Eight district health centres to be designated ‘flu clinics from today Social Share EIGHT DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRES around the country have been designated ‘flu clinics’ and from today will offer only Covid-19 related services.
The move has come after a “review of services” by the Ministry of Health and the decision taken to move towards single service clinics, chief medical officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache told SEARCHLIGHT yesterday.
She said this would mean that the clinics persons attend for Covid-19 testing would not be the same as those that are providing regular community health services.
This move is to decrease the likelihood of infections.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday confirmed fifty-five (55) new COVID-19 cases
St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday confirmed fifty-five (55) new COVID-19 cases.
The Health Services Sub-Committee says three (3) cases are non-nationals who arrived on island between December 31, 2020 and January 4, 2021 with negative PCR test results, and subsequently tested positive during quarantine.
Fifty-two (52) of these new cases are nationals without a recent travel history, bringing the total number of local cases under investigation to eighty (80). There are currently five (5) distinct clusters to which most cases can be linked. Contact tracing, further linking and testing related to all of these local cases are ongoing.
Sixteen new Covid-19 cases confirmed – eleven local, five imported Social Share
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Wednesday confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases. Five of the cases were recorded in non-national adult travelers while the other 11 cases are adult Vincentians who do not have a travel history.
A release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) said the five non-national adult travelers arrived from the USA and the United Kingdom between December 26 and January 3 with negative PCR tests. Subsequent testing during the quarantine period revealed positive PCR results. These travelers remain isolated until cleared by two negative results.
The other cases are eleven adult Vincentians without a recent travel history have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of local cases to 28.