It is with deep sadness that the Health Services Sub-committee of the National Emergency Committee confirms that a Crew member who was repatriated on May 26, 2020 on the Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital early today, June 9. The thirty-seven (37) year old man was one of 358 Vincentian sailors who disembarked the vessel on May 30 after testing negative on both the rapid and the first PCR COVID-19 tests. A second negative COVID-19 PCR test result received today confirmed that his death was not related to COVID-19. The Crew member completed…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines now has only two (2) active cases of COVID-19 following the receipt today June 9, of ninety-one (91) negative COVID-19 PCR results from the CARPHA Public Health Laboratory. This batch of results included nine (9) negative results which were the second ones for nine (9) COVID-19 positive persons, medically clearing them. Two hundred and five (205) RCCL Crew members were released from quarantine today following the receipt of the negative results for their second COVID-19 PCR. There are still one hundred and fifty-three (153) Crew members who have not had a result from a second…
By: Theophilus Franklyn, Environmental Health Officer, They are prevalent on the side walk, under trees, at the back of vehicles and even on beaches. Whether they are selling clothing, food, non-perishable items, fruits or vegetables – they are all vendors – plying their trade. But who is a vendor? According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a vendor is “someone who is selling something.” It goes on to specify that it is a person who “sells food or goods on the street.” In the capital city of Kingstown alone, it is estimated that there are over 1000 vendors who can be categorized…
The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry & Labour would like to inform the general public that the Closed Season for lobsters is 1st May to 31st August. Please remember it is illegal to catch, buy, sell, or possess lobsters during the close season; female lobsters carrying eggs; lobsters from which eggs were removed; lobsters with soft shells (moulting) and undersize lobsters. Fishermen are reminded to remove all lobster pots from the water during the close season. According to the Fisheries Regulations of 1987, the sale of lobster by hotels and restaurants acquired before…
Antigua & Barbuda will return to a lock down of the country “if at all there is community spread” of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said. ” If at all we end up in any form of community spread, then clearly we have to lock down the country, there is no doubt about that.” He made the remarks while responding to a listener to his weekly radio show who asked what would happen if more cases of the coronavirus were imported. The prime minister said the number of cases is not the only factor “unless we have an…
by Dr. The Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines The government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines rejoice, in solidarity, with the people of the United States of America in their popular, broad-based and peaceful resistance currently underway in their defence and advancement of liberty and justice consequent upon the killing of an African-American, George Floyd, in Minnesota, at the hands, and knees, of the Police. At the same time, we join with all right-thinking persons, the world over, in expressing sympathy and heart-felt condolences to the immediate family and friends of…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded one (1) new COVID-19 case, following the receipt of one hundred and seventy-two (172) PCR results from the Caribbean Public Health Agency – CARPHA. The new positive case is a RCCL crew member who arrived here on Tuesday, May 26th, and previously tested negative on the COVID-19 PCR test done on arrival. The Vincentian national, who was on mandatory quarantine, will now be isolated for a further fourteen (14) days. A total of twenty-seven (27) COVID-19 cases have now been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Negative results for a COVID-19 PCR…
The St Vincent Cooperative Bank, familiarly known as the “Penny Bank’, launched its online banking service on June 2. “Here at the St Vincent Cooperative Bank, we are always looking for creative ways to meet our customers’ needs, and online banking was just one of these ways,” Carlita Tyrrell, Savings Manager said. The launch of the new service was fast tracked, Tyrrell explained, this due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have one branch, and our hours may not have met our customers’ needs,” Tyrrell said. “Online banking will now offer a more convenient means for our customers,” she continued. Customers…
A man who refused to wear a mask to conduct business at a bank in Tobago was arrested on Friday. The arrest of the man occurred at the entrance of RBC, and unfolded to the social media viewing public as he went ‘live’ on Facebook for 20 minutes of the ordeal. Many social media users criticised him on his stance, and advised him to cooperate with the policy of “No Mask, no service” to prevent the Covid-19 virus as advised has been handed down by the Government. The man was arrested by a police officer after he was cautioned of…
(BBC): The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public where social distancing is not possible to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new information showed they could provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets”. Some countries already recommend or mandate face coverings in public. The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks. However, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that “in light of evolving evidence, the WHO advises that governments should encourage…