Thursday , March 28 2024

Saba News Archive: News Items

St. Maartens Prime Minsiter Jacobs’ blunt message goes viral

The no-nonsense tone of Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, in pleading with St. Maarteners to take social distancing seriously in the fight against the new coronavirus COVID-19, has gone viral on Twitter, and was featured most notably on CBS News, Buzzfeed News and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In the national address of …

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50 positive COVID-19 cases now on Dutch side, 34 male, 16 female

The number of persons who have tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19 in Dutch St. Maarten has increased to 50, as of 4:00pm Thursday. Of the positive cases, 34 are male and 16 females. Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs said in a national …

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Compliance and Enforcement Regarding the Corona Virus Crisis

Even though few or no infections have been detected on the BES islands, it is still necessary to adhere to rules and guidelines, because an infection is still possible, and it can spread at lightning speed. To this end, the islands have ratified new emergency regulations and the Public Prosecutor’s …

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New COVID-19 case reported in St. Martin on Wednesday

One new coronavirus COVID-19 case on the French side has brought active cases back up to sixteen. Currently 11 cases are isolated at home and five are in hospital, including the latest case. Two COVID-19 patients originally from St. Martin have been transferred to the University Hospital in Guadeloupe leaving …

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Non-essential businesses closed on Statia by emergency ordinance

Non-essential businesses in St. Eustatius have been declared closed under the emergency ordinance that was introduced by the Public Entity to combat the coronavirus crisis pandemic. The ordinance remains in place until Wednesday, April 15, 2020. Government Commissioner Marnix van Rij said the upscaling of the state of emergency is …

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Sint Maarten: Intense testing to be done in ‘hot spots’

Authorities have identified some coronavirus COVID-19 “hot spots” in the country as a result of contact tracing conducted particularly with the last sets of positive cases that are were not under Collective Prevention Services (CPS) monitoring and had been “in particular segments of society.” Prime Minister and Chairperson of the …

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COVID-19 death toll for Dutch side now stands at 8

Eight deaths in Dutch St. Maarten have now been attributed to persons who had tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19. Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Silveria Jacobs explained that the latter two, a male and a female, had passed away over the past week. Both …

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No new COVID-19 cases on French side for second consecutive day

active cases down to 15 No new coronavirus COVID-19 cases were reported on the French side for the second consecutive day. Four additional persons have recovered and were discharged from the Louis-Constant Fleming Hospital, bringing the number of active cases down to 15 (two in hospital and 13 isolated at …

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