THE VINCENTIAN PDF - 09-10-20

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 09,

2020

VOLUME 114, No.41

Health situation under control Page 3

www.thevincentian.com

TVET goes inclusive Page 7

Louis BoucherReferee Page 15

EC$1.50

Footballers’ fitness assessed Page 22

Rivers overflow Page 28

Vector Unit workers continue to use handheld fogging machines from pick-ups. This is to be replaced by mounted truck foggers. Right: BRAGSA has moved in since the outbreak, to clear the mouth of the North River at Rose Place.

The application of larvicides will hopefully control the breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the virus that causes Dengue Fever. by DAYLE DA SILVA UP TO TUESDAY of this week, there were 655 recorded cases of Dengue Fever in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This figure was confirmed by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves while speaking on his regular Wednesday morning slot on state-owned NBC radio. The figure is a marked increase since September 29

when the Ministry of Health confirmed that there were 514 confirmed laboratory cases. To date, there have been five deaths attributed to Dengue. A sixth person previously listed as having succumbed to the disease, is now listed as having died from other causes though that person did have dengue fever. And though this has not been confirmed by the

Ministry of Health, citizens accepted that there is an even spread of cases of the fever between men and women, as purported by the Prime Minister. The majority of cases, 64.58%, continues to be centred in the Kingstown, Pembroke and Calliaqua Health Districts, with Calliaqua, as alluded to by the Prime Minister, accounting for the most recent

marked increase. A Ministry of health release noted that the majority of persons affected, 69.47%, is in the 25 and under age group, with 52.98% being in the 0-15 year age group. The Prime Minister assured an increased number of doctors, nurses and beds have been assigned to deal with the surge and the expected increased demands on the health care system.

But even as the Prime Minister was keeping the nation informed on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment had officially rolled out, at a press briefing on October 2, what it described as a comprehensive Dengue Response Project, for which Cabinet had approved a sum of EC1.6 million. Continued on Page 3.


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