CAY HILL: Honorable Minister of the Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS) Ernst Kuipers and VWS State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen paid a working visit to St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) Tuesday, December 20th, 2022. During the visit, Minister Kuipers and State Secretary van Ooijen were given a presentation that provided an […]
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 […]
SMMC welcomed a new permanent Neurologist to its team while expanding its Neurology services at the Hospital. Dr. Maria del Carmen Marques Casasnova is the new face who hails from Ciutadella, Spain. She joined the SMMC team a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Marques holds a degree in Neurology and has been practicing […]
As the Dutch side begin phase three of the opening of the country after COVID-19, the current active cases on both Sides stands at 1 (one) active case on the French side and 2 (two) on the Dutch Side. On March 23, 2020, the government on the Dutch side began closing its borders to minimize […]
With the total number of positive cases for French and Dutch St. Martin passing the 100 mark, both sides are taking the fight into the communities to stop the spread. The Dutch Side of the Island is recording out of 302 persons tested for COVID-19, 75 tested positive with 13 deaths associated with the virus. […]
St. Maarten / St. Martin numbers of positive cases of infected persons with the Coronavirus continue to climb. The total number of cases together French & Dutch now stands at 66 positive and 8 deaths. Here is a breakdown of each side: As of Sunday April 05th the French side reported 29 active cases of […]
The French Side is reporting out of 21 cases of COVID-19 infections, two died as a result of the virus, one (1) left the Island for the United States and two (2) were cured out of the total cases tested positive on the French Side. That leaves (16) active cases on record for French St. […]
A joint press conference held Sunday between La Prefete deleguee of St. Barthelemy and St. Martin Sylvie Flucher and a delegation from the Dutch part headed by the Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs and Justice Minister Anna Richardson, outlined an increase in measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus on the Island. So far the […]
Coronavirus cases spike as the number of confirmed infections on St. Maarten rises to 6 as of Saturday March 28, 2020. The Prefecture of St. Barthelemy and St. Martin also is reporting that the total confirmed cases on the French side now stands at 14. That makes it 20 total COVID-19 cases on the Island. […]
As of Sunday, March 22nd, The Prime Minister and chair of OEC confirmed in her update on the coronavirus status on St. Maarten, that there are currently 13 persons who are in self-isolation and are monitored after having been exposed to persons who have COVID-19. Out of the 13 persons being monitored, 10 have been […]
