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April 17, 2021 KINGSTOWN – Authorities at St Vincent’s emergency shelters Friday facing a near impossible task of limiting the spread of COVID-19 as they house hundreds of people fleeing the wrath of the La Soufriere volcano. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Simone Keizer-Beache was reported as saying that two people who were evacuated from the volcano danger zone this week had tested positive for the coronavirus. The public has not been told exactly which shelters are affected by the ...

Covid alert at two emergency shelters Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache Social Share MASSIVE TESTING AND contact tracing is taking place in two emergency evacuation centres after five persons who evacuated from the volcano danger zone this week tested positive for Covid-19. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, speaking on NBC Radio yesterday said two of the persons are in private accommodation, while the other three are in two shelters. “Two o...

NBC SVG The advice came from Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache during an interview with NBC News. Dr. Keizer-Beache said persons with asthma can be severely affected by the ash and she advised those who are treating their asthma at home with no signs of improvement, to seek medical assistance quickly.

St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations by Kristin Deane And DáNica Coto, The Associated Press Posted Apr 15, 2021 11:19 am EDT Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Officials in St. Vincent said Thursday that they were extremely worried about a COVID-19 outbreak given the lack of water and more positive cases being reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the erupting volcano crowd into shelters and private homes. About a dozen cases have be...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Officials in St. Vincent said Thursday that they were extremely worried about a COVID-19 outbreak given the lack of water and more positive cases being reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the erupting volcano crowd into shelters and private homes. About a dozen cases have been reported in recent days, with at least five evacuees staying in two homes and one shelter testing positive, exposing at least 20 people...

St. Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  A woman and a girl walk wearing protective head coverings walk on a street covered with volcanic ash a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) KINGSTOWN – Officials in St. Vincent said Thu...

Photos taken Tuesday show an area near the volcano almost unrecognizable from just two weeks earlier The lush green land is now destroyed by fallen ash, with the roofs of homes covered in a thick layer of dust La Soufrière erupted Friday for the first time in 40 years, with continuous explosions over the following days Eruptions are expected to continue for weeks with the UN warning of a growing humanitarian crisis Around 20,000 people have so far been evacuated from the most dangerous red zon...

Heavy ashfall from La Soufrière has contaminated many communities’ water supplies, leaving people to congregate in long queues at standpipes. Among those queueing was Suzanne Thomas, 46, a saleswoman from South Union, who said she was hosting nine evacuees in her home who were huddled together, sleeping on rugs and blankets. “It’s really rough. We have to use one jug of water to shower, brush our teeth and flush the toilet,” she said Kevin Sam, 17, said he had had no water at all since...

2 Hrs Ago A desolate strip of road on the east coast of the Red Zone a few miles from the erupting La Soufriere volcano. Photo courtesy Searchlight Newspaper - AS DOZENS of Vincentians continue to refuse to leave areas surrounding the La Soufriere volcano, the police are taking matters into their own hands. Anyone caught there, in  the “red zone” will be arrested and prosecuted. The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) announced this on Monday afternoon. The volcano erupted t...

Article by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves interacting with children who had to evacuate their homes at the Thomas Saunders Secondary School in Kingstown, which has been turned into an emergency shelter. (Picture by Clare Keizer) Social Share St Vincent & The Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves made an impassioned plea for citizens of the country to take the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. This followed a report from chief medical officer Simone Keizer-Beache that SVG recorde...