Saint Lucia, Grenada, Antigua and Barbados all agreed to take in evacuees. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves encouraged people evacuating to shelters elsewhere on Saint Vincent to take the COVID-19 vaccine and said people must be vaccinated to board cruise ships or to be granted refuge on another island.[1] Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announced via Twitter that his country would send humanitarian supplies and risk experts.[18] Carnival Cruise Lines sent Carnival Paradise and Carnival Legend; each had a capacity to transport up to 1,500 residents to neighbouring islands.