BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - HEALTH officials on Saturday (Dec. 5) stated that three more confirmed cases of COVID-19 were detected, bringing the number of active cases in the Federation to five.
In a media statement, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, explained that the travel records of the three cases show international travellers with one landing in St. Kitts on November 20, 2020 from India, one landed in St. Kitts on November 28 from the United States of America and the other landed on November 29, 2020 also from the USA.
“These three additional imported cases have been in quarantine at COVID-19 certified hotels since arrival in the Federation. The three cases have been duly notified and are in isolation. These three additional cases bring the total of COVID-19 confirmed cases to 25,” the CMO said in a statement.
Dr. Laws reminded that 20 cases have fully recovered with zero deaths.
“There are now five (5) active cases. These patients are stable and are being monitored by the consultant internal medicine specialist. All frontline workers at the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport (RLBIA), SCASPA and in the hotel and tourism sector continue to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols along the corridor of containment between the airports and hotel/accommodation sites,” the statement added.
The Ministry of Health assures the general public that the following measures are being taken to restrict the spread of coronavirus:
• In-depth contact tracing in an effort to effectively assess the persons with whom the three cases would have interacted; and
• Quarantine and monitoring of contacts as indicated.
The Ministry of Health and the Federal Government remind all citizens and residents that every effort is being made to prevent the spread of this virus.
