PHILIPSBURG – 24 Covid infections with the British variant have been found on St. Maarten. The government is calling on all residents to vaccinate against corona. In addition, all catering establishments must close at midnight from today.
Volunteer and youth group JCI SXM A.C.T.I.O.N. will set up several COVID-19 Vaccination Information & Registration stands on Saturday, April 17th, at the following locations: Sunny Foods, Carrefour (Bush Road), Cost U Less, Market Garden between 10.00 AM and 2.00 PM.
On Thursday, April 14th, the Vaccine Management Team (VMT) decided to change the interval between the two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from three to five weeks. With this adjustment, many more people will receive their first vaccination and thus provide better protection to more people and those around them from COVID-19 infection.
The Netherlands wants to introduce a mandatory quarantine for all travelers from high-risk areas from 15 May. Also from Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Now that quarantine is still an advice and not mandatory.
** 15,000+ COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccines Arrive. Public Health Authorities Urge Community to Register for a Vaccine ** On Friday, April 9th, 13 boxes containing 15,210 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived […]
These include hearings against former MPs Silvio Matser, Frans Richardson, Theodore Heyliger and Claudius Buncamper. Judges from Curaçao would have to be flown in for that, but that is no longer possible.
The Court now wants to see whether the cases can take place via a video link, but lawyers have protested against this. They wouldn’t work properly.
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Yesterday, 30,000 vaccines from the Netherlands already arrived in Curaçao and Aruba. This weekend, sixteen nurses and four doctors will fly to Curaçao. Two of the doctors will help with the vaccination, the Ministry of Health reports .
From Monday, April 5, Sint Maarten will no longer admit residents from Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire due to the increasing number of corona infections on those islands. Residents from Sint Maarten, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius and Saba are still allowed to land at Philipsburg airport. They must be able to provide a negative result of a PCR test.
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431 people tested positive today. A total of 1,493 tests were conducted. A test ratio of 28.8 percent. There are now 103 people in hospital, 34 of whom are in intensive care. The total number of active cases is now 3,466.
As of March 31st, there were seven (7) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however two (2) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to forty two (42). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand one hundred forty seven (2147).
Many countries in Europe are now in lockdown due to a third wave of COVID-19. The cases are mainly caused by the United Kingdom (UK) variant, which is both more transmissible and causes severe disease.
Starting this Saturday new Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao islands flight protocol, because of the high Covid rate in the ABC Islands. Also ONLY Essential travel. This behind this upcoming Saturday. If you did a PCR test 72 hours before travel, you must still do an antigen test no later than 24 hours prior to boarding, if you are coming from any A,B,C island. PCR must be done before boarding. The Minister also mentioned that Dutch Sint Maarten is using O
The Vaccination Management Team (VMT) informs the public that no vaccinations will be administered on Sint Maarten during the public holidays of Friday, April 2nd, and on Monday, April 5th.
As of March 30th, there were six (6) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however three (3) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to thirty seven (37). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand one hundred forty (2140).
As of March 27th, there were six (6) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however nine (9) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to thirty (30). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand one hundred thirty (2130).
As of March 25th, there were four (4) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however two (2) persons have recovered; bringing the total active cases to twenty seven (27). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand one hundred eighteen (2118).
Collective Prevention Services and Ministry VSA would like to inform the public that COVID-19 vaccinations are now available to anyone 18 years and older.
Collective Prevention Services and Ministry VSA would like to inform the public that COVID-19 vaccinations are now available to anyone 18 years and older.
OFFICIAL COVID-19 STATS DOCUMENTS IN ENGLISH Aruba, 413 on Bonaire, 903 on Curaçao, and 19 on Dutch St Maarten.
Today Wednesdays March 24th Dutch Sint Maarten Covid-19 Stats
On Tuesday, March 23rd, during the meeting between the four ministers responsible for public health of the Four Countries in the Kingdom, the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (Ministry VSA), Richard Panneflek, decided in consultation with the Netherlands that Sint Maarten will now offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all residents 18+ residing on the Dutch
THE HAGUE – Vaccinations are fast on the islands in the Caribbean Netherlands. On Saba, approximately 89 percent of the adult population and almost all healthcare workers have now been vaccinated. On St. Eustatius, more than 30 percent of the population has had an injection and that share will quickly increase.
On Bonaire, 65 percent of the over-60s and healthcare personnel have received a first injection. From the end of this month, all young adults can also make an appointment for a vaccination. The cabinet has decided to speed up vaccination because of the rapidly increasing infections compared to the limited care capacity – there are only 6 ic beds on Bonaire. The number of infections is also high on Aruba and Curaçao. Here, the elderly and vulnerable are currently being vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine. Younger adults will be next in the coming weeks.
Due to the increasing number of infections, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has adjusted the travel advice for Curaçao. From now on, a quarantine obligation also applies to Curacao and Aruba. The islands were already on ‘orange’, meaning unnecessary travel is discouraged.
The Hague Member of Parliament Attje Kuiken (PvdA) is very concerned about the increase in the number of corona infections in Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Now that the hospitals on the islands have reached their borders, she would like to see the Dutch government send the naval vessel Karel Doorman to the Caribbean again.
As of March 22nd, there were three (3) persons who tested positive for COVID-19; however two (2) person has recovered; bringing the total active cases to nineteen (19). The total number of confirmed cases is now two thousand one hundred four (2104).
A lockdown will be in effect on Curaçao from Wednesday. All measures are aimed at keeping people at home as much as possible. The rules apply for at least two weeks. Below an overview:
The second batch of the Pfizer vaccine, arrived in the country on Friday, March 19. The Minister of Public Health, Social Development (Ministry VSA) Richard Panneflek, was at the Princess Juliana International Airport on Friday when the shipment came in on a scheduled Royal Dutch Airlines
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic Sint Maarten has established a mandatory health authorization application through an Electronic Health Authorization System (EHAS) for every visitor arriving by air including transits, Sint Maarten and Sint Martin residents. Without the health pre-authorization boarding will not be possible. Be advised that processing time can take up to 12 hours. Visitors arriving on a vessel please read the latest requirements here.The requirements vary depending on
Covid 19 testing facility now open at Princess Juliana Airport Dutch Sint Maarten
Meanwhile, cruise lines are starting to lose hope, it seems. We’ve already started seeing a shift to new homeports outside the U.S., such as Royal Caribbean out of the Bahamas and Israel, Celebrity Cruises out of St. Maarten, and Crystal Cruises also out of the Bahamas. Could this be Plan B for the cruise lines? We’ll see in the coming weeks and months.
PHILIPSBURG – Residents of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire can only go to Sint Maarten from Monday if they can hand over a negative PCR test that is not older than 72 hours. Sint Maarten announced on Sunday that it would place the ABC islands on the list of countries with a high risk. On Sint Maarten (more than 40,000 inhabitants) there have been very few corona-infected patients for a long time. On Saturday there w
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Due to the fact that an unexpected number of people did not show up for their appointment, and the number of persons 60 years and older that registered for the vaccine is growing slower than expected, more vials with the Covid-19 vaccine were defrosted at the start of this week than can be used for eligible seniors who have registered.
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