St Vincent fears volcano eruption will drive up Covid cases
by Associated Press in Kingstown from World news | The Guardian on (#5GMS4)
Officials say lack of clean water and overcrowding among evacuees are hampering prevention efforts
Officials in St Vincent say they are extremely worried about the island's Covid-19 outbreak given a lack of clean water and more positive cases reported as thousands of evacuees fleeing the La Soufriere volcano eruption crowd into shelters and private homes.
About a dozen cases have been reported in recent days. At least five evacuees staying in two homes and a shelter tested positive, exposing at least 20 people to the virus, St Vincent's chief medical officer, Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, said.
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