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While most are focused on coronavirus, dengue fever continues to cause illness and even death among residents.
The latest person to succumb to the disease in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is a 15-year-old asthmatic female who has been recorded as the eighth person to die from complications of severe dengue fever during the current outbreak.
Since the outbreak began last year, the majority of cases have been recorded in persons under 16, with an attack rate of 2.6 per cent in the 5 to 14-year age group.
On Friday October 9, 2020, a 13-year-old third form student of the Girls High School (GHS) Kaylee Robertson, a resident of Belvedere, became the sixth person to die from complications related to Severe Dengue Fever in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).
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.
Sagicor surprises new Moms with Gifts for the New Year
COLISHA FRANCOIS: Colisha Francois (right) is tired but grateful for her gift from Renson Rodriques of Sagicor as a present for the safe delivery of her daughter at 3:20 pm on New Years’ Day. Social Share
The Sagicor team visited the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on the second day of the new year to present packages to four blessed mothers who ushered in 2021 with their healthy babies.
FREDICIA CODOUGAN: Fredicia Codougan takes a moment from her newborn baby girl to receive a gift from Natasha Stapleton of Sagicor, in honour of her baby’s healthy delivery during the first day of 2021.
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