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178 New COVID cases for St. Lucia; Health now closely monitoring 12 Sub-varients
By Shanieka Smith
Staff Writer
#StLucia, February 20, 2023 – St Lucia’s Ministry of Health and Wellness said the global reports of COVID-19 cases are being underrated as 178 new infections and 1 death was recorded on the island within 30 days ending on
Having noticed an increase in respiratory infections among residents, St Lucia’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sharon Belmar-George said 12 sub-variants of Omicron are in circulation and have been sequenced by the Ministry.
“In addition to COVID-19 there are other respiratory viruses in circulation which may possess a similar clinical presentation to COVID-19,” she added.
George noted that the spike was expected with the relaxing of COVID-19 measures last year. She said influenza cases were also reduced by these measures which explain the current increase.