Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Covid-19 cases - 58 cases

Shiloh · Mar 17, 2020

Source: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...241249651.html

St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has announced that he will seek help from Cuba to combat the coronavirus, which has infected at least one person in the country. He also said his administration is seeking to employ at least 20 nurses locally in addition to three medical doctors from Havana, who specialize in handling infectious diseases, including COVID-19, according to local press reports.

kiwibird · Apr 4, 2020

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BREAKING: SVG Now Has 7 Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Subject: Four More Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in SVG

The Caribbean Public Health Agency just reported 4 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. These are all imported cases from either Canada or the United States of America all arriving on March 25, 2020. The number of confirmed cases reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to date now stands at 7. One of the patients has already made a full recovery. Thus, there are currently 6 active cases.

The patients are Vincentian nationals and have been in isolation since their samples were taken for testing. They are being monitored by health officials. The process of informing the patients and any possible earlier contacts has commenced. All additional public health measures will continue including the implementation of additional quarantine where necessary.

kiwibird · Apr 8, 2020

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These results bring the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to 8. They are all imported cases. One of the patients has already made a full recovery. Thus, there are currently 7 active cases.

The patient who tested positive is a Vincentian national and has been in isolation since the sample was taken for testing. The patient is being monitored and all close contacts have been identified.

All additional public health measures including the implementation of additional quarantine will be applied where required.

kiwibird · Apr 11, 2020

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Four more persons have tested positive for coronavirus in St Vincent and the Grenadines increasing its total number of confirmed cases to 12.

According to the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) today (April 9) reported on 30 pending samples.

Twenty-six of the samples returned negative while four were positive for COVID-19.

This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases to 12.

NEMO notes these are all imported cases and one of the patients has already made a full recovery, thus there are currently 11 active cases.

The patients, who have been informed, are all Vincentian nationals and have been in isolation since the samples were taken for testing.

kiwibird · Apr 13, 2020

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Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves appreciated the COVID-19 screening tests that Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro sent to his country on Saturday.

“We have received 3,000 rapid test kits for the COVID-19 and a relevant quantity of reagents for the PCR test,”

Gonsalves confirmed and recalled that the United States has withheld similar equipment that was also aimed at his country.

“We don’t have the PCR equipment as yet… Many pieces of our PCR equipment have been held in ‘the great’ U.S. for one reason or another… We do not have any control of the supply chain,” he explained.

The COVID-19 RT-PCR test is a real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) test for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2 in upper and lower respiratory specimens (such as nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs, sputum, lower respiratory tract aspirates, bronchoalveolar lavage, and
nasopharyngeal wash/aspirate or nasal aspirate) collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider.

kiwibird · Apr 21, 2020

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The Caribbean Public Health Agency on Sunday reported another three (3) negative COVID-19 results for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. One (1) of these negative tests was for an isolated patient who had previously tested positive, and is part of the medical clearance process to determine whether the patient had recovered. This individual must now have another negative PCR test for COVID-19, in order to confirm recovery.
One other negative result, is the second such negative COVID-19 PCR for an ill patient in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment’s care and is part of an ongoing comprehensive investigative management process. This patient has never tested positive for COVID-19. The third negative is for a new import related suspected case. There are no new COVID-19 positive cases and therefore the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines remains at 12. One person has recovered as confirmed by two negative COVID-19 PCR tests reported by CARPHA. The last COVID- 19 positive case for St. Vincent and the Grenadines was recorded ten days ago on Thursday April 9, 2020.
The COVID-19 Task Force relies exclusively on the COVID-19 PCR test to diagnose active COVID-19 infection. Rapid immunoglobulin tests will only be used to determine possible past exposure and the presence of antibodies to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Task Force wishes to advise the public that there is no case of any individual testing positive for COVID-19, by rapid test or PCR, who is associated with any supermarket in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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