by the Court under the amended Bankruptcy law, to make payments to their nationals after negotiations with the several unions that represented the LIAT workers. In addition to payments in cash and other systems of value, the Antigua and Barbuda Government will be offering scholarships to UWI Fourth Landed Campus to nationals who once worked for LIAT here, in…
BAGHDAD (AP) — Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The rare suicide bombing hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis. Blood was splattered on the pavement of the busy market amid piles of clothes and shoes as survivors took stock of the disarray in the aftermath. No one immediately took responsibility for the attack, but Iraqi military officials said it was the work of the Islamic State group.…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed fifty-three (53) new COVID-19 cases yesterday. Two (2) cases are non-nationals who arrived from the USA with negative RT-PCR tests and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. All of the other cases are nationals detected during contact tracing, testing at flu clinics and targeted screening. There are now five hundred and fifteen (515) local cases of COVID-19, the majority of whom are linked to various clusters. One hundred and twenty-two (122) persons have recovered, five hundred and thirty- one (531) cases remain active and two (2) persons with COVID-19 have died. Six hundred and fifty-five…
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa, under which the rights and movements of the majority black indigenous population were curtailed. Apartheid was abolished in South Africa in 1994, but sadly, apartheid lives on in SVG. Mustique operates like an apartheid state. The white super-rich live a life of luxury, but very harsh rules and conditions are imposed on indigenous Vincentians living in Mustique and those nationals who find work on the island. The Mustique Act No 48 of 2002 is racist. The Act grants the white, super-rich foreigners of Mustique tax and customs duty exemptions. This…
Thu, Jan 21, 2021 Excerpts from the address delivered to the nation by Prime Minister Dr. Hon Ralph Gonsalves on Monday January 18, 2021, outlining the strategy of the ULP administration in addressing the surge in the number of Covid-19 positive cases in this country. The strategic plan Strategically, in the current circumstances, the plan is essentially six-fold: 1. Flatten the curve by reducing the incidence of COVID-19 and the morbidity, and mortality, connected thereto with a central focus on the protection of vulnerable populations, the early detection of cases in the communities, and aggressive early management of all cases…
Minister of the Public Service, Consumer Affairs and Sports Frederick Stephenson is excited about the prospects that the Diamond Track Facility offers for the sport of Track and Field here. Appointed to oversee sports for the second time in a Cabinet of the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Stephenson, in a recent interview, described the synthetic track “as an important added facility to the development of Athletics here in St Vincent and the Grenadines.” He revealed that additional work will be done on the EC$ 4 million facility, which was opened on 4th November last year. “Work should…