The
COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a part of the ongoing global
viral pandemic of
coronavirus disease 2019
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
(COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in March 2020.
The first confirmed case was discovered on 11 March 2020.
Timeline
March 2020
On 11 March 2020,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed its first case.
The passenger had travelled from the
United Kingdom to
Saint Vincent via
Barbados. They travelled on
British Airways to Barbados and onward to Saint Vincent via
LIAT
LIAT (1974) Ltd, also known as Leeward Islands Air Transport Services and operating as LIAT, is a regional airline headquartered in Antigua and Barbuda that operated high-frequency inter-island scheduled services to 15 destinations in the Caribb ...
.
On 27 March 2020, it was announced by Minister of Health Senator Luke Browne, that a repeat test for the patient who originally tested positive was now negative.
April to June 2020
On 1 April 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its second confirmed case of COVID-19.
Prime Minister
Ralph Gonsalves announced that the annual
Vincy Mas festival will be cancelled for 2020, in order to protect the population from the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
On 2 April 2020, it was announced by Ministry of Health announced that a 3rd case was recorded.
On 3 April 2020, it was announced by Ministry of Health announced that 4 addition cases were recorded, bringing the total cases up to 7.
On 5 April, the
Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines addressed the
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...
in a televised broadcast, in which she asked people to "take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return". She added, "we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again".
19 May 2020, it was announced by Ministry of Health announced that an 18th case was recorded.
29 May 2020, it was announced by Ministry of Health announced that a 26th case was recorded.
7 June 2020, it was announced there were one new COVID-19 cases in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
16 June 2020, it was announced there were two new COVID-19 cases in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
25 June 2020, it was announced there were no active COVID-19 cases in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
July to September 2020
12 July 2020, it was announced there were 6 new COVID-19 cases in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Two of the new cases are from an
American Airlines flight that had arrived from
Miami on 11 July 2020, and a number of passengers who had arrived on that flight had broken their 24-hour quarantine.
18 July 2020, it was announced there were 3 new COVID-19 cases.
19 July 2020, it was announced there were 6 additional COVID-19 cases.
29 July 2020, it was announced there were 2 additional COVID-19 cases.
9 August 2020, it was announced there were 2 additional COVID-19 cases, 3 recoveries, and 5 active cases.
13 August 2020, it was announced there were 3 additional COVID-19 recoveries, and only 2 active cases.
25 August 2020, it was announced there is only 1 active cases.
27 August 2020, it was announced that 2 guests staying at the 5 star
Mandarin Oriental Resort on
Canouan have tested positive.
1 September 2020, it was announced that an additional person from a group of Swedish travelers who arrived on 19 August from
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
has tested positive.
6 September 2020, it was announced that there was one additional recovery.
7 September 2020, it was announced that there was one additional case of a Vincentian national who arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 September from
Jamaica
11 September 2020, it was announced that there were two additional cases of Vincentian nationals who returned from
British Virgin Islands. There were 3 recoveries.
17 September 2020, it was announced that there are no Active COVID-19 Cases in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
October to December 2020
15 October 2020, it was announced that there is one Active COVID-19 case. An American national who arrived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 14 October from
Florida.
16 October 2020, it was announced that there are two more Active COVID-19 cases. Both cases arrived on a
Caribbean Airlines flight from
Barbados.
20 October 2020, it was announced that there is one additional COVID-19 case. The adult traveler arrived from the
USA
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
on Sunday, 18 October 2020.
23 October 2020, it was announced that there are five additional COVID-19 cases. 4 from the US and one from
Canada, all arrived with negative
PCR PCR or pcr may refer to:
Science
* Phosphocreatine, a phosphorylated creatine molecule
* Principal component regression, a statistical technique
Medicine
* Polymerase chain reaction
** COVID-19 testing, often performed using the polymerase chain r ...
tests.
18 November 2020, it was announced that there are five additional COVID-19 cases.
January 2021
On 15 January 2021, the country recorded its first death from
COVID-19, a 49-year-old female with multiple pre-existing conditions.
April 2021
In April, difficulties to contain the virus were compounded by the catastrophic eruption of
La Soufrière. Evacuation efforts were subsequently complicated by the need to conduct testing and vaccination before entering neighboring islands.
December 2021
On 29 December 2021, the country's National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) announced the first recorded case of the
Omicron variant.
Statistics
New cases per day
Deaths per day
Recoveries per day
Active cases per day
See also
*
Caribbean Public Health Agency
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is a regional public health agency headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago which was established by CARICOM leaders in July 2011 and began operation in 2013.
CARPHA combines the functions of five pre-exi ...
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COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada
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COVID-19 pandemic in North America
The first cases of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in North America were reported in the United States on 23 January 2020. Cases were reported in all North American countries after Saint Kitts and Nevis confirmed a case on 2 ...
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COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
References
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