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Saba News Archive: News Items

St. Maarten: Active COVID-19 cases now 150

There are now 150 confirmed postive COVID-19 cases on St. Maarten. With the addition of six new cases, the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 269. The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring 139 persons who are in home isolation. Minister of Public Health Social Development and Labour …

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St. Maarten: Fifteen additional new active cases confirmed

The Min­istry of Public Health has confirmed fifteen new CO­VID-19 active cases on St. Maarten. The new total of active cases now stands at 144, with the total number of confirmed cases now 263. Of the active cases, the Col­lective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring 135 persons in home isolation. …

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Slight delay Saba harbor project

The lock-down in the past months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a delay of several months in the execution of the Saba harbor project, the Public Entity Saba announced on Thursday. Because of the lock-down, established by local authorities to protect the people on this …

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French side: 8 more COVID•19 cases bring active cases to 41

Health au­thorities on the French side reported an additional eight coronavirus COV­ID-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total active cases to 41. One patient was declared cured. The number of confirmed cases registered since the pandemic began in St. Mar­tin is now 92. Some 259 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have …

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St. Maarten: Active cases still rising, now 129

The number of active COVID-19 cases is still on the rise. A total of 29 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday, bringing the total number of active cases to 129. With these 29 new cases, St. Maarten’s total number of con­firmed cases is now 248. No recoveries were reported on …

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Travelers from Curaçao, Bonaire must now quarantine

Leisure travel from Curaçao and Bonaire to Saba is no longer possible. Persons arriving from these two islands must now go into mandatory quarantine, except ZVK patients. Island Governor Jonathan Johnson announced this during a COVID-19 update on Tuesday, August 11. The decision was taken considering the increase in COVID-19 …

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Travelers from Curaçao, Bonaire must now quarantine

Leisure travel from Curaçao and Bonaire to Saba is no longer possible. Persons arriving from these two islands must now go into mandatory quarantine, except ZVK patients. Island Governor Jonathan Johnson announced this during a COVID-19 update on Tuesday, August 11. The decision was taken considering the increase in COVID-19 …

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Bonaire, Curacao travellers have to quarantine in Saba

There are currently nineteen people in quaran­tine and there are still two active cases of COVID-19 in Saba, Island Governor Jona­than Johnson said in Tues­day’s coronavirus update. As the number of cases on other islands continues to rise, especially in Aruba, and considering that Bo­naire and Curacao had their borders …

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French side: ARS confirms one death as six new cases detected

Regional health authority ARS confirmed on Tuesday a COVID-19 patient evacuated to the Guadeloupe hospital on Friday evening died on Sunday. The deceased is a 62-year-old man who was also suffering from other underlying health conditions. This latest death brings total deaths to four in St. Martin. Six new cases …

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St. Maarten: Now 100 active COVID-19 cases

The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA has confirmed four new cases of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19. There are now 100 active COVID-19 cases in St. Maarten. The new total of confirmed cases now stands at 219. Of the active cases, Collective Prevention Services …

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St. Maarten: Active cases rise by six

There are now 95 active cases of CO­VID-19 in the country as of Monday, up by six since the last numbers were released on Sunday. According to the figures released by the Ministry of Public Health, Social Devel­opment and Labour VSA on Monday, a total of 13 new cases were …

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Entrepreneurs to receive support from EZK again

Entrepreneurs who are faced with a loss of revenue due to the corona crisis and as a result have more difficulty covering their fixed costs, can again apply for a compensation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK). It concerns a new regulation where the compensation amount can …

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Dutch supply more medical personnel for St. Maarten

The Dutch government facilitated the dispatch of eight nurses, a medical doctor specialised in infectious diseases and a crisis coordinator to St. Maarten in the week of August 3. Dutch Minister of Public Health, Well-being and Sport Hugo de Jonge announced this in a letter he sent to the Dutch …

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