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Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): On Monday (June 07), Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, identified three factors fuelling the recent wave of cases that have resulted in 11 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus that were detected over the past 72 hours. “Based on the information gleaned through our contact tracing process, we are … realizing that our private and public sector entities are not in full compliance with the COVID-19 prevention and control measures,” CMO Dr. Laws said at a Special COVID-19 Briefing. These measures include limiting the number of persons in enclosed spaces, encouraging physical distancing,…

Issued at: 5pm Monday, 7th June 2021.Present Weather: Cloudy with hazeWinds: A moderate breeze of 14mph from the eastTemperature: 27°C / 81°F Max Temp: 29°C / 83°F Humidity: 80%Sea Level Pressure: 1015.9mbs or 30.00″24hr rainfall at the R.L. Bradshaw Intl. at 2 pm: 7.8mm / 0.307″Amount of rainfall for the month of June: 18.9mm / 0.74″Sunrise: Tom 5:36am Sunset: Tom 6:44pm Weather Forecast Valid until 8 pm Tomorrow. Winds: East with speeds ranging from 12 to 20mph with gusts to as high as 31mphmainly over open waters and in elevated areas. Seas: 1.2 to 2.1metres or 4 to 7feet. A…

Media Release Courtesy the Ministry of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Monday, June 7, 2021 — St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Agriculture Minister, the Honourable Saboto Caesar, has commended locally owned and operated company “Medicinal” on the recent launch of an extensive line of locally produced medicinal cannabis products. The island nation has embarked on a path for the establishment of a modern medicinal industry that entails not only the production of raw material from plants and fungi, but also the processing of raw material for the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industry. Traditional cultivators have been significantly affected by ash fall as a result…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, said that the Federation’s percent positivity, which is the percentage of all the Coronavirus test performed that is actually positive, remains very low. The Health Minister announced at the June 07 edition of the NEOC Special COVID-19 Press Briefing, that to date, St. Kitts and Nevis has a total of 94 confirmed cases with 53 fully recovered. Since the community spread on May 19, there have been a total of 49 cases including eight (8) additional cases on June 05 and 3 on June 06. “This finding of these positive cases and their…

World Food Safety Day 2021 is being commemorated under the theme ‘Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow’. Celebrated on June 7 each year, this observance is jointly facilitated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). World Food Safety Day aims to spread awareness, identify and prevent foodborne risks. This intervention contributes to food security, human health, economic prosperity and sustainable development. Foodborne illnesses, caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites, are infectious and toxic. These can enter the body through contaminated food and water and may lead to death. Thus it…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): The COVID-19-induced curfew in St. Kitts and Nevis has been extended for another two weeks commencing on June 08 when the existing curfew expires. The new curfew, which will begin from 8 p.m. and ends at 5 a.m. daily, was instituted to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The announcement was made by the Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, on Monday, June 07, during the NEOC Special COVID-19 Press Briefing. “The virus cannot move without your help; there is a need to further decrease the viral transmission by further enforcement of…

San Jose, 7 June 2021 (IICA) – The countries of the Americas are making progress in defining unified messages in preparation for the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit. These messages will give priority to agriculture and farmers and will strive to show the world the production transformations taking place in the hemisphere in favor of sustainability.Over 70 government experts attended the Second Virtual Dialogue in Support of the Summit, promoted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).These dialogues are a series of discussions between the representatives of the Institute’s 34 Member States to share information about their own…

Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business Programme hosts the WEPs Forum on June 9th and 10th 2021 • This is the most important event in the region within the framework of the Win-Win Programme, created in partnership by UN Women, International Labour Organization (ILO) and financed by the European Union for gender equality in business. • The meeting will bring together more than 40 international experts in gender andbusiness, along with important leaders of companies in Latin America and theCaribbean – the focus of the discussions will be actions for equality in thebusiness environment for economic recovery from the COVID-19…

The nomination deadline for this year’s 25 Most Remarkable Teens Award has been extended to Friday, June 11, 2021. Nomination forms are available from the offices of the departments responsible for youth in Nevis and St. Kitts. For more information telephone 467-1393 or 662-6054 on St. Kitts and 469-5521 ext. 2072/2343 on Nevis.