Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation donates to NEMO
Wayne Hull (right), Flow Country Manager, presenting 400 airbeds, 400 air pumps and linen to Michelle Forbes (left), Director of the NEMO Social Share
Flow, the country’s leading telecommunications provider, has not relented in its efforts to support the relief efforts across St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the April 9th eruption of the La Soufriere volcano. On Tuesday 11th May, Flow Country Manager Mr. Wayne Hull presented 400 airbeds, 400 air pumps and linens to the Director of the National Emergency Management Organisation Ms. Michelle Forbes at Flow’s Arnos Vale campus.
Director Forbes in her remarks stated: “I wish to express my sincere thanks. We have had over 18,000 persons displaced as a result of the eruption, with persons staying in private homes, and we have another 4,000 persons in shelters. We continue to provide for the needs of those persons who are still requesting bedding. These m
(From left) Evadney Yorke, Sharon Pope, Keturah Pope Social Share
by Katherine Renton
From movie nights to exercise routines, each emergency shelter that hosts evacuees is different; and although the occupants can only be so comfortable in a communal setting away from home, they are making do.
Some of the children at the Brighton Methodist School pause their games for a quick snap
On Wednesday, May 12, no fewer than 10 small children are running around in a small courtyard at the Brighton Methodist School, kicking and bouncing balls while adults sit on benches nearby. It is said that over 30 children reside at that shelter, most from Orange Hill, a north eastern village in the red volcano hazard zone.
SVG reports four new Covid-19 cases, all in emergency shelters searchlight.vc - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from searchlight.vc Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
St Vincent and the Grenadines reported four new COVID-19 positive cases from 207 samples processed on Monday May 10, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.9 per cent, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said. According to the release, all new cases are evacuees in emergency shelters.
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Two new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 209 samples processed on Tuesday May 11, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 0.96 per cent, a release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said.
“Both new cases were detected on exit screening,” the release said.
“Sixteen new recoveries were noted over the reporting period. One hundred and fifty-two cases are currently active and 12 persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, nine hundred and twenty-eight cases of COVID-19 and 1764 recoveries have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020,” the release said.
The public is urged to continue to use masks, sanitize, physically distance and get vaccinated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.