St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 positive case. One adult non-national arrived on December 20, 2020 with a negative PCR and tested positive on exit screening. Contact tracing of these cases has commenced. No further COVID-19 cases related to the recent cluster of local spread have been detected during testing on December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021. The total number of cases in this cluster therefore remains at six (6). Contact tracing, retesting and quarantining by the COVID-19 Taskforce team will continue, aimed at further containing the local spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent…
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The new cases come following what the Ministry of Health has described as a super spreader event – a bus crawl which took place on Saturday, December 26th, 2020. Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic confirmed that out of those 45 cases, 32 are prison officers from Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, and 4 are personnel from the Barbados Defence Force. The 4 BDF personnel and 17 of the prison officers attended the bus crawl. So far 200 of the over 300 staff members of the Prison Service have been tested, and the remainder of them should be tested by…
1.Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano which include communities from Fancy to Georgetown and Belle Isle to Richmond are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO). 2.The three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) began work today having arrived in St. Vincent yesterday, to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. Led by Vincentian Geologist…
Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano which include communities from Fancy to Georgetown and Belle Isle to Richmond are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO).The three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) began work today having arrived in St. Vincent yesterday, to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. Led by Vincentian Geologist Prof.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that seeks to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week. Pence, as president of the Senate, will oversee the session Wednesday and declare the winner of the White House race. The Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory, and multiple legal efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to challenge the results have failed.The suit names Pence,…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States surpassed 20 million Friday — marking a grim New Year’s Day milestone for the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That’s almost double the 10.3 million cases in the next hardest-hit country, India, the data shows. The US accounts for nearly one-quarter of the 83 million confirmed infections globally. Meanwhile, more than 346,000 Americans have died from the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University. The bleak tally comes as the vaccination effort in the US has gotten off to a slow start. Only 25 percent of the more…
Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano which include communities from Fancy to Georgetown and Belle Isle to Richmond are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO).The three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) began work today having arrived in St. Vincent yesterday, to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. Led by Vincentian Geologist Prof.…
Amplified music in public places has been banned with immediate effect in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Police issued a released dated today, December 31 which said that the decision was taken by the Commissioner of Police on the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer and the Health Services Subcommittee. “This recommendation is to allow for the required intensive contact tracing, testing and isolation/quarantining needed to contain the evolving cluster of local spread of COVID-19 cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines,” it said. Amplified music has also been banned in private places which the public may have access to,…
1. A three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) arrived in St. Vincent this morning on board the Regional Security System (RSS) aircraft to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. They are Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson, Instrumentation Engineer Lloyd Lynch and Engineering Technician Ian Juman. 2. Two Aerial reconnaissance were done today. The first was done by the group of scientists on board the Regional Security System (RSS) aircraft while en route to St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a first- hand view of activities at the La Soufriere…
The Health Services Subcommittee today confirmed another COVID-19 case related to the recent cluster of local spread, bringing the total to six (6). Intensive contact tracing has identified in excess of one hundred and twenty-five (125) contacts of these positive cases. Aggressive testing and quarantining by the COVID-19 Taskforce team are ongoing aimed at the containment of the local spread of COVID19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.The second new case is an adult who arrived from the UK on December 27th, tested negative on arrival but tested positive on December 29th. All positive cases are isolated until cleared by…