ALL COVID-19 patients in St Lucia have recovered from the virus and been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no known active cases and a 100 per cent recovery rate.
The Caribbean island, which had a total of 15 confirmed cases, reported that two patients who remained in isolation up to yesterday have now been released after testing negative.
St Lucia has reported no new cases for 11 consecutive days and no one on the island confirmed to have the coronavirus has died as a result.
The individuals who were confirmed to have the virus included members of the public who were identified as high risk due to their age or chronic illness. They recovered with no complications or the need for critical care, the ministry of health reported.
Chief medical officer Dr Sharon Belmar-George revealed the news in a press conference today.
“We remain at a very critical position in the implementation of the national response to the COVID-19 threat. Large scale public health and social measures have been implemented in an effort to break transmission of COVID-19 when in country transmission was noted. The public must note that many of these measures need to be sustained in an effort to achieve low COVID-19 levels in country,” Belmar-George said.
While the news has been welcomed, Belmar-George said: “We all need to be reminded that the threat of COVID-19 still exists and will continue to be with us for a while.”
An island-wide curfew between the hours of 7pm and 5am is currently in place.
The government has said it will conduct a risk assessment to make an evidence-informed approach to relaxing public health and social measures implemented in response to the outbreak.
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This man-made Coronavirus; from the Wuhan province of China, is weakened by the vitamin D rich Caribbean sunshine: which has helped to heal 15 St., Lucian Virus patients.
Instead of “locking-down” people in their homes and fining them for sunbathing. People should be encouraged to expose themselves to the sun’s healing rays as being the best ways to strengthen our immune system.
This man-made Coronavirus; from the Wuhan province of China, is weakened by the vitamin D rich Caribbean sunshine: which has helped to heal 15 St., Lucian Virus patients.
Instead of “locking-down” people in their homes and fining them for sunbathing. People should be encouraged by the authorities to expose themselves to the sun’s healing rays. Clearly, sunshine is a natural way to strengthen our immune system.
Thank you JESUS for deliverance for St Lucia and many more nations to be delivered from this deadly disease. You are the MOST HIGH, GOD you are the MOST HIGH GOD thank.
That’s great news! And I sincerely hope that St Lucia continues to remain Covid-19 free.
In regards to the confirmed cases of Covid-19, It would be helpful to know whether contact tracing, testing and isolation was carried out in order to fully combat the spread of the virus?
I have been heartened to hear from my friends out on the lovely island of St Lucia that they have no persons passed from this horrific disease ,…. so glad for all of you I pray that it continues x