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Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 06, 2021 (SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Hazel Laws said that for schools to return to a sense of normalcy, parents and adults have to get vaccinated.The CMO was at the time speaking at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) COVID-19 Press Briefing on May 05, 2021.She said that the COVID-19 Pandemic interrupted schools in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in 2020 and some of this disruption still continues.Dr. Laws noted that the Washington Archibald High School and the Basseterre High School are still on a shift system where students are assigned to either…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 06, 2021 (SKNIS): Scientists are now looking at the possible link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine and blood clots. However, contracting COVID-19 poses a higher risk of getting blood clots than getting them from the vaccine, says Dr. Cuthbert Sebastian Jr., Emergency Room Physician at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital.Dr. Sebastian was at the time speaking on the May 05th edition of “Working for You.” He noted that scientists have not found the link and there are a few theories of what could have caused the blood clots, but that the evidence is not concrete.“There are…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 6, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, on Wednesday May 5 joined family and friends, teachers and students of the Charles E. Mills Secondary School, and members of the Defence Force Cadet Corps at the thanksgiving service for the life, and later interment, of former Defence Force Cadet, Keyon Richards, in Sandy Point. The fourteen-year old Form Three student at the Charles E, Mills Secondary School in Sandy Point, who was also a member of Defence Force Cadet Corps, died on April 1 in a freak accident…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May, 06, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has expressed solidarity with the Government and people of India, as that country is currently gripped by a deadly upsurge in COVID-19 cases that has killed thousands over the last month. “Today we mourn with the people of India as India is recording the largest number of deaths since the COVID pandemic started,” Prime Minister Harris said on Tuesday, May 04, after he was administered his second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine…

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 are used to build the natural immunity of a person’s body against disease infection. Dr. Sebastian Jr. was at the time discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of vaccination during the May 05 edition of ‘Working for You’.“A vaccine is a method that we use to boost our natural defenses against a specific disease. What they do is take either a virus, bacteria or pathogen and take either a…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 05, 2021 (SKNIS): Businesses and households in St. Kitts and Nevis are encouraged to have fire extinguishers on hand at all times to safeguard lives and property.Members of St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services (SKNFRS) regularly tout the usefulness of fire extinguishers and have conducted several practical demonstrations on the proper use of the firefighting tool.Garfield Hodge, Acting Fire Chief of the SKNFRS, used his national address to commemorate International Firefighters’ Day on Tuesday, May 04, 2021, to reiterate the need for fire safety measures.“We urge all, business establishments, institutions, and residential homes, to invest…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 05, 2021 (SKNIS): According to St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services, the statistics show that incidences of fire are on the decline.In an address on Tuesday (May 04, 2021) to mark International Firefighters’ Day, Acting Chief Fire Officer, Garfield Hodge, said that 695 fires were recorded in 2019, which compared favourably to 643 fires reported in 2020. The decline represents a 33.4 percent reduction.“This significant reduction can be attributed to the effective operation of my department’s Fire Prevention Unit,” Mr. Hodge stated. “I wish to commend my hard-working, committed, and dedicated officers for their commitment…

Countries will need to maintain or increase ICU bed capacity even further if infections continue to rise at current rates. In the past week, nearly 40% of all global COVID-19 deaths took place in the Americas. 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 American Health Organization (PAHO). “Adults of all ages – including young people – are becoming seriously ill. Many of them are dying,” Dr. Etienne said during her weekly media briefing. “In Brazil, mortality rates have…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris has informed that while conditions set for the first cruise ship that returns to St. Kitts and Nevis in July are that the crew and passengers must be fully vaccinated, the cruise people have in return said that when they go sightseeing they should only be dealing with people who are fully vaccinated. The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is on the itinerary of the Seabourn Odyssey, a ship in the ultra-luxury Seabourn Cruise Line. When it resumes Caribbean sailings in July this year,…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 05, 2021) — The following is a press release from the Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) regarding updated travel guidelines for Nevis.Due to the success of vaccination programs in source markets and on the island, Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has announced a change in the travel requirements for international travellers vaccinated against COVID-19, effective May 1st, 2021.Fully vaccinated international travellers must submit their official vaccination card upon completion of their travel authorization process at http://www.knatravelform.kn in addition to their 72-hour RT-PCR test and other required passenger documentation.Following are the travel requirements for international travellers from May 1st, 2021:1.…