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Trinidad: Patient who got blood clot after receiving vaccine dies
LOOP NEWS: A Trinidadian man who developed a blood clot and paralysis after being administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 has died.
Loop News understands that the man...
CXC announces exam changes prompted by COVID & other challenges
The Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) says it ready to listen and to engage in dialogue with critical stakeholders across the education landscape given...
Canada opens new pathway to permanent status for temporary essential workers and graduates
CBC News Canada: The federal government will introduce a new pathway to permanent residency for foreign nationals working in Canada in essential jobs such as...
United States Supports St. Vincent Volcano Response
The U.S. government has mobilized a multi-tier, interagency approach to bring much needed relief to the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
AstraZeneca vaccine: Denmark stops rollout completely
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully.
The...
Johnson & Johnson vaccine paused over rare blood clots
The US, South Africa and European Union will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare...
PAHO Director warns that vaccines alone will not stop current COVID-19 surge
Warning that COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the Americas have slowed, Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne urged countries to employ a “comprehensive...
Vincentians Opting To Stay At Home… At Least For Now
POINTE XPRESS: Whilst Antigua and Barbuda and other Caribbean territories are making preparations to accept residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) fleeing...
India to launch language learning app for Antiguans
High Commission of India in Georgetown is formally launching 'LITTLE GURU', a specialized app for learning Sanskrit, in Guyana, Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts &...
Sputnik V becomes third Covid-19 vaccine approved in India
A third coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in India amid a deadly second wave of infections.
Russia's Sputnik V has been deemed to...
Guyanese choose to stay in St Vincent despite volcano eruption
ASSOCIATES TIMES: In a declaration on Saturday, the Office of the President, Irfaan Ali, said that “Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has been in proper contact with...
La Soufriere SCIENTIFIC UPDATE
NOTE: This update was prepared prior to an explosion which occurred at 6:30AM local time.
La Soufriere SCIENTIFIC UPDATE – 13/04/21 6:00AM
1. Seismic activity at...
UWI Rallies Relief for SVG
Amid the series of eruptions from the La Soufrière volcano, parts of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and neighbouring islands have been blanketed in...