Health

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the recent announcement by United States President Joe Biden stating that the country will share 80 million of its COVID-19 vaccine doses globally…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 02, 2021 (SKNIS): Questions concerning a temporary halt of unvaccinated travellers into St. Kitts and Nevis were addressed on Tuesday (June 01) by Abdias Samuel, Chairman…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 2, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Bryon-Nisbett, says the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has been preparing since March of 2020 for the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 2, 2021 (SKNIS): In an effort to curtail further community spread of the COVID-19 virus in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ministry of Health through the…

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Browne says a “firm date has to be set” regarding the full re-opening of the island, while he as he urged citizens to get vaccinated. The government said that as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 01, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis has given a higher percentage – more than 60 percent – of its population at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine more than other…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 29, 2021 (SKNIS): In response to the first cluster of COVID-19 cases detected in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 30, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris on Saturday May 29 commended persons who turned out for the vaccination session at the Sylvia Garnette Primary…

Can employers make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory? Yes, with some exceptions. Experts say United States employers can require employees to take safety measures, including vaccination. That doesn’t…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 28, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Health, the Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett, with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers, has sanctioned the Public Health (Restriction of…

Exercising the powers conferred by section 10 of the Public Health Act, Cap.9.21, the Minister of Health, the Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett, with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers, has made the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 27, 2021) - - Premier Hon. Mark Brantley, Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), is encouraged that as at May 26, 2021, over 4000 persons on Nevis had…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The National COVID-19 Task Force has outlined a two-pronged approach to dealing with persons who have been placed in self or home quarantine as a result of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 23, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Hazel Laws, issued advice for adults to remain safe while caring for a child who may have been…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 22, 2021 (SKNIS): On Thursday (May 20, 2021), Giselle Matthews, President of St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SKNCIC), shared her personal story of…