Everyone in England must stay at home except for permitted reasons during a new coronavirus lockdown beginning at midnight, Boris Johnson has announced. All schools and colleges will close to most pupils and switch to remote learning until the middle of February. In a televised address, the PM urged people to follow the rules immediately amid surging cases and patient numbers. He said those in the top four priority groups would receive a first vaccine dose by mid-February. Speaking from Downing Street, Mr Johnson said the weeks ahead would be the “hardest yet”. But he added that he believed the…
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New York state confirmed its first case of a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The strain, which has also been found in California, Florida and Colorado, is thought to be more transmissible but doesn’t appear to make people more ill or increase the risk of death from Covid-19, experts have said. The case was identified in a 60-year-old man from Saratoga county who had no prior travel history, Cuomo said during a conference call with reporters. The man worked at a jewelry store where three…
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 Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 4th January 2021 – Murray’s Village, Majorca, Mount Pleasant, Glen, Fair Hall, Arnos Vale, Belair,Choppins, Cedars, Touroma & Langley Park. Tuesday, 5th January 2021 –Richmond Hill, Rockies, Montique, Caruth, Rose Hall, Glen, South Wood, Indian Bay, Villa, Gomea, Golden Vale, Spring, Mount Bentick & Dickson. Wednesday, 6th January 2021 – Sion Hill, Cane End, Kingstown, Glen, Ribishi, Villa, Dauphine,…
The Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health confirms that Grenada has regrettably recorded its first Covid-19- related death. The deceased individual is a 72-year-old male, who arrived in Grenada with his wife and 3-year-old grandchild on 16 December 2020. Ministry officials extend their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. At 5 pm today, (Sunday, 3 January) the Minister for Health and Chief Medical Officer will facilitate a press briefing to provide further information on this tragic occurrence.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Government of Barbados has adjusted the curfew imposed on December 31, 2020. This was announced late Friday by Prime Minister Mia Mottley during a COVID-19 update to the nation. According to Mottley, Barbados will be under a curfew from 9:00 pm (local time) until 5:00 am daily, starting today. In making the announcement of the amendment to the previous curfew time frame, which was midnight to 5:00 am daily until January 14, Mottley said, “Certainly for the next seven days, but possibly 14, that there will have to be greater discipline on the part of Barbadians.…
HAVANA, Cuba – A proposal to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to a contingent of Cuban doctors who specialise in disaster situations and serious epidemics was endorsed by four members of the British Parliament. According to the official site of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the United Kingdom, the four members of the House of Commons – Paula Barker, Ian Byrne, Dan Carden and Kim Johnson, highlighted the humanitarian aid provided by Cuba and the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors. With the four formal nominations of the legislators, 16 requests submitted by British parliamentarians are accumulated, to which…
ATLANTA — U.S. President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. The renewed intervention and the persistent and unfounded claims of fraud by the first president to lose reelection in almost 30 years come nearly two weeks before Trump leaves office…
The National Emergency Management Organization wishes to advise all citizens and residents of St. Vincent and The Grenadines that no evacuation order has been issued to any section of the population. Several media outlets both locally and abroad have published false information to this effect. These reports are inaccurate, and misleading. NEMO is reminding all citizens and residents to always ensure that any information regarding the La Soufrière Volcano and the current emergency are from credible and official sources only. The official sources of information in this regard are the NEMO and the UWI Seismic Research Center (SRC). We continue…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 positive case. The adult national, detected during increased testing for COVID-19, has no recent travel history. Contact tracing, linking and testing related to this new case has commenced. Retesting of the December 28, 2020 cluster and their contacts will continue, even as the wider screening of the Vincentian population for COVID-19 cases intensifies. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded one hundred and twenty-four (124) cases of COVID-19. One hundred (100) persons have recovered and twenty-four (24) remain active. All positive cases will continue to be isolated until…
The team from The Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) led by Vincentian Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson continued work to upgrade the Volcano Monitoring System today. A Web Cam Monitoring System was installed at Rose Hall to constantly monitor the summit of the Volcano. A Data Centre was also established at the Observatory at Belmont, to analyse the data collected from the volcano. The team also conducted an alternate site exploration today at Fancy and other areas to identify new sites where equipment will be installed.Director NEMO, Michelle Forbes and Professor Richard Robertson will…