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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Parliament has suspended until Friday, the debate on the EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) budget after Health Minister, St Clair “Jimmy” Prince, became the eighth government legislator to test positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves, who presented the fiscal package on Monday, is among those who have also tested positive for the virus and with Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves himself awaiting …

St Vincent opposition won't return to parliament without advice from CMO following positive COVID-19 tests of four government legislators

Some Vincentians have begun to question even more the necessity to take a COVID-19 vaccine, after this country recorded its first fully-vaccinated COVID related death. But Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache is resolute that the data, not just in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but globally has proven that the COVID-19 jabs help. “Vaccinated persons are less likely to become infected, they are less likely to get …

Some Vincentians have begun to question even more the necessity to take a COVID-19 vaccine, after this country recorded its first fully-vaccinated COVID related death. But Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache is resolute that the data, not just in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), but globally has proven that the COVID-19 jabs help. “Vaccinated persons are less likely to become infected, they are less likely to get …

The most recent spike in COVID-19 cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has affected attendance at several businesses and units within the public and private sectors. And, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, says several factors can be attributed to what can be considered this country’s third wave of the pandemic. “The ‘natural’ pattern of COVID; you have these two month cycles. It would be quiet for …