Ten new positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded for St. Maarten as of Tuesday, August 25, bringing the total number of active cases to 253. The total number of positive cases for the country is now 418. Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is currently monitoring 244 persons in home isolation. Eight …
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St. Maarten’s active cases now 244
The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed twelve new COVID-19 active cases on St. Maarten. This brings the total number of active cases to 244. The total confirmed cases are now 408. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring 234 persons in home isolation. Eight patients …
Read More »In “Bionews” DCNA highlights the challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean in the fight against climate change.
Together We Can Build Resilience Against Climate Change The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) released a special edition of their free digital newsletter BioNews highlighting the challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean in the fight against climate change. Using internationally accepted climate change predictions and (research) reports, impacts both above and …
Read More »Active COVID-19 cases climb to 117 on French St. Martin
The number of active COVID-19 cases has risen to 117, regional health agency ARS reported in its August 15 to 21 Health Bulletin, an increase of 36 cases since Wednesday and 67 since August 15. This takes the total number of confirmed cases since the epidemic began to 176. Of …
Read More »St. Maarten: COVID-19 active cases have risen to 232
Update: The number of COVID-19 cases in St. Maarten is on the rise again with 28 new cases recorded as of Sunday, August 23. This brings the total number of active cases to 232. The total confirmed cases are now 396. Of the active cases, Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is …
Read More »KNMI issues need to watch for tropical storm Laura – Update August 21
Update Weather forecast for Saba and Sint Eustatius Friday 21 until Saturday 22 August 2020 Today and tomorrow showers, risk thundery and with excessive precipitation It is partly cloudy and during the day it will become more cloudy. The risk of showers will also increase in the course of the …
Read More »Drug suspect transferred from Saba to Statia
Members of the St. Eustatius branch of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN received a call from their colleagues in Saba on Monday, August 17, asking them for assistance with housing a suspect who had been arrested in connection with the importing of narcotics in Saba. The police in Statia …
Read More »Drug suspect transferred from Saba to Statia
Members of the St. Eustatius branch of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN received a call from their colleagues in Saba on Monday, August 17, asking them for assistance with housing a suspect who had been arrested in connection with the importing of narcotics in Saba. The police in Statia …
Read More »French side: ARS confirms 12 more COVID cases registered on Monday
Regional health agency ARS reported twelve new COVID-19 cases confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in the three days since the last health bulletin on Friday, August 14, bringing the total of confirmed cases up to 121. There are now 65 active cases in the territory, 61 of whom …
Read More »St. Maarten: Nine new positive cases confirmed
St. Maarten continues to see a steady rise in COVID-19 cases with a recorded 202 persons positive as of August 17. The total number of confirmed cases is now 326. There have been no new recoveries recorded. Of the active cases, 11 patients are currently hospitalised at St. Maarten Medical …
Read More »Dialysis patients from Statia, Saba transferred to Curacao
Dialysis patients from St. Eustatius and Saba left St. Maarten on board an EZ Air aircraft bound for Curacao on Sunday, August 16. Because there are no dialysis machines in Statia and Saba, patients were flown to St. Maarten three times per week for treatment before the coronavirus pandemic hit. …
Read More »St. Maarten: 43 new COVID-19 cases recorded over weekend
St. Maarten’s coronavirus COVID-19 active cases continue to rise at a sharp rate. With the addition of 43 new cases over the course of the weekend, there are now 193 confirmed active cases. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 317. Of the active cases, 10 persons are …
Read More »Active COVID-19 cases on French side up to 54
Since Wednesday, another thirteen COVID-19 cases detected on the French side have brought active cases up to 54. Two of those cases are in hospital (one in St. Martin, one in Guadeloupe) and 52 are isolating at home and being monitored. This brings total cases confirmed by polymerase chain reaction …
Read More »St. Maarten: COVID-19 has now risen to 176 confirmed
As of August 15th, St. Maarten has confirmed twenty- six new cases of persons who have tested positive for the Corona Virus (COVID-19). The new total of confirmed cases now stands at 3, according to a government release issues Saturday evening. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) …
Read More »Saba pushes back opening dates
With the resurgence of the Covid-19 virus, The Public Entity has decided to push back opening dates for tourism. While monitoring how destinations are reopening for tourism, recent developments have indicated that opening for tourists from the USA, Canada, or the Netherlands in October or November is not feasible for …
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