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Fully vaccinated travellers may get reduced quarantine time Social Share Discussions are ongoing for specific protocols for travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the chief medical officer was speaking at a virtual press conference yesterday, when she said certain considerations were being discussed for travellers who had received the two shots – initial and booster shots of a COVID-19 vaccine. Once the...

Community spread is here: New regulations Rum shops are among the establishments that have been identified as cluster points. (Facebook photo) By: Dayle Da Silva• There was no surprise when it was announced that St Vincent and the Grenadines has now moved into a phase of community transmission of the coronavirus/COVID-19 infection. Health officials made the announcement on February 5, the day after 103 new cases were added to the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded here since March 2020...

Luzette not going anywhere Luzette King would love to be quarantined at her home where she can be as comfortable and composed as she is in this file photo. By: Kenville Horne• Much as she would like to go home, social activist Luzette King is not going anywhere soon. She will continue her quarantine at the designated guest house where she began her mandatory 14-day quarantine, following her arrival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saturday 6th February. On her arrival at the Argyle Intern...

AstraZeneca Vaccines heading to SVG The AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be in SVG by mid to late February. A number of Caribbean countries are expected to received thousands of vaccines through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and some Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID 19 vaccines.  St Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to receive...

Two considerations guiding PM’s decision about taking Covid vaccine MINISTER OF HEALTH ST CLAIR PRINCE (second from left) with some of the frontline workers who were the first persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines to take the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. Social Share And he may make his decision as soon as today. Five local frontline workers, including infectious disease specialist Dr Jerrol Thompson, medical officer of health Dr Roger Duncan, health disaster coordinato...

SVG to receive 45,600 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine beginning this month Social Share St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed  agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID 19 vaccines. St Vincent and The Grenadines’ allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of  AstraZeneca.  This means that St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s)  over...

St.Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccines over the coming few weeks St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID19 vaccines. The Health Services Sub-Committee of the National Emergency Committee says St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of AstraZeneca. This means that St. Vin...

Officials uneasy about COVID variants Dr. Simone Keizer Beache, CMO, confirmed no presence of other variants but did register concern that they could be here. By: Dayle Da Silva• Testing is yet to confirm whether any COVID-19 variants presently exist in St Vincent and the Grenadines. But according to the Chief Medical Officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, given the disease patterns that were unfolding, there is concern among health officials that the UK variant could be present here. This concern...

Sister of Spiritual Baptist Archbishop is SVG’s first of two Covid-related deaths JESTINA POMPEY Social Share ST VINCENT and the Grenadines (SVG) has recorded two COVID-19 deaths in the last four days. The first death was recorded on Friday afternoon after the 49-yearold female presented to the Health Services one day prior on January 14, with difficulty breathing. She was later confirmed as being positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, while speaking on radio ...

Eight district health centres to be designated ‘flu clinics from today Social Share EIGHT DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES around the country have been designated ‘flu clinics’ and from today will offer only Covid-19 related services. The move has come after a “review of services” by the Ministry of Health and the decision taken to move towards single service clinics, chief medical officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache told SEARCHLIGHT yesterday. She said this would mean that the clinic...