Fears of a Covid-19 Spike
The coronavirus is complicating evacuations, especially since St. Vincent and the Grenadines is part of a large swath of the world that lacks access to vaccines, in what’s being dubbed a global “vaccine apartheid.” The country only got its first shipment of vaccines two days before the first volcanic eruption. Government officials say that they are worried the evacuations and ongoing devastation may cause a new spike in covid-19 cases on the island, especially given the water shortage.
