April 2020

Scores of public and private sector agencies across St. Kitts and Nevis began limited operations on Monday, April 20, 2020, as hundreds of residents returned to work or left their homes to conduct essential business.

Police fanned out across more than a dozen crime scenes Monday after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead and homes in smoldering ruins in rural communities across Nova Scotia — the deadliest mass…

The Government of Haiti has released just over 300 detainees in the country’s 19 prisons in an effort to control and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is reporting an additional 27 cases of the coronavirus in Jamaica. Twenty-six of them are linked the Alorica call centre in Portmore, St Catherine.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus.

Five cheques from individuals and community groups have been presented towards the COVID-19 relief efforts during a brief presentation at Monday’s Daily COVID-19 Briefing.

During the April 19 National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, informed the public of the process of testing for COVID-19 and the process for making a diagnosis of the virus.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws said that St. Kitts and Nevis enjoys one of the highest rates of testing per capita in the eastern Caribbean and amongst CARICOM Member states for the COVID-19 virus.

The heads of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force, along with their management teams, met to strategise how best to adjust their security plan for the next few days.

Watch the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing for April 20, 2020

Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr Hazel Laws says patients infected with the Novel Coronavirus in St. Kitts-Nevis can only be referred to as recovered cases after two successful negative tests.

The Management of the Post Office wishes to inform the public of the amended hours during the period Tuesday 21st, Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th form 8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Watch the Nevis COVID 19 EOC Briefing April 20th, 2020

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is continuing to advise privately owned businesses to make special arrangements to protect their staff and clients against the COVID-19 virus.

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has registered another case of COVID-19. The positive result was revealed by the Minister of State for Health, the Honourable Wendy Phipps, on Sunday, April 19, 2020, during the National Emergency…