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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 p.m. daily on the islands of Saint Vincent and Bequia.
Twenty-nine (29) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and fifty-eight (258) collected on Monday, 6th December, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 11.24%. Sixteen (16) new rapid antigen positive results were reported from flu clinics on December 6th, 2021.
Supports through Ministry of Social Development:
Payment of a cash transfer of $800 per household to 3,247 World Food Programme (WFP) household beneficiaries, as a transition from the existing WFP programme to the Soufriere Transitioning Grant for December 2021.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Tunghai University and the Taiwanese Embassy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for the International Elite Cultivation Program. Through the program, outstanding students from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines can pursue an undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degree at Tunghai University.