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Searchlight Newspaper – The COVID-19 pandemic is triggering the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression of 1929 to 1939 and the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009.
But despite this, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has managed the economy well and could be described as an exemplar in the region.
This observation was made recently by Professor Justin Robinson, head of the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill campus and Executive Director, Sagicor Cave Hill SchoolOf Business & Management.
Speaking on WE FM’s Issues at Hand program, Professor Robinson said financially, the countries in the region, except maybe Guyana, are all having economic issues, but outside of the oil producing countries, SVG is one the best performers economically and is currently getting through the pandemic with the least economic damage.
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Kingstown – Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, travellers from Barbados will be categorised as arriving from a high risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for ten days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the St Vincent National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) Saturday night, according to the Searchlight Newspaper in St Vincent.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent from medium-risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorisation of Barbados from medium risk to high risk came just hours after the Barbados government announced that over the past two days, almost 200 people tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majorit
St Vincent puts Barbados on COVID ‘high risk’ travel list
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(Searchlight Newspaper) – Effective Monday, January 4, 2021, travellers from Barbados will be categorised as arriving from a high risk country, and must quarantine in an approved hotel for 10 days.
This change in the protocol for entry of travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was announced by the National Emergency Mangement Organsation (NEMO) Saturday night.
A change has also been made to the protocol for entry of travellers to SVG from medium risk countries, who will now have to spend five days in an approved hotel.
The change in categorization of Barbados from medium risk to high risk came just hours after the Barbados government announced that over the past two days, almost 200 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and that public health officials are investigating at least three clusters, one of which is a super spreader event accounting for the majority of new cases.