GOV.VC
News
The SVG Indian Heritage Foundation will celebrate the 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indians to SVG on June 1st, 2021. The first ship, the TRAVANCORE, departed India with persons who made the journey to a country unknown, but which was to become their home. Between 1861 and 1880 eight (8) ships brought 2,474 Indians to SVG to work and live on 23 estates. Just over half of these Indians remained in SVG, while about 1,100 returned to India.
Eight (8) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and sixty-seven (167) samples processed on Friday, May 28th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 4.8%.
Thirteen (13) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from five hundred and one (501) samples processed on Thursday, May 27th, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 2.6%.