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AMI Project Manager Ashley Bryan and SMMC Medical Director Dr. Felix Holiday inside the ICU Hospitainer. A team consisting of thirty healthcare professionals from Aspen Medical International (AMI), a global provider of innovative healthcare solutions, has been in St. Maarten since April 8 assisting St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) in …

Four recoveries announced for St. Martin on Thursday by regional health authority ARS have brought the number of recoveries up to seventeen since the outbreak of COVID-19 began in the territory. The number of active cases is now down to 13. Eight are in isolation at home and five are …

Friday, April 17: Island Governor Jonathan Johnson updates on Covid-19 status When downloading, please be patient if you have a slow internet connection. Note: Persons whose jobs require them to be out during the curfew hours, are allowed to do this. The police have a list of who these persons …

In recent days, controls have been carried out on Saba in order to check the compliance with the measure of agglomeration of the emergency ordinance. On Sunday April 12th , 3 people were warned not to go outside the house. On Wednesday April 15th , 3 people were warned about …

To continue providing service to the com­munity the public entity St. Eustatius has introduced in­ternal measures to safeguard its workers during the current coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic, while at the same time allowing vital functions to continue providing service. Measures were taken in con­nection with the decisions to close schools …

An EZ Air aircraft touched down at F.D. Roo­sevelt Airport in St. Eustatius on Wednesday with much-needed supplies for St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Maarten in the islands’ fight against coronavirus COVID-19. With the airspace ban extended, only medical aircraft and cargo flights are arriving and departing St. Eustatius. A …

Four recoveries announced for St. Mar­tin on Thursday by regional health authority ARS have brought the number of recoveries up to seventeen since the outbreak of COVID-19 began in the territory. The number of active cases is now down to 13. Eight are in isolation at home and five are …

To help with the further strengthening of public health in St. Maarten, the Dutch government – this week – dispatched two medical professionals to the island. On April 14, a nurse of the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM and a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene expert …

The Health Ministry’s Collective Prevention Services (CPS) believes that residents with symptoms associated with the coronavirus COVID-19 are underreporting their statuses due to fears of repercussions, Prime Minister and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Chairperson Silveria Jacobs said on Thursday evening.   While the CPS-led team of trained medical professionals and …

St. Maarten recorded six new COVID-19 cases on Thursday pushing the total number of cases to date to 63 and the number of active cases (persons currently battling the illness) to 41. Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs said in a national address on …

Thursday, April 16: Island Governor Jonathan Johnson updates on Covid-19 status When downloading, please be patient if you have a slow internet connection. GIS Saba

  We are living in unprecedented times. For months we have watched as the virus called Covid-19 has wreaked havoc in countries, communities, and families far from our shores. We watched as borders closed and citizens were asked to stay home to protect not only themselves but also the most …

Bonaire has a first case of the Coronavirus. This was made public by Island Governor Edison Rijna in a press conference this afternoon. The person who tested positive for the virus has mild symptoms and is not seen as being a high-risk case. “The positive result is a conclusion of …

The Dutch Government in March 2020 decided to implement a package with emergency measures for the Caribbean Netherlands which are aimed at keeping people employed and to offer financial support to employees, self-employed persons and businesses that are facing acute income issues. The ‘Temporary subsidy arrangement wage costs and income …

Sadly, Covid-19 reached our beautiful Saba as well. Our wonderful new branch manager Ms. Melanie Marks and the branch president Gerald Simmons – de Jong helped the volunteers yesterday who have been putting themselves on the front line in delivering groceries. Since our island governor implemented much needed stay at home …

St. Maarten recorded four additional positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases up to 57. In giving some good news Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) said an additional seven persons have now recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 12. …

Bruno Magras gave details in an interview with Martinique La 1re, Tuesday, April 14, on the progress of the screening project for the entire population. He said the first of four test machines was due “next week”. The other three must arrive “the first half of May”, says the President …

Public Health Department explains the procedures and challenges in corona testing. It is a large file (6MB) for downloading, so please be patient if you have a slow internet connection. GIS Saba

The number of active coronavirus COV­ID-19 cases on the French side increased by one again on Tuesday, regional heath authority ARS reported. This brings active cases up to seventeen. The latest case has been confined to home in isola­tion. There are now 12 cases at home and five in hos­pital, …

The number of positive coro­navirus COVI D-19 cases in Dutch St. Maarten went up by one on Tues­day, bringing the total number of positive cases to 53 and active cases to 39. According to figures from Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, as of April 14 the total num­ber of persons in …

By Marvin Hokstam Being kept out of political and government decision-making processes could cause the black community of the Netherlands to be hit hard by COVID-19, the disease that is caused by the coronavirus. The media, the education system and the public health services will fall short, a report from …

A roughly estimated 5,500 persons are expected to file a request for the temporary subsidy arrangement for wage cost and income loss for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba within the next three months. Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Labour Wouter Koolmees recently stated this in response to questions from …

Tuesday, April 14: Address of Island Governor Jonathan Johnson on Covid-19 Lock-down. Please be patient during the download if you have a slow internet connection. GIS Saba  

Since the emergency regulation of SZW came into effect at the beginning of this month, requests have been received for more than two thousand persons on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. Half of these have already been paid out. In order to make this possible, employees of the RCN-unit SZW …

With two positive COVID-19 cases now on Saba and the mandatory lock-down which went into effect per midnight on Sunday, April 12, the Public Entity Saba is making sure that vital services continue. For this purpose, the government has been working together the island’s businesses owners. On Monday evening, April …

Non-essential work has stopped, and people are out of work; for this reason, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has put a package together for employees and employers. We are aware that businesses and persons that may have lost income may have questions about how they can receive financial …

Emergency Support Function 6 (ESF 6) will be going into different communities as of today, Tuesday, April 14, with a team of trained medical and community persons to visit at least 100 homes as authorities step up efforts to assess the real number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases in the country. …

The number of active coronavirus COVID-19 cases on the French side increased by one on Easter Monday, regional heath authority ARS reported. Active cases are up to sixteen although the overall situation is relatively stable so far. The latest case has been confined to home in isolation. There are now …

~To start widespread screening~ The Collectivité’s second coronavirus COVID-19 briefing on Monday on Facebook coincided with President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron’s declaration to the nation that the lockdown will continue until Monday, May 11, a development that will undoubtedly test the patience of citizens in St. Martin. President Daniel …

Monday, April 13: Address of Island Governor Jonathan Johnson on Covid-19 infection status. Please be patient during the download of this message if you have a slow internet connection. Island Governor Jonathan Johnson announced in an address on Monday evening that Saba now has two confirmed cases of coronavirus COVID-19. …

The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard with the assistance of the Defense is intensifying patrols to keep the islands safe. All maritime borders of the islands are closed due to the corona virus. As a result of this measure only regulated shipping traffic has access to the islands. The Dutch Caribbean …

Reducing the possibilities of domestic abuse occurring in homes during the currently two-week lockdown was the primary reason behind the move by authorities to temporarily suspend the sale and purchase of alcohol. Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs said on Sunday that reports were …

Dutch St. Maarten has two additional COVID-19 cases bringing to total number of cases to 52. Eva Lista-de Weever, Epidemiologist and Head of Collective Prevention Services (CPS) confirmed this during the press conference on Sunday, April 12. De Weever echoed that all persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 have …

Sunday, April 12: Address of Island Governor Jonathan Johnson on Covid-19 infection status. Please be patient during the download of this message if you have a slow internet connection

Seemingly within moments of Island Governor Jonathan Johnson announcing a mandatory two-week lock-down in response to Saba’s first confirmed case of coronavirus COVID-19, many persons descended on the only remaining grocery store to buy groceries and supplies. Johnson’s announcement was circulated on WhatsApp and was posted on Saba government’s Facebook …

After the Easter weekend the Public Health Department of the OLB starts, in association with Fundashon Mariadal, testing by means of a ‘COVID drive-thru’. Thus far tests were only taken from the patient at home, but with this new method Bonaire now wants to test as many people as possible …

A team of 29 medical professionals from AMI Expeditionary Healthcare in the United States (US) arrived in St. Maarten on April 7 and 8 to assist the country to care for its coronavirus COVID-19 patients. The AMI medical team along with local medical volunteers participated in a training session on …

Air-ambulance crew members wearing personal  protective equipment on the tarmac at F.D. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius.   F.D. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius was busy with medevac flights over a two-day period. On Friday evening, April 10, an air ambulance from Bonaire touched down with the air-ambulance crew wearing …

Three new patients who are highly suspected of having contracted the coronavirus COVID-19 were admitted to St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) on Friday night. The three patients include one person from Saba and all three are in stable condition. The three new hospitalizations bring the total number of COVID-19 related patients …

Update: We would like to clarify that food supplies and cargo are included in one of the vital services. Because they are, we are working on a plan to ensure that these services continue during the next weeks. Therefore, we encourage people to not panic at this moment about the …