Health

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…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 22, 2021 (RSCNPF): In observance of World Hypertension Day on May 17, officials from the Ministry of Health spent the day at the Basseterre Police Station conducting health…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 20, 2021) - - Against the backdrop of a confirmed local case of COVID-19 in St. Kitts and Nevis, health and law enforcement authorities are urging persons to get vaccinated…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 May, 2021: Hypertension or raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases worldwide. It is therefore not surprising that the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 17, 2021) -- The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for World Hypertension Day 2021.…

BASSETEREE, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris had the opportunity today (Friday, May 14) to again share with…