Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recorded one (1) new COVID-19 case on Wednesday, 9th December, 2020. The case is a returning national who arrived with a negative RT-PCR test result from Canada on Monday, December 7, 2020, and tested positive, on entry screening for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in Bequia commencing on 8th December, 2020.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) on Monday, November 16th, 2020, handed over a cheque in the amount of two hundred and twelve thousand US dollars (US$ 212,000) to the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, as part of the Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes in SVG.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 p.m. daily.
The Surveillance Committee of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has recorded sixteen hundred and seventeen (1617) laboratory confirmed cases of dengue fever as of November 14, 2020, epidemiological week 46.