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SVG to receive 45,600 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine beginning this month Social Share St Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and several 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’ allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of  AstraZeneca.  This means that St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s)  over the coming few weeks. The vaccines are the first of the assigned doses to satisfy COVAX’s  agree...

St.Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccines over the coming few weeks St. Vincent and the Grenadines, along with Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID19 vaccines. The Health Services Sub-Committee of the National Emergency Committee says St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of AstraZeneca. This means that St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s) over the coming few weeks. The...

Officials uneasy about COVID variants Dr. Simone Keizer Beache, CMO, confirmed no presence of other variants but did register concern that they could be here. By: Dayle Da Silva• Testing is yet to confirm whether any COVID-19 variants presently exist in St Vincent and the Grenadines. But according to the Chief Medical Officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, given the disease patterns that were unfolding, there is concern among health officials that the UK variant could be present here. This concern comes as the Caribbean Public Health Agency.   (CARPHA) recently confirmed 5 cases of the COVID-19...

Sister of Spiritual Baptist Archbishop is SVG’s first of two Covid-related deaths JESTINA POMPEY Social Share ST VINCENT and the Grenadines (SVG) has recorded two COVID-19 deaths in the last four days. The first death was recorded on Friday afternoon after the 49-yearold female presented to the Health Services one day prior on January 14, with difficulty breathing. She was later confirmed as being positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, while speaking on radio on Sunday morning expressed condolences to the family of the woman whom he identified as Jestina Pom...

Eight district health centres to be designated ‘flu clinics from today Social Share EIGHT DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES around the country have been designated ‘flu clinics’ and from today will offer only Covid-19 related services. The move has come after a “review of services” by the Ministry of Health and the decision taken to move towards single service clinics, chief medical officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache told SEARCHLIGHT yesterday. She said this would mean that the clinics persons attend for Covid-19 testing would not be the same as those that are providing regular comm...