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Kingstown – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has ordered 50 000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, as nationals continue to refuse taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here. Health officials are worried that thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are at risk of expiring at the end of this month, and Prime Minister Dr. Ralph …

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves while speaking on NBC Radio earlier this week Social Share Persons in shelters are refusing to be tested for COVID19, despite there being at least five persons at one shelter who have been confirmed positive for the virus. This is according to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, who was addressing the dangers of this choice while speaking on radio this week. “To address COVID properly, we have to do early identification, we have to do the testing, we have to do the contact tracing, we have to do quarantining or isolation. We have tested about 45...

Gov’t to purchase 50,000 more Sputnik V vaccines Social Share A heightened interest among Vincentians for the Sputnik V Russian COVID19 vaccine will result in the purchase of 50,000 vaccines by local authorities. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said this week that his government has received a draft contract for the purchase of the vaccines from Russia, which include both the first and second dose. “We are at the stage now, we are on the verge of getting the 50,000 treatments for Sputnik…,” Gonsalves said on NBC radio on Tuesday morning. He explained that “there is jus...

La Soufriere, covid19 and 5G conspiracy theories 2 Hrs Ago The view from the Belmont observatory in St Vincent as the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano continues. The volcano is hidden by the ashfall and deposits can be seen on surrounding vegetation and houses. - Photo courtesy The UWI Seismic Research Centre The covid19 pandemic has crippled economies around the world. For tourism-dependent, small Caribbean islands like St Vincent and the Grenadines, it has been worse as travel restrictions have exacerbated a difficult situation. Last year, at a Caribbean Economic Forum, St Vincent Pri...

A cruise ship rescued hundreds of people in St Vincent yesterday after delivering supplies to the volcano-hit Caribbean island. Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Celebrity Reflection took 159 passengers, including 108 stranded Americans, from the island to Philipsburg in Dutch Sint Maarten. It also delivered water and other vital supplies to people left on the island coated in ash from a week of violent eruptions. La Soufrière volcano shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash earlier yesterday morning as thousands continue to be affected by the destruction. The explosions that began on...