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Kingstown – Health officials on Tuesday said that the Gamma variant of coronavirus (COVID-19) is the dominant variant in circulation in St Vincent and the Grenadines, warning that it is just as deadly as the Delta variant. St Vincent and the Grenadines is currently battling a spike in cases of COVID-19, which has claimed 42 lives since September 9, taking the death toll to 54 on Tuesday. The island has …
Some reluctance to be tested for COVID19 remains an issue at shelters, even though almost 50 persons across eight shelters in St Vincent have already tested positive for the virus. Tamara Bobb, the epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health told SEARCHLIGHT that as of Wednesday, May 12, 43 persons at public shelters had tested positive. Four persons in private shelters have also tested positive, and one person who interacted with …
No community spread Health Minister St. Clair ‘Jimmy’ Prince was adamant that given the WHO definition, there was no community spread of the coronavirus in SVG. By: Dayle Da Silva• Minister of Health St Clair ‘Jimmy’ Prince maintains that the transmission of the COVID-19 virus here in St Vincent and the Grenadines is not to be categorized under community spread. He made the statement during last Wednesday’s sitting of the House of Assembly in answer to a question posed by Leader of the Opposition Dr. Godwin Friday. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined community spread as b...
COVID-19 cases increase By: Dayle Da Silva• Seven new cases have been added overnight (January 13/14) to the overall tally of COVID-19 cases here. That number, as of the morning of January 14, stood at 340. Tamara Bobb, Epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health, said at a press briefing on January 13, that up to that date 49 new cases had been recorded. This after 31 cases had been recorded on January 12, with all those testing positive being locals with no recent travel history. According to Bobb, they were still conducting investigations on 8 of the 49 new cases to determine whe...