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Urgent notice from the SLBWA

Please be advised that in light of the rapid increase in COVID-19 infections on island and the closure of non-essential services, the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association/ Eye Care St. Lucia Clinic will be CLOSED to the public from January 26 – February 1st 2021, in accordance with the government’s instructions. Thanking you for your understanding. Please continue to be safe by following the protocols established by the Ministry of Health and Wellness to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

January 27, 2021

Press Release

Saint Lucia records 48 news cases of COVID-19

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #922 TO #969 OF COVID-19 Today Tuesday January 26, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of forty-eight new cases of COVID-19 from a batch of 200 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory. Confirmation was also received of the recovery of twenty-three individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 bringing the total number of active cases currently in country to 461. One of the active cases is in critical care at the Respiratory Hospital and all […]

January 26, 2021

Press Release

Saint Lucia records 2 new COVID-19 related deaths

Saint Lucia records 2 new COVID-19 related deaths Today Monday January 25, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of thirty-five new cases of COVID-19 from the Ezra Long Laboratory. Saint Lucia also received confirmation of the recovery of nine individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 bringing the total number of active cases in country to 436. All of the active cases are currently stable and doing well. The new cases now bring the total number of cases diagnosed in […]

January 25, 2021

Press Release

Saint Lucia records 76 new cases of COVID-19

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #811 TO #886 OF COVID-19 The Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of seventy-six new cases of COVID-19 from the Ezra Long Laboratory late Sunday January 24, 2021. This is from a batch of 309 samples which were tested for samples taken during the period January 18, 2021 to January 24, 2021. The Ministry of Health also received confirmation on January 24, 2021 of the recovery of thirty-seven cases of COVID-19. This brings the total […]

January 25, 2021

Press Release

Saint Lucia confirms SARS-CoV-2 British variant in country

Saint Lucia confirms SARS-CoV-2 British variant in country On Sunday January 24, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation from the Caribbean Public Health Agency CARPHA of 5 cases of the SARS-Co-V-2 British variant diagnosed in country. Two of the cases are British nationals who were diagnosed on December 17th and December 23rd, 2020. The other three cases are St. Lucian nationals from the Dennery, Micoud and Babonneau districts and they were also diagnosed in December 2020. All […]

January 25, 2021

Press Release

St Lucia and the UK Partner in New Climate Change Coalition

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has launched the Adaptation Action Coalition, partnering with Saint Lucia, and Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands and the United Nations, to tackle the impacts of climate change. The new Coalition will work to turn international political commitments made through the United Nations Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience, into on-the-ground support for vulnerable communities. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at the Adaptation Summit: “It is undeniable that climate change is already upon us and […]

January 25, 2021

Press Release

10 Day Scale-down of Commercial Activity

List of Public Sector and Private Sector Commercial and Business activities/services allowed during “Scaled Down” operations in Saint Lucia Effective as of Friday 22nd January 2021 to Monday 1st February 2021 DOWNLOAD With reference to the recent address by the Honourable Prime Minister – January 20th , 2021, in which new measures were announced in an effort to curtail the rapid increase in COVID-19 infections in Saint Lucia, the Ministry of Commerce, International Trade, Investment, Enterprise Development and Consumer Affairs […]

January 23, 2021

Press Release

Saint Lucia records its 10th COVID-19 related death

The Ministry of Health and Wellness today Thursday January 21, 2021 received confirmation from the Ezra Long Laboratory of thirty-seven new cases of COVID-19 from a batch of 168 COVID-19 tests. The Ministry of Health also reports the recovery of an additional 58 cases of COVID-19. Currently, there are 331 cases in care, with one of them requiring critical care and the others are all stable. This new total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 755. These […]

January 21, 2021

Public Notice

COVID-19 outreach activity at the Vigie Sports Complex

As part of efforts to widen the coverage of COVID-19 testing within the Castries to Gros-Islet basin, the Ministry of Health and Wellness has established a temporary testing site at the Vigie Sports Complex in Castries. Persons with respiratory symptoms and those who are referred from contact tracing can access free COVID-19 testing at this site from: The schedule for this activity is as follows: Friday January 22, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday January 25, 2021 to […]

January 21, 2021