Health & Safety

Press Release:– Saturday February 12, 2022 the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs confirms a total of 116 new cases of COVID-19. These samples were processed on Friday February 11, 2022 from a total of 528 samples of which 425 samples were from the Ezra Long Laboratory and 103 samples from the Laboratory Services […]

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Press Release:-  Today Thursday July 15, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of 16 new cases of COVID-19 from the Ezra Long Laboratory. These results are from a batch of 228 samples taken during the period July 11, 2021 to July 14, 2021. These samples were processed on July 14, 2021. All […]

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The Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Carissa F. Etienne, has warned against complacency as new COVID-19 cases spiked in Central America, the Caribbean and some South America countries last week. “Cases rise when complacency sets in,” she warned during a press briefing. “We are all tired, but after experiencing successive peaks of infections […]

Fire Chief, Joseph Joseph, has raised concern over the possibility that there could be a mass casualty incident at an election motorcade, due to unsafe practices. “Whenever we have emergencies the fire service makes the response and we are concerned about some of the unsafe practices we see, especially what we see with the campaigning […]

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has reported  one new COVID-19 related death and nine new cases of the virus. According to a ministry release on Wednesday, to date, the total number of COVID-19 deaths in country is 50 and the total number of ‘COVID-19 related deaths’ is 37. COVID-19 related death #37 is a […]

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Hundreds of people staged a protest Tuesday night in neighbouring Martinique, against the imposition of a new 9.00 p.m to 5.00 a.m curfew, a requirement that health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 and other measures to deal with a surge in cases of the virus, local reports say. The protest took place in front […]

Press Release:-  Today Monday July 12, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation from the Ezra Long Laboratory of 6 new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 175 samples taken during the period July 8, 2021 to July 11, 2021. These samples were processed on July 11, 2021. These newly […]

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Press Release:–  The Ministry of Health and Wellness continues to manage COVID-19 cases in country. A total of 5,410 cases have been diagnosed in country from March 2020 to present and a total of 50 COVID19 deaths and 36 COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded. Over the last 14 days, 114 new cases were reported […]

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Former government minister, Dr. James Fletcher, has called for good sense to prevail during campaigning for the July 26, 2021 general elections, asserting that Saint Lucia is still in the middle of a COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine coverage is ‘relatively low’. “What I am seeing in these motorcades is irresponsible, dangerous and scary,” the former […]

Press Release:–  The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Sunday July 11, 2021 received confirmation from the Ezra Long Laboratory of 11 new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 140 samples taken during the period July 8, 2021 to July 10, 2021. These samples were processed on July 10, 2021. All of […]

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