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Fully vaccinated travellers may get reduced quarantine time Social Share Discussions are ongoing for specific protocols for travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the chief medical officer was speaking at a virtual press conference yesterday, when she said certain considerations were being discussed for travellers who had received the two shots – initial and booster shots of a COVID-19 vaccine. Once these persons can provide certification that they have been completely vaccinated, “the consideration...

Community spread is here: New regulations Rum shops are among the establishments that have been identified as cluster points. (Facebook photo) By: Dayle Da Silva• There was no surprise when it was announced that St Vincent and the Grenadines has now moved into a phase of community transmission of the coronavirus/COVID-19 infection. Health officials made the announcement on February 5, the day after 103 new cases were added to the total number of COVID-19 cases recorded here since March 2020.  Minister of Health St Clair ‘Jimmy’ Prince had stated categorically during the January 26 me...

Luzette not going anywhere Luzette King would love to be quarantined at her home where she can be as comfortable and composed as she is in this file photo. By: Kenville Horne• Much as she would like to go home, social activist Luzette King is not going anywhere soon. She will continue her quarantine at the designated guest house where she began her mandatory 14-day quarantine, following her arrival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saturday 6th February. On her arrival at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) from the USA last Saturday, King was charged, ‘that on Saturday, January 30t...

AstraZeneca Vaccines heading to SVG The AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be in SVG by mid to late February. A number of Caribbean countries are expected to received thousands of vaccines through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and some Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID 19 vaccines.  St Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to receive 45,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The vaccines are the first of the assigned doses to satisf...

Two considerations guiding PM’s decision about taking Covid vaccine MINISTER OF HEALTH ST CLAIR PRINCE (second from left) with some of the frontline workers who were the first persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines to take the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. Social Share And he may make his decision as soon as today. Five local frontline workers, including infectious disease specialist Dr Jerrol Thompson, medical officer of health Dr Roger Duncan, health disaster coordinator Donna Bascombe and registrar, community health services, Dr Franklyn James were on Monday, Februar...