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Monday 30th March 2020

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Ministry of Health Statement on Additional COVID-19 Cases

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On Saturday, March 28, 2020 St. Kitts and Nevis recorded five (5) additional cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to seven (7). The patients are three females and two males who are all citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis. The female patients are aged 10 months, 24 years and 36 years, whilethe two male patients are...

SKN Statutory Rules and Orders - Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Regulations

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In exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, Cap. 19.02, the Governor General, makes the following Regulations: 1. Citation and duration. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Regulations, 2020. (2) These Regulations shall come into operation once a state of emergency for the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 is declared by Proclamation, published...

State of Emergency Declared In St Kitts and Nevis

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Fellow Citizens and Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: Last evening I asked His Excellency the Governor General to declare a state of emergency. Effective 7:00 p.m. today Saturday, March 28, 2020 all citizens and residents will be subject to a curfew between the hours of 7:00 pm and 5:00 a.m. each day for the next 14 days. This is part...

Federation's Tally Remains At Two Confirmed Cases

Ken Richards

St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): An update on the Coronavirus situation by Chief Medical Officer Hazel Laws shows that at the moment St Kitts and Nevis continues to have only two confirmed cases. Dr Laws confirmed this in a brief address on Thursday (March 26). She explained that of the remaining 18 cases that were pending, the Ministry had received 6 negative...

CXC Exams To Begin In July

Jermine Abel

St Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The continued spread of the Coronavirus has forced executives at the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) to implement alternative measures for students to sit the Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examination (CSEC) which was scheduled to begin next month. Following a meeting on Thursday (March 26), the regional examination body proposed a revised examination strategy to yield valid grades...