BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Wednesday 15th April 2020) – All citizens and residents are being asked to exercise all health safety precautions, including social distancing, when they go about their shopping business come next week when zoning will be discontinued under the intended relaxed curfew restrictions.
St. Kitts-Nevis is facing four more days in total lockdown with the government's plan to further extend its State of Emergency to 28 days in light of controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), effective Saturday 18th April 2020.
Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr. Timothy Harris during an address to the nation on Wednesday 15th April disclosed that the medical team recommends that the government keeps in place “regulations for the immediate future to reduce the risk of transmission and that we must still be mindful to practice social distancing in everything that we do.”
Dr. Harris confirmed: “The new regulations that come into force this weekend, will extend from Saturday 18th April morning at 6:00 AM to the following Saturday 25th April at 6am. They will provide for a 24-hour lockdown from 6:00 AM Saturday 18th until Monday 20th at 6:00 AM.”