St Vincent puts Barbados on COVID ‘high risk’ travel list
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(Searchlight Newspaper) – Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, travellers from Barbados will be categorised as arriving from a high risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for 10 days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the National Emergency Mangement Organsation (NEMO) Saturday night.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travellers to SVG from medium risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorization of Barbados from medium risk to high risk came just hours after the Barbados government announced that over the past two days, almost 200 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majority of new cases.
January 3, 2021
Source Searchlight Newspaper – Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, travellers from Barbados will be categorised as arriving from a high risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for 10 days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the National Emergency Mangement Organsation (NEMO) Saturday night.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travellers to SVG from medium risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorization of Barbados from medium risk to high risk came just hours after the Barbados government announced that over the past two days, almost 200 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majority of new cases.
Broken-down equipment causes late delivery of goods
THE CRANE at Campden Park Container Port which has been out of operation since February 2020. Social Share
Certain actions are expected to be taken at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority (SVGPA), following delays last week in the delivery of over 100 containers to customers.
Dr Ralph
Gonsalves
The delays came about because of the inoperability of certain key pieces of machinery at the Campden Park Container Port and Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he has raised certain questions in relation to the management of the port and action is being taken and more will be taken, as he was lied to.
10 days hotel quarantine now required for arrivals from high risk countries Social Share
Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday December 23, travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) from countries considered to be high risk for Covid-19 infection will be required to spend 10 days in mandatory quarantine in an approved quarantine / transition hotel at their cost.
This stipulation is part of the Health Services Committee of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) protocol for entry of travellers to SVG which was revised today, December 22.
Previously, arrivals from high risk countries were only required to spend five days in mandatory quarantine at an approved hotel.
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