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PHILIPSBURG, The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley visited the Marie Genevieve DeWeever school today in the representation of World Oral Health Day 2022. He distributed water and apples to the students as a symbol of healthy living.

Minister Ottley also delivered a speech to the 2nd-grade students ab Read more

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PHILIPSBURG, On Tuesday, March 22nd, The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley met with the exit strategy team where Collective Prevention Services (CPS) presented the trajectory and steps to be taken towards normalcy. The team consists of CPS, General practitioners, Laboratory services, St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), and the Cabinet of the Minister.

In the meeting the following timeline was established to move towards normalcy;

March 25th, 2022
Will mark the end of case management and source & contact tracing by CPS.

April 1st, 2022
Unvaccinated persons will be allowed to enter the country with a 24-hour Antigen test.

April 29th, 2022
Will be the end of community testing at Hope Estate Read more

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PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Today in observance of International Womens Day, Womens Desk is honoring and highlighting nine women who have broken barriers, defied the odds, in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM).
These women were also instrumental in producing a short video encouraging girls and other women to pursue a career in STEM. The video will be launched on March 21st on Government and the Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) social media platforms and will be shared with the various high school guidance counseling units.

Womens Desk has chosen to embark on such a project to ensure that our girls and other women can have visible local role models in the field Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United People's Party Rolando Brison is singing the praises of the St. Maarten EHAS team for their hard work and dedication during the COVID-19 global pandemic and appealing to Minister of Health Omar Ottley to consider establishing a permanent department "to develop, review and implement health guidelines for all incoming passengers."

Brison says the (EHAS) Electronic Health Authorization System team along with United People's Party UP Ministers Panneflek, de Weever, and Ottley are the "unsung heroes that have saved the economic viability of St Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that as of March 15th, 2022, he will relax the mask mandate on Sint Maarten.

Sint Maarten has recorded a 1% infectious rate over the last week, which is significantly lower than the WHOs recommended threshold of a 5% infectious rate Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley has signed off on the legislation that will improve the quality and minimize stock issues of prescribed medication, in addition to reducing the purchasing costs. The legislation will be executed by Social & Health Insurances SZV. The implementation will take place in collaboration with the Pharmacists Association Sint Maarten (PAS) and the Department of Public Health.

In comparison to the neighboring islands and Europe, the cost of pharmaceuticals on Sint Maarten is high Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- In a meeting with the Government of St. Maarten namely Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, the Minister of Health and Labor Omar Ottley, and the Minister of Finance Ardwell Irion where the board of the CFT expressed concerns about the dangerous state of the health care fund.

Asked to elaborate on the concerns of the CFT Minister Omar Ottley said that the CFT board stated the obvious and as Minister of Health he did not take any offense to the statements that were made.

Ottley said that SZV is a situation where they must adjustments and changes as such the government of St Read more

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