Vaccination was never a prerequisite for entering gov’t shelters – PM Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves Social Share There seems to have been some miscommunication when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccination and persons being housed in shelters in the wake of the eruption of the soufriere volcano. But, Prime Minister (PM) Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made it clear that being vaccinated was never a prerequisite for persons to enter the various government operated emergency shelters. On Thursday April 8 when the PM issued the evacuation order, Minister of Tourism Carlos James who is also the member of parliament for North Leeward, said on Facebook live that the evacuation of persons he was filming at the time in Chateaubelair was not a drill.