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COVID-19 Vaccination Report  #167 for today Tuesday 28 September 2021

Published 29 September 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source 

COVID-19 Vaccination Report  #167 for today Tuesday 28 September 2021

St. Kitts administered 36,409 doses while Nevis 11,230 doses. Total doses administered 47,639

Total fully vaccinated 22,137

Adults (70% of total population)

Total 1st dose 75.8.%

Total 2nd dose 67.0%

Children (12 -17) Goal 4,800 total population 

Total 1st dose 7.6%

Total 2nd dose 2.0%

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FIELD HOSPITALS TO ARRIVE IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS SHORTLY TO AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Published 29 September 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source

AN EXAMPLE OF A FIELD HOSPITAL

FIELD HOSPITALS TO ARRIVE IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS SHORTLY TO AID IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS):  Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has confirmed that the two field hospitals acquired by St. Kitts and Nevis to aid health sector response to COVID-19 will be in the Federation hopefully by November 2021.

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THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO REOPEN PRIVATE WARD FOR GENERAL USE, SAYS DR, WILKINSON

Published 29 September 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source 

MEDICAL CHIEF OF STAFF AT JNF GENERAL HOSPITAL, DR. CAMERON WILKINSON

THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO REOPEN PRIVATE WARD FOR GENERAL USE, SAYS DR, WILKINSON

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS):  As St. Kitts and Nevis continues to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 and as hospitalization increases due to the dreaded virus, the Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that there are no immediate plans to reopen the private ward for general use.

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Health, News, Regional News

Antigua and Barbuda avoiding swine flu amid nearby outbreak

Published 29 September 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Antigua and Barbuda has so far been spared any impact from the African swine fever (ASF), which is devastating the domestic swine population in the Dominican Republic.

By Orville Williams

orville.williams@antiguaobserver.com

The local meat industry and wider agriculture sector have so far been spared any impact from the dangerous African swine fever (ASF), which is threatening to decimate the domestic pig population in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

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St. Kitts And Nevis Records Twenty Seven (27) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 28 September 2021 with 915. Active Cases, 990 Recovered Cases & 12 Deaths

Published 29 September 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St.Kitts and Nevis News Source 

St. Kitts And Nevis Records Twenty Seven (27) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 28 September 2021 with 915. Active Cases, 990 Recovered Cases & 12 Deaths

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