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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that it is illegal for a food business place including supermarkets to sell or provide food, either on or off the food premises in a disposable plastic food service container.
A person shall not distribute, sell or use disposable plastic shopping bags after August 1st, 2020.
Failure to comply with the above-mentioned, a person would have committed an offence and liable, on summary conviction, of a fine of $5000.00, and to a further fine of $500.00 each day during which the offence continues.
Please note that Environmental Health Officers will be visiting food businesses to ensure compliance.
SOURCE: Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 case. This new positive case arrived on Saturday, 1st August , 2020, from the USA on American Airlines 945, with a negative RT- PCR result. The Vincentian national, who is from a high risk occupation, tested negative for SARS- CoV-2 on entry screening and was quarantined for five days in an approved facility. The positive result was recorded on quarantine day 5 screening. The national who has no complaints, was placed in isolation in an approved private facility. This is the second traveler on the American Airlines 945 flight of August 1 to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19.
