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COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR PAHO PRESENTS VACCINES FROM COVAX TO ST KITTS AND NEVIS WHILE PRAISING GOVERNMENT

Published 8 April 2021

Basseterre 

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COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR PAHO, KATRINA SMITH (LEFT) ALONG WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, DR. DELORES STAPLETON, RECEIVE BATCH OF 21, 600 ASTRAZENECA VACCINES THROUGH THE COVAX FACILITY

COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE FOR PAHO PRESENTS VACCINES FROM COVAX TO ST KITTS AND NEVIS WHILE PRAISING GOVERNMENT

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Wednesday’s arrival of 21,600 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in St. Kitts and Nevis was described as a historic milestone in the ongoing fight against the global pandemic.

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PM HARRIS CALLS ON G7 COUNTRIES TO SHOW MORE SOLIDARITY WITH POORER COUNTRIES IN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Published 8 April 2021

Basseterre 

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G7 COUNTRIES: (L-R) ITALY, JAPAN, UK, CANADA, GERMANY, FRANCE, USA, EU

PM HARRIS CALLS ON G7 COUNTRIES TO SHOW MORE SOLIDARITY WITH POORER COUNTRIES IN VACCINE DISTRIBUTION

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 08, 2021 (SKNIS): The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has made a clarion call for rich countries to show more solidarity and compassion in helping Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in procuring more COVID-19 vaccines.

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INTERVIEW WITH DR. SHARON-ANN GOPAUL MCNICOL, CLINICAL AND FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST AND CONSULTANT TO THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY

Published 8 April 2021

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Lesroy Williams, Director-General of St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS), interviews Dr. Sharon-ann Gopaul McNicol, a Licensed Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Consultation to the Ministry of National Security on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Please click on the Youtube link below for the full interview.

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70 PERCENT OF ADULT POPULATION VACCINATED WILL PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR 30 PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER 18, SAYS CMO DR. LAWS

Published 8 April 2021

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CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. HAZEL LAWS

70 PERCENT OF ADULT POPULATION VACCINATED WILL PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR 30 PERCENT OF PERSONS UNDER 18, SAYS CMO DR.LAWS 

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 07, 2021 (SKNIS): Health authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis are pleased with the pace of the Roll Up to Roll Out COVID-19 vaccination programme, which as of April 06, 2021, has registered 9,774 jabs of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

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‘New-look’ festival with ‘significant changes’ coming, says minister King

Published 8 April, 2021

Basseterre

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Article by
Anesta Henry

Barbadians can expect a very different Crop Over festival than the one they’ve come to expect, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office for Culture John King said Wednesday.

He told journalists that amid talks on plans to stage Crop Over this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Barbadians must be warned that there will be significant adjustments to key features of the mid-year festival that coincides with emancipation celebrations.

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