Increase in Active COVID-19 cases in SKN
St. Kitts and Nevis is currently experiencing a slight uptake in cases since the past week. As of the May 19th Situation Report from the Federal Ministry of Health,…
Is Covid-19 still circulating among us?
Urologist, Dr. Dwayne Thwaites. His comments were in response to the question “is the Covid-19 virus still in circulation?”, asked by veteran broadcaster, Evred “Webbo” Herbert, in an…
SKN passes surge in 4th wave of Covid-19 cases
Member of the National Covid-19 Task Force and Medical Chief of Staff at the JNF Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson. As at Mar. 2nd, the Federation had less than…
Temperature checks and recording of names “not a requirement at this time”
Chair of the National Covid-19 Task Force, Mr. Abdias Samuel. His comments on Feb. 16th came following the Task Force’s recent deliberations. The foregoing procedures have been in…
Most powerful tool against Covid-19: Vaccination or natural immunity?
Is it safe to remain unvaccinated, contract the Covid-19 virus and recover in approximately two (2) weeks? Is it a good reason to not be inoculated? These questions came…
Dr. Laws addresses “No Data” on over 23% of Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Federation
Individuals in the Federation are still reluctant on disclosing their vaccination status, even after testing positive for the virus. This, as positive COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb. According…
Official Commencement of 2021-2022 school year announced, despite current Covid-19 situation
Notwithstanding concerns surrounding the imminent start of the 2021-2022 school year, Federal Minister of Education, Jonel Powell, announced the official date for the commencement, in an address on Aug. 25th.…
CMO Dr. Laws appeals to persons to take their 2nd dose of the ASTRA Zeneca as the batch will expire in 2 weeks
“COVID-19”, are the cases really dwindling here in the federation? Presently, as per the daily COVID-19 Situation Report for St. Kitts and Nevis, there are now 25 new positive…
St. Kitts and Nevis to receive 11,700 Pfizer Vaccines from the US
Premier of Nevis and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Mark A. G. Brantley gave confirmation on Wednesday that 11,700 Pfizer Vaccines will be arriving to the shores of…
COVID-19 Vaccine offers “long-lasting” immunity, despite natural ways of immunity
Vaccination against COVID-19 provides more consistent protection against the virus, research suggests. However, in the public spectrum, there is a view in the Federation, that natural Immunity always lasts…
Government announces changes to night life activities, bar operations etc.
The Federal Government has announced changes to activities, in an effort to keep the virus at bay, following a probable community spread of COVID-19 in St. Kitts. The Government…
SKN records 42nd case of Covid-19
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws. Her announcement was made at Wednesday’s (Mar. 10th) Covid-19 briefing, in St. Kitts. Prior to the announcement, Dr. Laws stated that it…