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HONOURABLE BRANTLEY ENDORSES EXTENSION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Published 28 June 2021

Basseterre 

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HON. MARK BRANTLEY

HONOURABLE BRANTLEY ENDORSES EXTENSION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 28, 2021 (SKNIS):Honourable Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nevis #9 in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly supported the extension of a State of Emergency in the Federation that will give greater powers to authorities to implement measures to save lives from the deadly Novel Coronavirus. 

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EAT LOCAL: Video competition

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Published 28 June, 2021
Basseterre
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EAT LOCAL

video competition

Here’s the chance to win prizes by answering one question in a short video!

Submission deadline: July,9

Attending the competition is free and easy! You just need to answer a question down below in the video by any form, ex: drawing, dancing, etc. And submit your video!

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PRIME MINISTER HARRIS CALLS OUT THE OPPOSITION FOR ITS LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY’S VACCINATION PROGRAMME

Published 28 June, 2021
Basseterre
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Photo: Members of the Opposition during Monday’s emergency Sitting of Parliament

PRIME MINISTER HARRIS CALLS OUT THE OPPOSITION FOR ITS LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE COUNTRY’S VACCINATION PROGRAMME 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 28, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Federation’s vaccination programme continues apace with close to 69 percent of the Government’s target population having received at least their first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and close to 48 percent of the same population having received both vaccine shots. 

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STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2021

Published 28 June, 2021
Basseterre
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PRIME MINISTER DR. THE HON. TIMOTHY HARRIS

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2021

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 28, 2021 (SKNIS):  The State of Emergency (SOE) that was declared in St. Kitts and Nevis on June 15 to help effectively manage the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Federation to be extended until December 31, 2021, by a Resolution of Parliament.

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IN FIVE WEEKS,  299 ACTIVE CASES, 82 RECOVERED & THREE DEATHS THROUGH COVID-19 COMMUNITY SPREAD IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS

Published 28 June 2021

Basseterre 

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COVID-19 LAMBDA VARIANT

IN FIVE WEEKS,  299 ACTIVE CASES, 82 RECOVERED & THREE DEATHS THROUGH COVID-19 COMMUNITY SPREAD IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 28, 2021 (SKNIS): As the Lambda variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease continues to spread throughout communities in St. Kitts, with Nevis spared, for the time being, the Government on the advice of health authorities has instituted a 14-day stringent action plan that includes a majority of 24-hour lockdowns and a few days of limited operations in order to curb the spread of the deadly and evasive virus. Since May 19, 2021, the country has seen 384 confirmed positive cases in just five weeks, in stark contrast to a total of just 45 positive cases in the previous 14 months, all of whom have recovered. 

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