Health

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 10, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis continue to move forward with plans and programmes to enhance the protection and empowerment of differently-abled citizens,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 07, 2021 (SKNIS): On Friday 6th August 2021, the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) through resident Ambassador His Excellency Michael C.H. Lin (LIN, Chau…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 7, 2021 (MMS-SKN) -- The St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Moves is an initiative of the Ministry of Health aimed at reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by…

Geneva–6 August 2021–The World Health Organization (WHO) has been made aware of correspondences being circulated by scammers (acting under the name of Capital Finance, Inc. London), falsely notifying…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 30, 2021) -- The Alexandra Hospital is in a better position to offer better quality health care to patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 and to deal with intensive care…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 29, 2021 (SKNIS): Health authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis successfully managed the second wave of the COVID-19 virus which, was later identified as the Lambda variant.…

The twin-island state is set to receive yet another donation of Covid-19 vaccines, this time from the UK Government as part of a pledge to assist countries across the world in the collective fight…

Scores of people in Antigua demonstrated outside the office of Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Monday but the government remained resolute that it would not move away from its policy to get public…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 23, 2021 (SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Hazel Laws during July 22, 2021, NEOC press briefing indicated that across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis active…

by Gemma Handy gemma.handy@antiguaobserver.com Fear of reversing recent gains to tourism and the economy are being cited by the government as the reason for unveiling its most stringent rules yet to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 18, 2021 (SKNIS): St.Kitts and Nevis has capably flattened the curve and successfully prevented its health care system from becoming overwhelmed with patients from the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 18, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts & Nevis has managed remarkably well the second wave of COVID-19 cases since May 19 when it was announced that the country had entered the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 15, 2021 (SKNIS): During the July 13, 2021 edition of “Leadership Matters” which is hosted by Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 14, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As the fight to control and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the Federation continues, Prime Minister…

LONDON (AP) — After Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor and his wife received two doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in Nigeria, they assumed they would be free to travel this summer to a European destination…