The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to many new medical laboratories in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), which remain unmonitored. This concern was raised by Minister of Health and the Environment, St Clair Prince as he opened debate on the Medical Laboratories Bill 2022 in Parliament on Tuesday, October 25. The minister said these labs which “popped up during COVID” was a response to a demand for testing. “There was …