Bequia this Week - 17th December - 23rd December 2021
A handy calendar of events, aptly entitled "Bequia This Week", is published on-line for this small Caribbean island every Friday with daily updates, giving information about what's on where and when, including Covid-19 info.
A handy calendar of events, aptly entitled "Bequia This Week", is published on-line for this small Caribbean island every Friday with daily updates, giving information about what's on where and when, including Covid-19 info.
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NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION (NEMO)<br />
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY<br />
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES<br />
WEST INDIES<br />
Tel: 784-456-2975, Fax: 784-457-1691, Email: nemosvgeoc@gmail.com or nemosvg@gov.vc<br />
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PRESS RELEASE<br />
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
<strong>December</strong> 20, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Contact: Chief Medical Officer,<br />
Chair, Health Services Subcommittee<br />
National Emergency Committee<br />
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines<br />
TWENTY-SIX (26) NEW CASES<br />
TWO (2) DEATHS<br />
Eight (8) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from seventy (70) samples collected on<br />
Thursday <strong>December</strong> 16 th , <strong>2021</strong>, resulting in a positivity of 11.4%. Ten (10) new rapid antigen<br />
positive results were reported from flu clinics on <strong>December</strong> 16 th , <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Eleven (11) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from seventy-nine (79) samples collected<br />
on Friday <strong>December</strong> 17 th , <strong>2021</strong>, resulting in a positivity 13.9%. Seven (7) new rapid antigen<br />
positive results were reported from flu clinics on <strong>December</strong> 17 th , <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Seven (7) new COVID-19 positive case was reported from one hundred and two (102) samples<br />
collected on Saturday <strong>December</strong> 18 th , <strong>2021</strong>, resulting in a positivity 6.9%. Seven (7) new rapid<br />
antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on <strong>December</strong> 18 th , <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
No new COVID-19 positive case was reported from twenty-three (23) samples collected on<br />
Sunday <strong>December</strong> 19 th , <strong>2021</strong>. Two (2) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu<br />
clinics on <strong>December</strong> 19 th , <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS<br />
There are currently two (2) patients admitted for COVID-19 at the Argyle Isolation Facility. One<br />
(1) patient is fully vaccinated, and the other patient is unvaccinated. Ten (10) patients are admitted<br />
to the COVID-19 ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. One (1) patient is fully vaccinated<br />
and nine (9) are unvaccinated.<br />
COVID-19 DEATHS<br />
Two (2) new deaths were recorded over the reporting period. A 52-year-old female, died at home<br />
after a respiratory illness and tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday 17 th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong> as part<br />
of the postmortem assessment. This patient was determined to have died from a COVID<br />
pneumonia.<br />
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