Healthcare Facilities during the 24 Hour Shutdown

Availability of Healthcare Facilities during the 24 Hour Shutdown The Department of Health and Wellness informs the public that during the 24 hour shutdown from Wednesday, April 1 to Saturday, April 7, 2020, various wellness centres and respiratory clinics will be open to the public for persons with medical emergencies. The schedule wellness centres and respiratory clinics and opening hours are as follows: Gros Islet Polyclinic Respiratory clinic - 8 […]

April 2, 2020

Press Release

Honourable Lenard “Spider” Montoute Message

Message from the Parliamentary Representative for Gros-Islet Honourable Lenard “Spider” Montoute https://youtu.be/s0wXa4bXrnE Fellow Residents of Gros Islet, In light of the new developments related to the Covid-19 Pandemic, I would like to inform all residents of the protocols that are in effect during the shutdown from April 1st to 7th 2020 for our constituency. With this 24-hour curfew everyone is expected to remain at home unless you part of essential […]

April 2, 2020

Press Release

Discontinuation of Waste Collection Services

In light of the 24-hour lockdown imposed by the Government of Saint Lucia, the SLSWMA wishes to inform the public that waste collection services will continue throughout the course of today, Wednesday, 1st April 2020. However, effective Thursday, 2nd April 2020, all waste collection services will be discontinued until further notice. Residents are asked to secure waste at home until waste collection resumes. The SLSWMA solicits the cooperation of all […]

April 2, 2020

CWCF in partnership with Flow and One on One Educational Services

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More than 130,000 Students Across the Caribbean to Benefit from Virtual Learning Platform

CWCF provides Flow Study Program FREE for ALL students until June 15 in response to COVID-19 Over 130,000 kindergarten, primary and secondary school students across the Caribbean will benefit from the Flow Study program FREE of charge from now through June 15. The Cable and Wireless Charitable Foundation (CWCF) in partnership with Flow and One on One Educational Services Limited joined forces to provide access to the comprehensive virtual education […]

April 1, 2020

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Government Issued Contact Numbers – COVID-19 Response

1 Clinical Support 1: 518 5849 2 Clinical Support 2: 518 4128 3 Clinical Support 3: 518 5615 4 Clinical Support 4: 518 4095 5 Clinical Support 5: 518 4150 6 Clinical Support 7: 518 7886 7 Clinical Support 8: 518 4083 8 Clinical Support 9: 722 6435 9 Clinical Support 10: 722 7788 10 Clinical Support 12: 723 0663 11 Clinical Support 13: 722 6485 12 Clinical Support 14: […]

April 1, 2020

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Notice from Owen King EU Hospital

In an attempt to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus the Management of Owen King EU Hospital informs the public of the following: Starting April 1st 2020 daily visiting hours are reduced to 30 minutes; 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. 12:00p.m. to 12:30 p.m.Absolutely NO evening visiting time are allowed until further notice. Individuals with any respiratory issue (flu, asthma, COPD, etc.) must first visit the Victoria Hospital Respiratory […]

March 31, 2020

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Maintaining Social Distance for COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Wellness supports the introduction of the national scale down which was put into effect to support the establishment of social distancing on Monday, March 23, 2020 that has now been extended to Tuesday, April 14, 2020. We note the importance of such an intervention as it serves as a primary measure to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and in this case COVID 19. However, […]

March 31, 2020

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Press Release from Tapion Hospital and Medical Associates

Wearing Masks for COVID-19 People, if we go out in public we need to wear masks. The rise of COVID cases has been found to be much slower in Asian countries versus western countries. There are certainly many explanations for this such as aggressive testing and using technology for contact tracing but one thing stands out; wearing masks. Basic science research has demonstrated that droplet spread is reduced when masks […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Saint Lucia Records Four New Cases Of COVID-19

As of March 30, 2020, the World Health Organization reported a total of 693 282 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally with 33 106 deaths. There are now 81, 137 confirmed cases in the region of the Americas. The affected region includes: Dominican Republic (581), Haiti (15), Barbados (26), Jamaica (32), Cuba (119), Dominica (11), Grenada (7), Trinidad and Tobago (76), Guyana (5), Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (10), Saint Vincent […]

March 31, 2020

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