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WORKERS EMPLOYED at various businesses throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are taking the COVID-19 vaccines available here while many of the nation’s nurses are refusing to do so. “About two weeks ago, I got information, Eastern Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC), 90% of their employees, 166 workers at the time had taken the vaccine…. “Several other companies are doing that. Why the workers at flour mill can take …
In partnership with the @UN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launches the Global Funding Appeal to assist us in our efforts to address some of the many challenges arising from the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano. pic.twitter.com/tFodtvVXl0
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said officials are still quantifying the damage, but that rebuilding will run “in the hundreds of millions of dollars” on top of “massive” humanitarian relief needs.
More than 16,000 people were evacuated before the first, April 9, explosion at La Soufriere volcano, with officials noting that ash piled up to 16 inches (42cm) high in some homes in the northern part of St Vincent, where the volcano is located.
UN seeks $29M for St. Vincent amid new volcanic threats
DÁNICA COTO, Associated Press
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1of8People clean volcanic ash from the red roof of a home after La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Wallilabou, on the western side of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Monday, April 12, 2021. La Soufriere volcano fired an enormous amount of ash and hot gas early Monday in the biggest explosive eruption yet since volcanic activity began on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent late last week.Orvil Samuel/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Plumes of ash rise from the La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Vincie Richie/The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre via AP)Vincie Richie/APShow MoreShow Less
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