Travel Restrictions To The Destination Stepped-Up From 14 To 21 Days. Eoc To Meet Thursday And Mps To Be Informed
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) The travel restrictions which were issued by the Government of Sint Maarten have now been increased from 14 to 21-days, Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs disclosed on Wednesday.
The Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) will be meeting on Thursday and a meeting will be held
with Members of Parliament (MPs) to provide them with an update on national
preparations for COVID-19.
Jacobs said the World
Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared that the coronavirus COVID-19
is now an international pandemic. Such a
declaration calls on all countries to speed up their response and containment
measures and to be prepared to take any additional measures that are required
to protect public health.
The Government continues
to work closely with the Government of French Saint-Martin and Kingdom
counterparts in order to prepare and plan to mitigate the spread.
Prime Minister Jacobs
added that the business community as well as Government will have to look at ways
of allowing workers to work remotely from home, especially for persons who have
traveled to COVID-19 hotspots including those who are not mentioned in the
countrys travel restriction lists.
Persons should self- isolate
for 14-days at home; contact their family physician (GP) and provide a list of their
flu-like symptoms to their GP if they develop any. The family physician will determine if the
Collective Prevention Services (CPS) should be contacted Read more
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