COVID-19

Given the unprecedented surge in cases of COVID-19 on island with over five hundred (500) cases being diagnosed during this month, the general membership of the Saint Lucia Medical and Dental Association, coming out of an emergency meeting held today January 28, 2021, agreed to the following recommendations in order to mitigate the effect of the disease and avoid further overwhelming of our already fragile healthcare system: A judicious shut […]

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #1030 TO #1106 OF COVID-19 Today Thursday January 28, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of seventy-seven new cases of COVID-19 tested at the Ezra Long Laboratory. Confirmation was also received of the recovery of sixty-three individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 bringing the total number of active cases currently in country to 505. One of the active cases is in critical care at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #657 TO #713 OF COVID-19 Today Tuesday January 19, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of fifty-seven new cases of COVID-19 from a batch of 216 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory. There were 159 negative tests received from this batch. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 713. All of these individuals are Saint […]

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #622 TO #656 OF COVID-19 Today Monday January 18, 2021 the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of thirty five new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 126 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory, from which 35 positive and 91 negative tests were recorded. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 656. All of […]

SAINT LUCIA RECORDS CASES #611 TO #621 OF COVID-19 The Ministry of Health and Wellness on Sunday January 17, 2021 received confirmation of eleven new cases of COVID-19. This is from a batch of 133 COVID-19 tests conducted at the Ezra Long Laboratory, from which 11 positive and 122 negative tests were recorded. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 621. One of the […]