Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Timothy Harris has said clearly that his Team Unity-led administration will never gamble with the health and safety of its citizens and residents, and as such, the Federation’s ports of entry will remain closed based on the advice of the health professionals.
Prime Minister Harris said while the country moves even closer to a return to normalcy with now 7-day weeks of limited operations and no 24-hour lockdowns, his government will continue to proceed cautiously so as not to reverse the positive gains made in the fight against COVID-19.
“Your health comes first above all else…and I will not chance it because we have worked too hard to prevent the overwhelming of our health systems and death on account of COVID-19,” said Harris
Under section 11 of the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Regulations, the Federation’s borders were closed to commercial travel based on the advice of medical experts.
Harris said he cannot fathom why anyone would want scores, hundreds or thousands coming from known COVID-19 hotspots to enter our country without undergoing quarantine, overwhelming the health system and risking the transmission of the coronavirus.
The 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country have all recovered.
There were also no COVID-19 related hospitalizations and zero deaths as a result of the disease.
