FRIDAY, AUGUST 09, 2024
VOLUME 118, No.32
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The erection of a fence indicates that the area is being demarcated.
UPTICK IN COVID:
The first signs of heavy-duty machinery on site. Photo Source: API SVG ON JULY 26, 2024, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
the Taiwanese company Overseas Engineering and Construction Company (OECC), which officially signaled the commencement of construction of an Acute Referral Hospital,
otherwise referred to as the Acute Care Hospital, at Arnos Vale. The Hospital is to be sited on the northern side of the runway of the Continued on Page 3.
Setting the parameters for the beginning of work in earnest.
TWO DEATHS by DAYLE DASILVA HEALTH AUTHORITIES here say that there was an uptick in COVID cases in the country during the month of July, with 89 cases identified. And up to August 04, according to a disclosure made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on radio, there were 125 cases recorded in the country for the year so far. A total of 12 cases have been identified in emergency shelters. The most recent COVID related deaths occurred between August 1 and 2. The Prime Minister confirmed that an 87-year-old died on August 01, and another elderly person a day later. Testing is ongoing and once individuals show symptoms, they are immediately removed and taken for treatment. Citizens are being encouraged to get tested and to get
vaccinated, according to Gonsalves. And while there a general uptick in the United States, the region and locally, throughout the region, and in places such as the United States, Dr. Gonsalves said no official restrictions were being enforced although there had been public health notices. The first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed here on March 11, 2020.