The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, takes this opportunity to reiterate the advice that travel to and from China is discouraged, in light of the recent outbreak of coronavirus, which prompted the Director General of the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Kindly note that the training video is aimed towards sensitization the public that the Ministry of Health is making all the necessary preparations for any disaster namely the Coronavirus and Ebola.
The public is advised that a Vincentian national who was in China has returned home.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment held a press conference on Monday, February 03, 2020, at the Ministry's conference room.
Following a meeting with Head of the Venezuelan Mission, Francisco Pérez Santana and the Permanent Secretary of Health, Cuthbert Knights and the Ministry of Health team of medical professionals, the 'Miracle Mission' will return to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from February 8th to 14th, 2020, to conduct free Visual testing with the aim of helping persons with limited resources who have vision problems caused by cataracts and pterygiums.