Health

Published 24 September 2021

 Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

CLOSURE OF CLASSES KEY TO CURBING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN OUR SCHOOLS; SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF TESTS BEING DONE DAILY – CMO DR. HAZEL LAWS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): As schools across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis resume face-to-face interactions with students, a number of new cases of COVID-19 have led to some schools closing classes as students are isolated and contact tracing is ongoing. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws indicated that a significant number of samples are being tested daily in an effort to identify, isolate and provide treatment for persons who may test positive for COVID-19.

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Published 24 September 2021

 Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

VACCINATION IS KEY FOR CHILDREN TO SAFELY RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, SAYS DR. WILKINSON

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, said that vaccination is key for school children to safely return to in-person learning, which is a traditional experience in an actual classroom setting.

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Published 23 September, 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Shooting in Newtown by the Fire Station.

Information reaching this media house that one male was in the vicinity of the Fire Station in Newton when he was attack by gun shots. The Individual died on the scene.

The police are investigating this matter

More to follow on this developing story

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Published 23 September, 2021

Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

DELTA VARIANT NOT FOUND AMONG THE POPULATION IN THE FEDERATION; 51% OF ACTIVE CASES ARE UNVACCINATED – CMO DR. HAZEL LAWS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): With a recent increase in the number of active COVID-19 cases across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Hazel Laws confirmed during the September 22^nd, 2021, NEOC COVID-19 Press Briefing that the Lambda variant of COVID-19 was present in the Federation. CMO Dr. Laws further indicated that after samples were sent to CARPHA (Caribbean Public Health Agency) for genomic sequencing, the Delta Variant was not found in the samples sent and tested.

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Published 23 September 2021

 Basseterre 

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

St. Kitts And Nevis Records Forty four (44) Additional Cases of COVID-19 On 22 September 2021 with 782 Active Cases, 970 Recovered Cases & 10 Deaths

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