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The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the advice of Scientists from the Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, has taken the decision to lower the Volcanic Alert Level from Yellow to Green, effective March 16, 2022. A GREEN alert means that seismic and fumarolic (steam vent) activity at the La Soufrière Volcano are at or below the historical level. No other unusual activity has been observed.
The Ministry of National Mobilisation, Social Development, Gender, Family, Youth, Housing and Informal Human Settlement, Persons with Disabilities and other stakeholders are now more equipped to handle disasters, after a one week training to boost capacity in obtaining data using the Rapid Pro Application.
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 a.m. daily on the island of Bequia.
The SVG Red Cross Community Resilience Building Project commissioned two microprojects in the Buccament community on the Thursday, 10th March, 2022. The two projects are geared towards mitigating the negative impact of Climate Change.