Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and surrounding countries: La Soufrière Volcanic Eruption (MDRVC005) - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
India is running out of Covid jabs putting global supplies - including 5m AstraZeneca doses for UK - under threat amid soaring second wave
Five states in India are reporting vaccine shortages and are calling on the government to increase supplies to meet demand
That has raised fears that India could further restrict exports, including to the UK
Britain is still waiting on 5m AstraZeneca doses that were due to arrive this month, with no firm date yet given for their delivery
Comes amid second wave in India with cases and deaths now at record levels
Article by Social Share
Humanitarian efforts currently taking place in volcano-hit St Vincent & the Grenadines will benefit from a just under US $900 000 from the European Union (EU).
The emergency funding will be managed by the EU humanitarian aid department and implemented by humanitarian partners already active in Kingstown.
It will prioritise interventions to guarantee immediate access to water, sanitation, hygiene, healthcare and distributions of non-food items, in addition to the protection of the most vulnerable.
“Our thoughts are with those who have been displaced, including those who have been left without clean water or electricity, due to the La Soufriére volcanic eruption,” Head of the EU Delegation in Barbados, Malgorzata Wasilewska said.
The global COVID-19 death toll on Saturday passed 3 million as the pandemic speeds up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiraling infection numbers.
It is the latest grim milestone since COVID-19 first surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people, leaving billions more under crippling lockdowns and ravaging the global economy.
An average of more than 12,000 deaths were recorded globally every day last week, shooting the overall toll past 3 million on Saturday, according to an AFP tally.
For comparison, 3 million people is more
2 Hrs Ago
Vincentians in Edinboro wait with buckets to get water from a truck as the country grapples with dwindling water supplies due to contamination of watercourses and water treatment plants by ash-fall from La Soufriere volcano. PHOTO BY STEPHON NICHOLAS -
St Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross youth liaison LaToya Creese believes the road to recovery for the island will be a long, challenging one, as the country is dealing with three disasters at the same time. We were not just coping with covid19 in St Vincent. We were coping with covid and dengue because we still have an ongoing outbreak.Now we are dealing with a volcanic eruption, and on top of that we are heading into the hurricane season, Creese, a Vincentian, said.