SVG DRIP launches with appeal for Vincentians overseas to donate PPE
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Vincentian organisations around the world have merged efforts to provide relief to their home country in times of crisis.
One of the first ventures of this initiative will be to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines, who are on the frontlines of the fight against the COVID19 pandemic.
Ambassador Lou-Anne Gilchrist
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Disaster Relief Initiative Platform (SVG DRIP) held its official virtual launch on Saturday, February 20, during which representatives from various organisations in the Diaspora expressed support for the new initiative.
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SVG records two more Covid-19 deaths, bringing total to eight
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Two new COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines, bringing the total count to eight.
Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, the chief medical officer made the announcement during the Ministry of Health’s weekly update on Thursday.
The first is a 60-year-old woman of Sandy Bay who died in her home on February 8.
Keizer-Beache said the woman was known to be COVID positive and complained of abdominal pain before she died.
The chief medical officer added that the pathologist, in consultation with the Ministry of Health, said this death should be ruled as a COVID-19 death, even though they were unable to carry out a post mortem.