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Minister of Health Senator Luke Browne speaks at the press conference on Friday. (iWN photo)

Health Ministry denies being reactionary amidst dengue outbreak

Minister of Health Senator Luke Browne has defended his ministry’s response to the dengue epidemic saying he was not sure it could be characterised as reactionary, as a journalist asked…

4 Oct 2020 7:19PM

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SVG’s dengue death count rises to 6

2 Oct 2020 12:05PM

Gov’t approves papaya leaf extract for dengue treatment

1 Oct 2020 6:46PM

There is an outbreak of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

SVG records 5th dengue death

1 Oct 2020 6:34PM

Quarantine-breaker Ivan Nathaniel Burgin, 78, poses for journalists outside the Kingstown Magistrate's Court after his arraignment on Thursday. (iWN photo)

Three persons charged with breaching quarantine

1 Oct 2020 2:04PM

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral illness. It caused the deaths of five students in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last year.

Four dengue deaths confirmed in St. Vincent

The number of persons who have died as a result of the current outbreak of dengue in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been confirmed as four, the Ministry of…

28 Sep 2020 3:25PM

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