As of Monday, February 1, 2021 the Federation has confirmed one additional case of
coronavirus disease. The international traveler landed in the Federation on January 17, 2021
from the United States of America (USA). The patient has been in quarantine at one of the
COVID-19 certified hotels since arrival. The patient was duly notified and is now in isolation.
This additional case brings the total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases to 39 with 27
cases for St. Kitts and 12 cases for Nevis. Please note that 36 cases have fully recovered with
zero deaths. There are now three (3) active cases. These patients are stable and are being
monitored.
We continue to adhere to the ‘St. Kitts & Nevis Health & Travel Protocols’ which can be found
at website/ URL: https://www.knatravelform.kn . All front-line workers continue to adhere to
the COVID-19 protocols along the corridor of containment between the ports of entry and
hotel/accommodation sites. The Ministry of Health wishes to assure the public that the
following measures are being taken to restrict the spread of coronavirus:
• in-depth contact tracing to effectively assess the front-line workers with whom the recently
diagnosed cases would have interacted.
• quarantine, monitoring and testing of contacts as indicated.
The Ministry of Health-in particular-and Federal Government in general wish to assure all
citizens and residents that every effort is being made to prevent the spread of this virus locally.
With reports of the SARS -CoV-2 variant in the region and with increase in cases locally
more and more persons are adhering to the COVID-19 prevention and control measures. These
include wearing a face mask when in public places, maintaining good hand hygiene, maintaining
physical distance of at least 6 feet from others when in public places and avoiding crowd s and
events. These control measures work, and we are encouraging you to continue.
Let us work together to maintain and protect the health and wellbeing of the people of the
Federation.
February 2, 2021
Office of the Chief Medical Officer
