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Volcanic eruption in Caribbean forces thousands of evacuations Caribbean volcano eruption forces evacuations Replay Video UP NEXT The La Soufriere Volcano, located on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of over 16,000 people from nearby homes. Scientists had been monitoring the volcano’s activity for years and were able to alert the islands that make up the Grenadines island chain on Thursday that a major eruption would occur imminent...

NBC SVG Oxford/AstraZaneca Covid 19 vaccine, which is currently being administered here. The assurance came from Chief Medical Officer Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache, as she responded to a question from the media, during yesterday’s media briefing, hosted by the Ministry of Health at the Argyle International Airport.

A supply of Sputnik V vaccines to fully inoculate 700 Vincentians were donated to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) last weekend. Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) told SEARCHLIGHT that the vaccines were donated on Saturday by “a friend of SVG”. Keizer-Beache said that the vaccines will be used generally to vaccinate persons who had registered some months ago and indicated an interest in getting the Russian …

Schools reopening to be discussed St. Martin’s Secondary School remained closed. It is credited with having one of the better platforms in SVG for facilitating online classes. By: Dayle Da Silva• A date for the re-opening of schools seems imminent. This is the expectation on the heels of a meeting of health and education officials that was expected to be held on March 10, last Wednesday, to discuss the issue of the resumption of schools across the country.   THE VINCENTIAN is not privy ...

The ministry of health’s drive to vaccinate over 50,000 Vincentians against COVID-19 over the next six weeks began in full this Wednesday and will continue in Georgetown, Chateaubelair, Pembroke and Calliaqua this weekend. [caption id=

MOH launches full scale COVID-19 national vaccination programme Vaccination drive Social Share The ministry of health’s drive to vaccinate over 50,000 Vincentians against COVID-19 over the next six weeks began in full this Wednesday and will continue in Georgetown, Chateaubelair, Pembroke and Calliaqua this weekend. CMO Dr Simone Keizer-Beache in conversation with a man who just received his COVID-19 jab at Victoria Park The full scale launch of the COVID-19 National Vaccination D...

Over 40 percent of patients at Mental Health facility test positive for Covid-19 The patients from Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre at Glen who tested positive for Covid -19 have been relocatted to the Grace and Truth Campsite at Queen’s Drive. Social Share by Bria King More than 40 per cent of the patients at the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC) have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been placed in isolation at the Grace and Truth Campsite at Queen’s Drive. T...

SVG records two more Covid-19 deaths, bringing total to eight Social Share Two new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines, bringing the total count to eight. Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the chief medical officer made the announcement during the Ministry of Health’s weekly update on Thursday. The first is a 60-year-old woman of Sandy Bay who died in her home on February 8. Keizer-Beache said the woman was known to be COVID positive and complained of abdomi...

3 pm closing time for cemeteries among proposals being considered Social Share Cemeteries closing by 3 pm, and church leaders notifying the police about scheduled funerals, are some of the proposals born out of a recent meeting between church leaders and the authorities. These proposals which are “being actively pursued” or “under consideration”, were drawn up based on discussions held during a virtual meeting last Friday, February 12, between Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalv...

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