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…
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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…
The reopening of schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been delayed for another week. This information came from this country’s Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves this morning, while speaking on radio. “Yesterday in cabinet we decided that we would extend the resumption of the school term for the week.” Gonsalves said. Prime Minister Gonsalves went on to say that, starting Monday, schools will be employing online education. “We will start from Monday; some schools have been doing it already, the online, the online education, the online teaching.” Dr. Gonsalves then discussed the distribution of tablets to the…
Some members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) have tested positive for the Coronavirus. These officers are currently in quarantine, having been directed to do so by the medical authorities. Meanwhile, contact tracing is being done with regards to the person(s) with whom these officers may have come into contact with. All other protocols are being observed throughout the organization to mitigate further spread of the virus among the ranks and the public in general. These measures include:1. Wearing of face masks2. Sanitization/handwashing3. Social distancing4. Testing In addition, effective Monday January 4, 2021, the following measures were implemented:I. Members of the public visiting or doing…
The Bequia Tourism Association and our Bequia Musicfest Committee announce that the annual Bequia Music Festival will be postponed from our scheduled January 2021 dates to a tentative date of March 11th to 14th, 2021. The “HOMEMADE EDITION” of the Festival will not be possible during our regular time frame due to the surge in COVID-19 cases and the subsequent official ban on amplified music in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. The safety and well being of our patrons and musicans is of paramount importance to us. We urge you to remain vigilant and stay safe. Further information will be…
It is not certain exactly how many Vincentian public servants have fallen victims to a pyramid scheme allegedly connected to a woman with Vincentian link and operating out of Trinidad and Tobago but so far nurses seems to be the most affected. According to information received, a number of nurses and other persons here have dole out their hard earned cash amounting to tens of thousands to a local connection who is said to have transferred the monies over a period of time. But, many are yet to receive what had been promised. A source told ANN that nurses and…
U.S. health officials say they have reports of at least 29 people developing severe allergic reactions to the coronavirus vaccines, but they stress that the risk for most people is low. The CDC on Wednesday released its latest count of side effects suffered by more than 5.3 million people who have been vaccinated. The 29 had suffered anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that can be controlled through an epinephrine injection. That’s a rate of about 5.5 cases per million people, which is roughly four times higher than the rate seen in a study of people who got flu shots. The…
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats — and with them, the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes were counted Wednesday, serving President Donald Trump a stunning defeat in his last days in office while dramatically improving the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive agenda. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democratic challengers who represented the diversity of their party’s evolving coalition, defeated Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler two months after Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state since 1992. Warnock, who served as pastor for the same Atlanta church where civil rights…