BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – YESTERDAY (Apr. 6), the Government announced the 11th confirmed case of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Federation, when samples returned positive results for a Nevisian.
In announcing the case, Minister of Health, Senator Wendy Phipps disclosed that the patient is a 35-year-old male who is an employee in the tourism sector on Nevis.
She noted that this latest case “can be described as import related”.
“The distribution of confirmed cases in the Federation - seven cases on St. Kitts and four cases on Nevis…. there are no deaths to date attributed to COVID-19,” Minster Phipps announced.
She revealed that 183 people have so far been tested with 11 testing positive, 114 negative and a further 58 pending confirmation.
As for those persons who were quarantined, the Minister revealed that 34 of them are still in quarantine at government facilities, while 224 are at home.
“Eleven persons are in isolation, and obviously these eleven persons are the persons who would have tested positive. To date, we have 285 persons who would have been released from quarantine,” she added.
The Junior Minister assured that health workers are currently working to prevent the possibility of community spread of the virus.
She explained that in-depth contact tracing and monitoring are being used as the preventative measure to stop community transmission.
Against that backdrop, Minister Phipps reminded citizens and residents to work together in order to beat the spread of the virus which has claimed millions of lives across the world.
This could be done, according to the Minister, by adhering to the powers in the COVID-19 state of emergency.
