Health

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 05, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Cuthbert Sebastian Jr., Emergency Room Physician at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, said that vaccines are safe and important and…

Washington, D.C. May 5, 2021 (PAHO) – Hospitalizations and deaths of younger people are surging as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates across the Americas, said Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan…

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has taken issue with a decision by the United States to issue a new travel warning for the sub-region even as the countries seek to curb the spread…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 04, 2021) — The importance of community health nurses was highlighted by senior health officials at the 6th annual Community Health Districts reporting exercise which was…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 3, 2021 (MMS-SKN) -- Ahead of International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) to be observed on Tuesday May 4, Acting Chief Fire Officer Mr Garfield Hodge on Saturday May 1 joined…

As of today, April 30, 2021, the Federation has confirmed one additional case of coronavirus disease. The national landed in the Federation on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, from the United States of…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 30, 2021) – Hon. Troy Liburd, Junior Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is optimistic that teachers on the island of Nevis are now more…

The government of Antigua and Barbuda stated that people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus would have to spend only seven days in quarantine after arriving in the country. The decision…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 28, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) - As part of its phased response to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis,…

Source: Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association The Caribbean COVID-19 Tourism Task Force is calling for continued diligence and adherence to public health safety protocols and encourages all…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 26, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As the CARICOM region observes Vaccination Week in the Americas 2021 this week (April 24-30), Prime Minister of…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 24, 2021 (MMS-SKN) -- As the Covid-19 vaccination rollout continues, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is appealing to concerned individuals to urge persons to come…

LONDON (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said Friday that people who have received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine should get the second one too, despite the rare risk of blood clots…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 22, 2021 (SKNIS): Over one-third of the target population in St. Kitts and Nevis has received the first jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the Roll Up 2…

Source: Yale Medicine BY KATHY KATELLA APRIL 13, 2021 Even if you're still waiting for a vaccine, watching the first people get their COVID-19 vaccinations may have felt like a huge relief. As the…