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Fully vaccinated Vincentians who have tested positive for COVID-19 during their stay abroad will be permitted to return home 10 days after their positive test, once they fulfil certain requirements. As at Saturday, January 15, a new protocol governing the entry of fully vaccinated travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) came into effect. The rules, developed by the Health Services Subcommittee of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), …

Will this week’s Budget debate end today with the passage of the government’s $1.33 billion fiscal package for 2022? The answer to that question is hanging in the balance following an outbreak of the coronavirus among members on government benches in Parliament that truncated this week’s debate. After the outbreak Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he believes that he may have sufficient numbers to enable passage of the Appropriation …

COVID-19 outbreaks have forced the closure of at least two schools on the mainland over the past few days, the Georgetown Secondary School (GSS) and the St Mary’s Roman Catholic School (SMRC). On Thursday, Minister of Education, Curtis King said a lot of persons in the school system are presenting with COVID-19 symptoms so based on the level of infection and symptoms, management at the schools is being asked to …

Will this week’s Budget debate end today with the passage of the government’s $1.33 billion fiscal package for 2022? The answer to that question is hanging in the balance following an outbreak of the coronavirus among members on government benches in Parliament that truncated this week’s debate. After the outbreak Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he believes that he may have sufficient numbers to enable passage of the Appropriation …

COVID-19 outbreaks have forced the closure of at least two schools on the mainland over the past few days, the Georgetown Secondary School (GSS) and the St Mary’s Roman Catholic School (SMRC). On Thursday, Minister of Education, Curtis King said a lot of persons in the school system are presenting with COVID-19 symptoms so based on the level of infection and symptoms, management at the schools is being asked to …

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Parliament has suspended until Friday, the debate on the EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) budget after Health Minister, St Clair “Jimmy” Prince, became the eighth government legislator to test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, who presented the fiscal package on Monday, is among those who have also tested positive for the virus and with Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves himself awaiting …

St Vincent opposition won't return to parliament without advice from CMO following positive COVID-19 tests of four government legislators

Some Vincentians have begun to question even more the necessity to take a COVID-19 vaccine, after this country recorded its first fully-vaccinated COVID related death. But Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache is resolute that the data, not just in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but globally has proven that the COVID-19 jabs help. “Vaccinated persons are less likely to become infected, they are less likely to get …

Some Vincentians have begun to question even more the necessity to take a COVID-19 vaccine, after this country recorded its first fully-vaccinated COVID related death. But Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache is resolute that the data, not just in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but globally has proven that the COVID-19 jabs help. “Vaccinated persons are less likely to become infected, they are less likely to get …

The most recent spike in COVID-19 cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has affected attendance at several businesses and units within the public and private sectors. And, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, says several factors can be attributed to what can be considered this country’s third wave of the pandemic. “The ‘natural’ pattern of COVID; you have these two month cycles. It would be quiet for …