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5-month-old infected with Covid-19

This story was posted 9 months ago
31 August 2021
in Community, Health
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by Linda Straker 

  • 83% of active cases are unvaccinated individuals
  • Eldest person is a 97-year-old; youngest is 5 months old
  • Positivity rate which was at 3% is currently at 11%

Dr Myanna Charles, Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health has disclosed that a 5-month-old baby is among Grenada’s current local Covid-19 cases, with the eldest person at 97 years old

Providing an update on the country’s community spread outbreak which has affected each parish, Charles said that data collected by the Ministry as of 30 August, shows that are 267 active cases, of which 257 are classified as local active cases with no travel history.

“In terms of the gender distribution, 49% are males and 51% are females,” Dr Charles said during the weekly post-cabinet briefing on Tuesday, 31 August 2021. She also disclosed that 83% of the cases are unvaccinated individuals.

Reconfirming that the island is experiencing community spread of the virus with the delta variant, she said that the situation is very serious. “It’s very dire what is happening in the country,” she said, explaining that the island’s positivity rate which was at 3% is currently at 11%.

“A few days ago, that rate was 3%, today we are at 11%, what does that mean, a few days ago health officials had to conduct 33 tests before a positive case, now it’s only ten cases before we get a positive case. So, the situation is very very serious, and we need to take heed, we need to remember the co-preventative measures,” she said.

Grenada began recording a spike in cases following the hosting of a number of legal and illegal mass gathering events between the period of 8-15 August 2021. From 17-30 August over 150 active cases have been confirmed.

Though most of the cases are considered as mild or moderate in terms of symptoms, the island’s Covid-19 Unit has seen approximately 10 individuals from the currently active cases admitted for healthcare. One person has since died. The first Covid-19 death occurred in January 2021.

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Comments 7

  1. JenJen says:
    9 months ago

    You should have been doing FREE testing for months now whenever someone had flu like symptoms or respiratory symptoms. You just wanted to squeeze the population and discouraged testing by money grubbing asking $400 EC to be tested.

    Reply
  2. Curious says:
    9 months ago

    This virus is very contagious and transferred via droplets so why is it that testing needs to be so deep into the nose and the throat?

    Reply
  3. anthony slaine says:
    9 months ago

    Very sad. Will this be enough for Grenadians to consider getting vaccinated? 83% of infected people being unvaccinated is par for the course all over the world. Hopefully the antivax lies will start to diminish, as I think they already have. The truth is starting to hit home. One thousand cases by next week (doubles every few days in largely unvaccinated population once it takes hold, as it has now).

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    • Kesri Johnson says:
      9 months ago

      Anthony while you are busy oushing mRNA drugs, are you aware of the latest data from Israel which shows that Natural Immunity offers 13 times more protection than the double mRNA injected?

      Check it out….

      https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1

      Reply
      • Finn Husban’ says:
        9 months ago

        Mind you, Kesri, it’s only the SURVIVORS that develop “natural immunity”.
        Just sayin’

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        • Kesri Johnson says:
          9 months ago

          Yep, you got to be in it to win it Finn. Hahaha.

          My Natural Immunity is boosted so although I walk through the shadow of the valley of Covid death, I shall fear no Virus .

          I believe, that unless you are over 80 and have poor health issues, then CV19 is really over rated for most healthy people.

          In the past two years I have had various sniffles and coughs, I am sure I already have full T cell Immunity for that Bat, Pangolin, Chicken and Human brewed
          virus.

          Plus for backup, I have my trusted Ivermectin, Doxycycline and Quercitin, in addition to my daily VitC, D3 and Zinc.

          So really, I dont need to fear or panic over the never ending Covid hysteria.

          Reply
          • Joe lembo says:
            9 months ago

            Another fool believing in horse dewormer drugs

            Reply

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