News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
KRALENDIJK - The Public Entity Bonaire (OLB) since some weeks only publishes the figures about infections with the COVID-19 virus on Bonaire once a week. While in recent weeks an increasing trend was seen in the total number of infections in seven days, it ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - People over sixty can get the second booster shot without an appointment from Saturday 2 April 2022 at Kompleho Deportivo Jorge Nicolaas. According to the Public Entity Bonaire (OLB), the second booster shot is necessary because the protection ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- Saba authorities over the weekend decided to eliminate the strict home quarantine for persons who have been in close contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The measure, which goes into effect per Tuesday, March 29, will be replaced ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK – A study executed under 414 who have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, turn out to have serious complaint a relatively long time after recovering. Of the 414 people who participated in the study, 160 people still have complaints four ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD - Half the active Covid-19 cases in St. Eustatius are amongst young people between the ages of 10 and 20. This according to Social Domain Director Carol Jack-Roosberg. There are currently 156 active cases. A total of 99 persons were tested on ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM - People traveling to Saba no longer have to do a Covid-19-test on-island on day 2 and day 5. Instead, they have to test only once, on day 4. As of March 23, travelers from St. Eustatius don’t have to show a negative test result to enter Saba ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The number of infections on Bonaire has increased in the past week. 66 people tested positive. In the week of February 28, there were still 24. A variant of omikron was found on Bonaire last week. This new variant is called the BA-2. People are ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The Public Entity Bonaire (OLB) will only publish the number of COVID-19 infections once a week from March 14. Every Monday Government will report the figures for the week before. Starting this week the infection figures are no longer published ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD/PHILIPSBURG- The Deputy Government Commissioner of St. Eustatius, Claudia Toet, has tested positive for COVID-19. This news was made known today by Government Commissioner Alida Francis. Toet is currently visiting the island of St. Maarten and ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The advice from the Public Health Department (PG) to have pupils and students of secondary and high schools take self-tests twice a week remains in effect, even though the Island Governor has loosened all coronation measures as of March 4. This is ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Since the end of last week, there have been problems with the online health declaration that passengers traveling to Bonaire must complete before departure. Although there are passengers who can fill out the form and receive the subsequent ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - People who are infected with the coronavirus and who have had complaints can now come out of isolation after five days, if they no longer have complaints on the fifth day, according to a statement from the Government of Bonaire. It concerns ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The Public Health Department (PG) is encouraging pupils and students to take corona self-tests twice a week. Doing so would help detect new infections at an early stage. PG provides these tests for free. Students are advised to take the test at ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- The decline in the number of cases of COVID-19 on Bonaire continues. On Saturday, there were only 89 active infections. The image on Bonaire corresponds to what is also seen on the other islands. The Public Health Department on Bonaire does note ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- The Public Entity St. Eustatius has further eased the COVID-19 measures as of Tuesday, February 15th, 2022 now that the number of positive cases is slowly decreasing. A maximum of 50 persons (instead of now 25) is allowed to be inside restaurants ... Lees verder