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My fellow citizens and residents, you are aware that Wednesday, June 30, 2021 was the final day for administering the remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccines which we obtained from the Government of India and through the COVAX Facility. We began our vaccination roll out on February 22, 2021. By the final day we administered a total of 41,850 doses to our citizens and residents in St Kitts and Nevis bringing an end to that first phase of our vaccination rollout. 22,937 adults received at least one dose of the vaccine and 18,913 adults received two doses as is required…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will deliver an address to the nation today, Friday, July 02 at 1:00pm on ZIZ Radio and Television. In his national address, Prime Minister Harris will update citizens and residents on the current COVID-19 situation in St. Kitts and Nevis.  Personsare urged to tune in to ZIZ Television (channel 5), ZIZ Radio (95.9, 96.1, 96.3, 96.9 FM or online at www.zizonline.com. The prime minister’s address will also be carried on the Facebook…

Fellow citizens, nationals and residents, as Minister with responsibility for Social Security, I greet you on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Self-employed coverage. It was July 1st, 1996 that Social Security, in alignment with ILO’s Convention for universal coverage for all working persons; extended full coverage to those persons who created their own employment. Before this time, Self-employed persons, in some cases paid social security contributions on behalf of their employees but were not mandated by law to cover or rather protect their income when life contingencies occurred. In response to this, the Social Security Act No 13…

Brasilia, 30 June 2021 (IICA). Based on a mutual concern for preserving soil health, considered a primary resource, 30 years ago, a group of Argentine farmers partnered to promote sustainable practices and developed a new direct sowing-based model that today is replicated and carefully observed not only across the region, but also around the world.The organization is known as the Argentine No-Till Farmers Association (AAPRESID), whose president, David “Bachi” Roggero, shared some secrets behind the model of economic, social and environmental sustainability promoted by the organization in an interview with AgroAmerica, a program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network AgroMais.“We…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, 1st July 2021 — July 1st 2021, mark the 25th year since the introduction of Self-employed Coverage by the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board. The aim from inception in 1996, was to ensure that entrepreneurs were provided with income protection and to uphold Social Security’s mandate to offer universal coverage for all workers. Before 1996, Self-employed Persons were unable to access the range of benefits offered by Social Security. To address this, the Social Security Act, No. 13 of 1977 was amended with Self-employed Regulations thereby providing the legal framework by which Self-employed persons derived…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of National Unity continues to provide homes to the indigent and vulnerable. The most recent example of this was the handing-over ceremony on July 1, 2021, of a brand new home to Ms. Carleen Richardson, a resident of Tabernacle Village. The brief but significant ceremony, which was facilitated through the Department of Community Development and Social Services, had in attendance Prime Minister and Constituency Representative for Number 7, which includes Tabernacle, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris; the Hon. Wendy Phipps, who was the Minister Responsible for Community Development and Social Services at the time of conception of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2021 (SKNIS): The country’s vaccination ROLL UP 2 ROLL OUT programme has been making steady progress but more work needs to be done if the country is to achieve herd immunity. As the first phase of the vaccination programme came to an end on June 30, 2021, the Ministry of Health in its vaccination report #109 reported that 41,850 total doses had been administered representing 69.4 % of persons who have had at least the first dose. 18, 913 persons have received their second dose amounting to 57.2 percent. In order for herd immunity to be achieved 70 percent of the total adult population, which equates to 33,…

TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 3:10 PM ECT THU JUL 01 2021…TROPICAL STORM ELSA FORECAST TO STAY CLEAR OF THE AREA…THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA, WHICH WASPOTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FIVE. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BECOME A STRONG TROPICAL STORM IN 24 HOURS AND IMPACT PARTS OF THE CARIBBEAN.THERE IS GROWING CONFIDENCE THAT THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORMELSA WILL PASS A SAFE DISTANCE, OVER 200 MILES, AWAY FROM THENORTHEAST CARIBBEAN AND SPARE THE AREA ANY SUSTAINED STORMFORCE…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Health’s robust contact tracing continues to identify new cases of COVID-19 with eleven (11) positive results within the last 24 hours and 22 persons fully recovered. St. Kitts & Nevis COVID-19 Situation Report No. 462 as of Thursday, July 01, 2021, states that the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 457 with 255 active cases, 199 recovered cases, and three deaths. 440 of those cases were recorded in St. Kitts while 17 were registered in Nevis. To date, there have been 20, 966 negative results.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 1, 2021 (SKNIS): Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Sharon Rattan, said that the new Climate and Ocean Risk Vulnerability Index (CORVI) project to be implemented will help the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in the future planning of Basseterre. During her June 30 appearance on ‘Working for You’ she explained that in this project, “We are going to be investigating what data there are so that we can build a risk profile of Basseterre.” The permanent secretary said that it is important that the Federation understands the risk that is associated with the…