St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded 1 new COVID-19 case. The case is a returning national who arrived with a negative PCR test result from Canada on Monday December 7th, 2020, and tested positive on entry screening COVID-19. The adult traveler was in mandatory quarantine and will be isolated until cleared by two negative tests.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded a total of 91 COVID-19 cases, 80 of which have recovered. There are now 11 active COVID-19 cases, all imported from countries categorized as high risk.
The Ministry of Health in a release, reminded the public “that a negative RT-PCR test result prior to arriving in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is not a guarantee of being COVID-19 free”.
The release went on to stress how important it is for all travelers and proprietors to comply with all the protocols put in place, in order to minimize the risk of COVID-19 being spread in SVG.
