BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 1st May 2020)-Bus drivers in St.Kitts-Nevis have the right to put...

Deputy Labour Commissioner Dr. Deon Webb has raised a concern that workers in St.Kitts-Nevis are being asked to use their holidays during the period of total lockdown amidst restrictions regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which goes against the Holidays With Pay Act.

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts Friday 1st May 2020)-The Chief Medical Officer says 60% of the fifteen (15) confirmed positive COVID-19 patients are between the ages of 21 and 40 years with the bigger number being males. The top health official disclosed mathematical details at the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing held on Thursday 30th April 2020. To date, within nine days, six (6) individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus in St.Kitts-Nevis while (9) others remain in isolation who have reportedly spent on average, at least 27 days between diagnosis and recovery. “The confirmed cases comprise of 53% males and 47 % females with 60% of the cases are between the ages of 21 and 40 years. The age of the patients range from 9 months to 66 years and the mean or average age is 32 years,” Dr. Laws said. She continued: “In terms of clinical manifestations, 87% were symptomatic or manifesting symptoms and the remainder were symptom free. The most common symptoms as I’ve said before are fever cough and sore throat. To date, six cases have recovered with an average duration of 27 days between diagnosis and recovery.” She said so far the public health team has traced and tested, 193 contacts of cases and 3% or 5 contacts were positive. “Testing of suspected cases of COVID-19 and contacts remain a priority for the Ministry of Health,” the CMO stated. At the NEOC Daily Briefing held Tuesday 21st April, the first recovery was announced followed by one more recovery publicized on Friday 24th April. Then on Sunday 26th April- two more and an additional two on Wednesday 29th April. Leading up to press deadline on Thursday 30th April, COVID-19 details for St.Kitts-Nevis were as follows: · 293 persons tested with 15 confirmed positive, 271 confirmed negative with 7 results pending · Zero deaths · 56 quarantined in a government facility · 54 quarantine at home · 9 persons in isolation · 688 have been released from quarantine At 3:00 PM that day, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 3, 90,445 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 217,769 deaths.

Stay mentally positive is the advice being given by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws as a top tip in the fight against the coronavirus in helping to keep one’s immune system strong.

The 62nd annual Basil Henderson Easter Monday Aquatic Sports Meet was slated to take place on Monday 13th April 2020 at the Ferry Terminal in Basseterre at 9:00 AM. Just like other events, however, that outdoorsy one was put off due to curfew and safety restrictions surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic reaching the shores of St.Kitts-Nevis.

The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party has taken the proactive step of establishing an Economic Recovery Advisory Council (ERAC) that will commence its work immediately.

Two more individuals have recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in St.Kitts-Nevis, making it four patients in total as eleven remain in isolation.

Deputy Leader of the Opposition St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) and Parliamentary Representative of Constituency Two (Central Basseterre) Marcella Liburd has pointed to independent turned vulnerable individuals affected due to unemployment matters concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A second individuals in St.Kitts-Nevis has reportedly recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19), leaving 13 others in isolation for now.

Regarding the issue of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Republic of China (Taiwan) has made its independent mark on the global scale in tackling the disease early on.

The Police have confirmed that some shop operators have been selling liquor retail in contravention of the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 5) Regulations.

A state-of-the-art medical facility named Waters Anchor Health and Wellness Center will open its doors in St. Kitts and Nevis to provide world-class public health service to all.