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WILLING and vaccinated volunteers are being encouraged to join the efforts of local authorities in getting as many Vincentians as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. “We are trying, we have brought on additional staff…but we would also welcome volunteers. We would welcome retired nurses, we would welcome persons in the communities who are willing to come in and help us with the paperwork, dentists, pharmacists, vets,” Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the Chief …

A CHANGE in the local COVID-19 isolation release strategy will see persons in home isolation being released without a PCR test, if they are asymptomatic for the last three days of the isolation period. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache, said on Sunday October 10, that this new strategy was implemented last Wednesday, October 6, based on advice from the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO),in June this year. “The recommendations from …

WILLING and vaccinated volunteers are being encouraged to join the efforts of local authorities in getting as many Vincentians as possible vaccinated against COVID-19. “We are trying, we have brought on additional staff…but we would also welcome volunteers. We would welcome retired nurses, we would welcome persons in the communities who are willing to come in and help us with the paperwork, dentists, pharmacists, vets,” Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the Chief …

It has been noted that some persons are succumbing shortly after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and the authorities are reminding that we are dealing with the Delta variant. In some cases it has been shown that there is quite a short period between diagnosis and subsequent death. Five deaths recorded recently include that of a 74 year old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 on admission to the COVID ward …

A fully vaccinated 74-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 has been discharged from the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), after recovering from the disease. “Today we had a 74-year-old female who was on the ward for two weeks, Covid positive, and she’s been discharged today, and she’s vaccinated, she’s fully vaccinated,” Chief Medical Officer, Dr.Simone Keizer-Beache revealed this week during the “Round Table Talk” on VC3. “…The difference between …