The following press release from government sounds pretty much like a desperate call for persons on St. Maarten to make themselves available to take the vaccine. When you look at the effort that went into encouraging persons to take the vaccine, it is fair to conclude that it was not at all convincing. That of […]
SABA–On Friday, February 19, Saba received 1,500 Moderna vaccines from the Netherlands. The batch arrived on Medivac helicopter from St. Maarten. Saba requested a 100 more than the initial amount of 1,400, as many people have pre-registered and the extra vaccines are needed to ensure that the entire adult population can be vaccinated. Saba Health […]
Collective Prevention Services (CPS) in a press statement confirmed that after almost one year on the COVID-19 front line, there have been no one testing positive for the virus in-house. However, on January 13, CPS detected COVID-19 among its staff. The department immediately began testing all of its staff members. Those who were found to […]
Coronavirus has seen its biggest jump on the weekend of November 22nd since the start of the second wave which began back in September. The total amount of confirmed cases has now gone past 1000, and the active cases jumped to 92. The amount of deaths also moved from 24 to 25. While the amount […]
It’s not clear that we have an effective plan to handle the COVID-19 pandemic that we are faced with throughout this world health crisis as we near the end of the year 2020. We are not hearing from CPS or the Minister of Health what their strict policies are to reduce the transmission and fight […]
While the amount of active cases on the Dutch side of the Island hovers around 50 to 69 during the last six week period, current updates for October 26th 2020 is 50 active cases. CPS continue to monitor those in home quarantine based on contact tracing, and testing are continuing. The number to watch however, […]
His majesty the King has spoken to personnel of organizations that provide medical care during the corona outbreak in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, via online video conversations on Wednesday October 14, 2020. The King spoke to, among others, the chairman of the General practitioners association on Aruba (HAVA) about the current situation regarding […]
PHILIPSBURG—August 23rd, one day after the most recent update for the Dutch Side of St. Maarten on this website, it is confirmed that the number of persons who have tested positive for the Corona Virus (COVID-19), now stands at 396. Of the 232 active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring 222 persons in […]
As of August 22nd 2020, the total amount of persons infected with the COVID-19 Virus on both sides of the Island stands at 544 total since the pandemic began. This is including the first and second wave of the Virus. The French authorities are reporting a total amount of 176 cases while only 117 are […]
As of August 4th, St. Maarten has confirmed six new cases of persons who have tested positive for the Corona Virus (COVID-19). The new total of confirmed cases stands at 156 on the Dutch side only. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) says they are monitoring 73 people who are isolation in […]
