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Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. (File photo)

COVID-19 in SVG: Gov’t to hire nurses, buy medicine from Cuba; close some ports

St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will hire some 20 nurses, locally, as well as three medical doctors and 12 nurses from Cuba who specialise in handling infectious diseases, including…

14 Mar 2020 1:45PM

COVID-19 in SVG

COVID-19 in SVG: Diabetics, hypertensives, heart patients at greater risk

14 Mar 2020 7:46AM

Cabinet mulls limits on mass gatherings, revises quarantine lists

13 Mar 2020 5:36AM

While Kingstown (pictured) is the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Making Cities Resilient focus is on Arnos Vale, where the government plans to develop a new city. (iWN file photo)

COVID-19 in SVG: Ministry notes concerns about cruise ship arrivals

13 Mar 2020 5:18AM

Minister of Health Senator Luke Browne. (iWN photo)

COVID-19 in SVG: Still no date for completion of isolation facility

12 Mar 2020 4:40PM

Minister of Health, Senator Luke Browne was absent from and was never mentioned by his staff not even to excuse his absence from Tuesday’s press conference. (iWN file photo)

COVID-19 in SVG: No ban on European travellers

• Ministry promises to be ‘transparent with any news that we might have’• SVG to ‘move away from the idea of preventing importation to managing cases in-house’ The Government of…

12 Mar 2020 3:05PM

COVID-19 in SVG