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Fees for exit screening
Elliot Samuel, Chief Laboratory Technician, in the interim before a firm arrangement is established with private labs, urged persons requiring exit screenings to make their applications early.
By: Dayle Da Silva•
Persons requiring exit screening as it relates to COVID-19 can now access this service at private laboratories.
This, as the Ministry of Health moved to outsource testing to private laboratories, in light of the surge in the number of samples coming into the government’s molecular testing facility, where PCR tests are conducted.
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, in his address to the nation on January 18, said that private sector labs are being approached to handle exit screenings, and that those persons requiring the labs’ service will be required to pay a fee.
Some supermarkets to open Saturday Social Share
Although this Saturday has not been declared a public holiday, it is anticipated that many businesses will not open as the country steps up efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 locally.
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announced on Monday evening that tomorrow, January 22 and Monday, January 25 have been declared public holidays for public health reasons.
As at January 20, 602 cases of COVID-19 had been recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines, of which 481 remain active.
In recent times, local cases of COVID-19 have been increasing with 464 of the active cases being detected in clusters of local persons across the country.
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 on Sunday morning expressed condolences to the family of the woman whom he identified as Jestina Pompey, the sister of Reverend Melford Pompey, the Archbishop of the Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of SVG.
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