ODPM coordinates disaster relief supplies to St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Format
The Ministry of National Security is coordinating efforts to render support to St Vincent and the Grenadines in light of the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano. Through coordinated efforts between the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) assisted with relief supplies to the Government and the People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
This morning, a C26 aircraft from the Regional Security System (RSS) took on board 75 sleeping cots at the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard’s Ulric Cross Air Station (UCAS), Piarco. This afternoon another flight is scheduled to return to collect 225 additional sleeping cots, all of which will be delivered to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
T&T ready to help St Vincent cnc3.co.tt - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cnc3.co.tt Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article by Social Share
Kingstown – 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 ten days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the St Vincent National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) Saturday night, according to the Searchlight Newspaper in St Vincent.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent from medium-risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorisation 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 coronavirus (COVID-19) and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majorit