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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): As schools across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis resume face-to-face interactions with students, a number of new cases of COVID-19 have led to some schools closing classes as students are isolated and contact tracing is ongoing. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws indicated that a significant number of samples are being tested daily in an effort to identify, isolate and provide treatment for persons who may test positive for COVID-19. “If you have a class and there is one student identified as positive for COVID-19, do you close the class or put everybody in quarantine? If you…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Family counsellor from the Counselling Department in St. Kitts,Valencia Byron, said that confidentiality within the client-counsellor relationship plays a big part and determines the success of any case with a counsellee. “The counsellor must be warm and inviting and of course, my colleagues before stressed the ethical code of confidentiality, which must be upheld and is paramount in the counselling process,” said Mrs. Byron during her appearance on the September 22 edition of SKNIS’ ‘Working for You’. “You must be able to engage with the client, make the client feel comfortable and provide a safe space…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, said that vaccination is key for school children to safely return to in-person learning, which is a traditional experience in an actual classroom setting. “We have an opportunity to keep our high schools open and to go back to regular in-class (in-person) learning because although the alternative is to go to virtual learning, it doesn’t work for everyone,” said Dr. Wilkinson, while responding to a question at the National Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 Briefing for September 22. “Our opportunity is to make sure that our high school…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Persons in quarantine, whether at home or in a government-approved facility, are legally required to adhere to all COVID-19 Protocols, and anyone found violating his or her quarantine can be issued with penalties of up to $5000, said Superintendent of Police, Cromwell Henry, during the National Emergency Operations Centre COVID-19 Briefing for September 22. “Persons have a legal obligation to respect their quarantine conditions. Whenever you are placed in quarantine by the Ministry of Health you are obliged by law to respect and honour the conditions of your quarantine which simply is to stay at home and avoid…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): Nadia Rawlins, Clinical Counsellor within the Counselling Department in St. Kitts, said that persons desirous of accessing the services of the department will have to go through the process as one cannot just call and make an appointment then show up. “It is a process that we have to follow. We have an assistant who takes identifying information like your name, contact information, age, and address – that basic information. Of course, when you give us all of that information… we are able to schedule your appointment and we ask you about your flexibility…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda has offered well wishes to the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis on their celebration of 38th years of Independence on September 19, 2021. In a congratulatory message to St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne wrote: “The nation of St. Kitts and Nevis has experienced an array of accomplishments over the years and, the call to action exhibited by this year’s theme “Adapt, Diversify, Recreate: Independence 38”, is reflective of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The Republic of Côte d’ivoire has extended words of commendation to St. Kitts and Nevis on its celebration of 38th years of Independence on September 19, 2021. In a message from His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’ivoire, to Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL. D., President Ouattara said: “The celebration of the National Day of your country offers me the pleasant opportunity to address you, on behalf of the Ivorian people and government, as well as in my own name,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): His Excellency Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, has addressed a congratulatory letter to His Excellency Mr. Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, Governor-general of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on the occasion of the celebration of its National Day. His Excellency Tebboune stated: “On the celebration of your country’s National Day, I am pleased to extend to you, on behalf of the Algerian people and Government, and personally, my warmest congratulations and my best wishes for your personal good health and wellbeing, and more progress and prosperity to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2021 (SKNIS): During the September 22, 2021 edition of ‘Working for You’, Director of the Counselling Department in St. Kitts, Ms. Michele de la Coudray-Blake spoke to how the unit has had to adapt a new approach in dealing with cases given the circumstances surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. She indicated that the department has implemented a new shift system and has incorporated more virtual meetings. “One of the strengths of counselling is face to face interaction because counsellors read what is going on with the individual in a space. So, the individual is there, you are…

By Chang Ya-chun, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter 2021/09/23 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Saint Kitts and Nevis Ambassador Jasmine E. Huggins on Thursday (Sept. 23) gifted 138 packages of handmade traditional desserts to Taipei Veterans General Hospital to express gratitude to frontline workers as well as celebrate her country’s 38-year-old friendship with Taiwan. Taiwan was the first country to build diplomatic relations with the Caribbean federation when it was established on Sept. 19, 1983. Since then, Taiwan has been collaborating with it in many fields as “an outstanding friend and partner,” according to Huggins. She noted that Taipei Veterans General Hospital…