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Saba News Archive: News Items

St. Maarten: Country’s COVID-19 cases now at 253

Ten new positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded for St. Maarten as of Tuesday, Au­gust 25, bringing the total number of active cases to 253. The total number of positive cases for the country is now 418. Collective Prevention Servic­es (CPS) is currently monitor­ing 244 persons in home iso­lation. Eight …

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St. Maarten’s active cases now 244

The Min­istry of Public Health has confirmed twelve new CO­VID-19 active cases on St. Maarten. This brings the total num­ber of active cases to 244. The total confirmed cases are now 408. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Ser­vices (CPS) is monitoring 234 persons in home isola­tion. Eight patients …

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In “Bionews” DCNA highlights the challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean in the fight against climate change.

Together We Can Build Resilience Against Climate Change  The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) released a special edition of their free digital newsletter BioNews highlighting the challenges facing the Dutch Caribbean in the fight against climate change.  Using internationally accepted climate change predictions and (research) reports, impacts both above and …

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Active COVID-19 cases climb to 117 on French St. Martin

The number of active COVID-19 cases has risen to 117, regional health agency ARS reported in its August 15 to 21 Health Bulletin, an increase of 36 cases since Wednesday and 67 since August 15. This takes the total number of confirmed cases since the epidemic began to 176. Of …

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St. Maarten: COVID-19 active cases have risen to 232

Update: The number of COVID-19 cas­es in St. Maarten is on the rise again with 28 new cases recorded as of Sunday, Au­gust 23. This brings the total num­ber of active cases to 232. The total confirmed cases are now 396. Of the active cases, Col­lective Prevention Services (CPS) is …

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Drug suspect transferred from Saba to Statia

Members of the St. Eustatius branch of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN received a call from their colleagues in Saba on Monday, August 17, asking them for assistance with housing a suspect who had been arrested in connection with the importing of narcotics in Saba. The police in Statia …

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Drug suspect transferred from Saba to Statia

Members of the St. Eustatius branch of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN received a call from their colleagues in Saba on Monday, August 17, asking them for assistance with housing a suspect who had been arrested in connection with the importing of narcotics in Saba. The police in Statia …

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St. Maarten: Nine new positive cases confirmed

St. Maarten continues to see a steady rise in COVID-19 cases with a recorded 202 persons positive as of Au­gust 17. The total number of con­firmed cases is now 326. There have been no new recoveries recorded. Of the active cases, 11 patients are currently hos­pitalised at St. Maarten Medical …

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Dialysis patients from Statia, Saba transferred to Curacao

Dialysis pa­tients from St. Eustatius and Saba left St. Maarten on board an EZ Air aircraft bound for Curacao on Sunday, August 16. Because there are no dialysis machines in Statia and Saba, patients were flown to St. Maarten three times per week for treatment before the coro­navirus pandemic hit. …

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St. Maarten: 43 new COVID-19 cases recorded over weekend

St. Maarten’s coronavirus COV­ID-19 active cases continue to rise at a sharp rate. With the addition of 43 new cases over the course of the weekend, there are now 193 confirmed active cases. The to­tal number of confirmed cases now stands at 317. Of the active cases, 10 persons are …

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Active COVID-19 cases on French side up to 54

Since Wednesday, another thirteen COVID-19 cases detected on the French side have brought active cases up to 54. Two of those cases are in hospital (one in St. Martin, one in Guadeloupe) and 52 are isolating at home and being monitored. This brings total cases confirmed by polymerase chain reaction …

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St. Maarten: COVID-19 has now risen to 176 confirmed

As of August 15th, St. Maarten has confirmed twenty- six new cases of persons who have tested positive for the Corona Virus (COVID-19). The new total of confirmed cases now stands at 3, according to a government release issues Saturday evening. Of the active cases, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) …

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