St. Kitts and Nevis’ new Minister of Health, Akilah Byron-Nisbett, gave a vote of confidence to officials managing the country’s COVID-19 response, adding that authorities are sufficiently prepared to tackle the expected second wave.
Byron-Nisbett said: “I have seen the work that they have been putting in.”
There are expectations that new cases of the coronavirus will be imported when local borders are eventually reopened to regional and international travel. Byron-Nisbett said officials are ready.
“I am confident that the team will continue to do as they have done in the first wave to ensure that we are able to curtail whatever the impact may be as it relates to COVID-19,” she expressed.
St. Kitts and Nevis registered 15 positive cases of the coronavirus between March and April. All patients have recovered. It has been 59 days to date since the last case of COVID-19 was diagnosed.
