The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA has confirmed four new COVID-19 cases as of Monday, August 3. This brings the total num­ber of positive COVCOVID-19ses to 150. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Ser­vices (CPS) is monitoring 68 persons who are in home isolation. VSA …

A group of concerned entrepre­neurs in St. Eustatius and Saba, including the recently revived Saba Business Association, have sent a letter to Government Com­missioner of St. Eustatius Marnix van Rij and Island Governor of Saba Jonathan Johnson in which they call for additional financial support to ward off the damage …

The Public Entity Saba, the Saba Electric Company (SEC) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy are exploring ways to further expand the share of renewable energy. One of the options is wind energy. For this purpose, SEC has contracted Pondera Consult BV to carry out a feasibility …

The Public Entity Saba is preparing the phased implementation of the single-use plastic products ban in 2021. A legislation proposal has been drafted and sent to the Island Council for deliberation. An official public consultation on the draft ordinance has been initiated. The ban will start with a prohibition on …

The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA confirms, via epidemiologist Dr. Raissa Tjon-Kon-Fat, that as of Sunday, August 2, there are 66 active cases of CO­VID-19 in St. Maarten. The total of confirmed cases now stands at 146. VSA Minister Rich­ard Panneflek expressed his deepest sympathy to …

Four new CO­VID-19 cases were iden­tified on the French side, regional health authority ARS reported in its weekly bulletin of July 25-31. Two of the four active cas­es confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test are from local community transmission and two were discovered from contact-tracing. The four patients are …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague raised its travel advisory for St. Maarten from yellow to orange, on Sunday morning. People are urged to only travel to and from the island for urgent reasons. The ministry decided to advise against vacation travel to St. Maarten and to recommend …

Saturday August 1st.: 2 positive cases. Address Island Governor Jonathan Johnson   As of today we have 2 positive cases of Covid-19. These are imported cases and who went directly into quarantine upon arrival and now are in isolation. A protocol was in place upon the arrival of these persons …

The tropical storm warning issued in connection with the passing of Tropical Storm Isaias on Wednesday was lifted as of 5:00am Thursday, after a mad survey was completed. Nor­mal activities were resuming, Island Governor of Saba Jona­than Johnson said in a public statement on Thursday afternoon. Government services will reopen …

Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek an­nounced that St. Maarten now has 49 active cases of persons who have contract­ed COVID-19 as of July 30. The new total of confirmed cases now stands at 128. Of the active cases, Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring …

The Préfecture confirmed on Thursday that no US tourists will be allowed to cross the border into French St. Martin as of August 1 until further notice. Préfète Délguée Sylvie Feucher had previously warned that due to the very high volume of COVID-19 cases in the USA she would close …

Due to the rising number of infections with the Covid-19 virus on St. Maarten, Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN), will suspend medical referrals of patients to St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) for at least 2 weeks. This decision was taken after consultation with the National Institute for Public Health …

Thursday, July 30. Weather update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson

Minister of ‘Iburism, Economic Affairs, ‘fransport and Telecommunication (TEAM Ludmila de Weever said during the live vir­tual Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday morning that the country’s reopening to the United States (US) is still planned for this Saturday, August 1. However, US flights into Prin­cess Juliana International Air­port (PJIA) …