Hazel Laws said : “The doses are the product of AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccines,”

sunstkitts Saturday, February 13, 2021 1:21:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “As a matter of fact, the latest information says that wearing two masks will provide you that additional protection against the new variants,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 12, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Maintaining proper hand hygiene and sanitizing high touch areas are essential,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 12, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The WHO is expected to issue an emergency use listing for this vaccine as early as February 15),” “This is important because the COVAX Facility can only distribute vaccines that have achieved the WHO emergency use listing. Once this happens, we should be hopeful in terms of expecting our allocation coming out of the COVAX Facility”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Preliminary evidence of the vaccine, which the Federation is expecting through the COVAX Facility, shows that it is effective against the variant first identified in the United Kingdom,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This is also reassuring because preliminary data a few days ago found that from a trial conducted in South Africa last week, that the vaccine had reduced efficacy against mild and moderate disease caused by the variant first identified in South Africa,” “They are saying that it provides you protection against moderate to severe disease”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We were informed that St. Kitts and Nevis can expect to be distributed an indicative number of doses of the Oxford University AstraZeneca Vaccine,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The estimated supply schedule indicates that 25 to 35 percent of this number will be supplied in the first quarter of this year,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws concluded : “It would be ideal if we could achieve the herd immunity threshold, which in turn will reduce the risk of clusters of COVID-19 cases and community transmission,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The call is made even more urgent at this time,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We have a very robust vector control programme,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws added : “The responsibility is on each and every one of us,” “It’s not the Ministry of Health alone. We all have a responsibility to walk around our houses on the inside, our verandas, porches, our space. Make sure there aren’t any containers with water breeding mosquitoes. You need to empty all of those containers. Make sure that they are clean and that action alone will prevent an outbreak here in the Federation”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “We want to reassure the public there is no need to get fearful or be alarmed that they have COVID,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws concluded : “If you wear your facemasks in public places, if you are impacted by the flu, you won’t pass it, and if you wear your facemask that would protect you too from picking up the general regular influenza that we usually experience at this time of year,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “At this time of year when you want to interact with friends and loved ones, we can move around in St. Kitts and Nevis without too much fear with respect to being exposed to the virus,” “This is a good place to be in and most importantly I’m thinking that we need to be really happy and thankful for this reality”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The country’s success in large measure has to do with the early actions the government took to keep the virus at bay for as long as possible,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This Moderna vaccine is highly protective against COVID-19 and has been approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is similar to the Moderna vaccine in terms of use,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “After people receive the vaccine it prevents them from getting moderate to severe COVID-19 disease and prevents mortality,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Over the next three to five months, as they continue to collect live data, from individuals who have received these vaccines, the scientists are hopeful that the data gap will be filled,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The scientists are not sure if the vaccines have caused this or, it may have been a coincidence because it’s not unusual for someone to develop Bell’s palsy having experienced viral infection,” “The US Federal Drug Administration is tracking the Bell’s palsy as the vaccines are rolled out”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “St. Kitts and Nevis has the lowest rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean,” “The Federation has the lowest COVID-19 risk in the (Western) hemisphere. Ladies and gentlemen, this is an achievement”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “There is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel and so there is hope,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Residents remain free to move around during the Christmas and Carnival season but are required to comply with all health and safety protocols,” “These include wearing face masks in public, sanitizing hands frequently, and maintaining a physical distance of 3.5 to 6-feet from others. People are strongly encouraged to avoid events hosting large crowds”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We underscored all the protocols that are to be followed as they host international travellers,”

sunstkitts Sunday, November 22, 2020 1:11:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Four flights would have just landed. One flight from Miami with 135 persons and three flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 20 persons,”

sunstkitts Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:07:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “At present, there have been 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases and it’s much joy I update you that all the cases have recovered,”

sunstkitts Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:07:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Once you are asymptomatic, meaning without symptoms, you would be then allowed to integrate into the Federation without a period of confinement or quarantine,”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “For travellers coming from outside of the CARICOM Bubble, there will be a number of COVID-19-approved accommodation options open for them,” “These include the government designated facilities, the pre-approved or certified sites and the option of one of the local franchise hotels”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “On day seven you will be tested and if your RTPCR test comes back as negative and if your stay is longer than seven days, you can also have access to a selective menu of excursions and tourist destinations,” “You can access that by going to the tour desk and making an appointment from a selective menu of excursions and tourist destination sites within the island”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The immigration officers will be well protected with sneeze guards. They will be properly attired in appropriate PPE to interact with the incoming passenger,” “After you would have left Immigration then you would go downstairs to Customs. Again, infrastructural changes are being done at the airport to protect the frontline workers. All the necessary changes are being made to make the process for the inbound air traveller to be as seamless as possible”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The aim is to reopen our borders safely with minimum risk of re-introduction of the virus,” “At present, all the relevant stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health and the various subsectors in the tourism subsector are presently developing appropriate protocols to ensure the safety of our people”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “St. Kitts and Nevis is preparing for the second wave of COVID-19 cases or reintroduction of cases,”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “When we reopen our borders we have to adhere to these prevention measures in order to prevent a surge in COVID-19 cases,” “We must prevent a second lockdown”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “All stakeholders should adhere to infection, prevention and control measures to ensure the safety of our frontline workers, the safety of our people and the safety of all inbound travellers and tourists,” “We must always maintain good hand hygiene – we need to wash our hands regularly and we need to use appropriate hand sanitizers. We need to get back to this practice. We need to maintain adequate sanitation in school and workplace settings, in business places and, particularly, in the high-risk settings like in prisons and nursing homes for older adults”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “I express gratitude to the United Nations, the World Health Organization and PAHO for their steadfast partnership in making equipment, resources and technical advice available to our region,” “I also record our gratitude to the Republic of China (Taiwan) for its strong friendship to the people of St Kitts and Nevis. The Taiwan Model has been the most successful global example in the fight against Covid-19”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The human body emits electromagnetic radiation,”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The handheld infrared thermometer is basically utilized to measure the body temperature,” “The body emits the electromagnetic radiation in the form of infrared and the thermometer uses a lens to focus the light from the human body unto a detector in the machine. This lens is called a thermopile. The thermopile absorbs the infrared radiation, turns it into heat and then the infrared thermometer registers the body temperature”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “It’s just an ordinary light and we are all exposed to ordinary light as I am in a lit room now,” “My body, my brain cells, my pineal gland is impacted by the light in this room. There is no harm to my brain or my pineal gland by sitting in this room”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “People are assuming that the thermometer emits radiation, when in fact it is the human body that is emitting the radiation picked up by the thermometer,”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We need to be very aware of the need to prevent Dengue,” “We are already in a COVID-19 Pandemic; it’s unprecedented and we really do not want to add a Dengue outbreak to that”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “You need to get rid of your tires, buckets, platters and toys,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “Mosquitoes that usually spread Dengue bite during the day and night,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Diabetes is known to confer increased risk for infections-respiratory tract infections,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Patients with COVID-19 and diabetes have a worse prognosis,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Patients with COVID-19 and diabetes have a greater prevalence of other chronic illnesses like heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Diabetics should also adhere to their prescribed diet of fruits and vegetables and exercise regularly,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This is good news for the Caribbean region because if you were to calculate the fatality rate within the Caribbean region it is at about 1.7 and that is a little lower than the global or international rate. I hope that this trend continues,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “I want to underscore that of the 11 confirmed COVID 19 cases eight are symptom free and recovering nicely. Three of the cases have mild symptoms and are improving and so at this time we do not need the expertise of the Cuban nurses and physicians,”

sunstkitts Saturday, April 11, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “When you go on the bus you need to keep your hands together. Find an innovative way of pushing back the door,” “Hand hygiene is the most important thing”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Ministry of Health continues to inform and update the public about this outbreak; four media releases have been disseminated so far and we have also disseminated a travel advisory, first on Feb. 1 and it was reissued on Feb. 20,”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws noting : “continuing medical education sessions on the virus were delivered to doctors and nurses in St. Kitts and Nevis and this will be continuing as we learn more about the disease”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This initiative is very important because Non-Communicable Diseases is critical, is a big problem Caribbean-wide and in our Federation. Three out of four deaths in the English-speaking Caribbean can be attributed to NCDs,” “And let’s bring the picture closer home. When you look at our statistics coming out of the Ministry of Health as much as 83 percent of our deaths are as a result of cancers, heart diseases/attacks, strokes… and the complications of diabetes”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 8, 2019 7:44:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “Within the Ministry of Health at this time, we are in need of some specialists, not general physicians.”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “You would have a regulated system where you would have persons who would be registered as being able to cultivate, reap, manufacture and sell,” “Then the patients would be able to go to physicians who would have been trained in prescribing the cannabis medicinal products”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “That is what the fourth recommendation is suggesting,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “In other words, the Drug Act should be amended to allow patients who are in need of marijuana or cannabis medicinal products to access them,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Ministry of Health was asked to stage this Expo because of our Prime Minister being the CARICOM lead head on Health and so we wanted to promote some of the work we are doing in St. Kitts and Nevis in the area of health,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:40:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We are trying our best to get the message out in terms of individuals realizing that what they eat and consume determine their level of health,” “This is a means of preventing diabetes, hypertension and others. The communicable diseases are always with us and this expo is about preventing and educating”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:40:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The doses are the product of AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccines,”

sunstkitts Saturday, February 13, 2021 1:21:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “As a matter of fact, the latest information says that wearing two masks will provide you that additional protection against the new variants,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 12, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Maintaining proper hand hygiene and sanitizing high touch areas are essential,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 12, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The WHO is expected to issue an emergency use listing for this vaccine as early as February 15),” “This is important because the COVAX Facility can only distribute vaccines that have achieved the WHO emergency use listing. Once this happens, we should be hopeful in terms of expecting our allocation coming out of the COVAX Facility”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Preliminary evidence of the vaccine, which the Federation is expecting through the COVAX Facility, shows that it is effective against the variant first identified in the United Kingdom,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This is also reassuring because preliminary data a few days ago found that from a trial conducted in South Africa last week, that the vaccine had reduced efficacy against mild and moderate disease caused by the variant first identified in South Africa,” “They are saying that it provides you protection against moderate to severe disease”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:54:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We were informed that St. Kitts and Nevis can expect to be distributed an indicative number of doses of the Oxford University AstraZeneca Vaccine,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The estimated supply schedule indicates that 25 to 35 percent of this number will be supplied in the first quarter of this year,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws concluded : “It would be ideal if we could achieve the herd immunity threshold, which in turn will reduce the risk of clusters of COVID-19 cases and community transmission,”

sunstkitts Friday, February 5, 2021 3:16:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The call is made even more urgent at this time,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We have a very robust vector control programme,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws added : “The responsibility is on each and every one of us,” “It’s not the Ministry of Health alone. We all have a responsibility to walk around our houses on the inside, our verandas, porches, our space. Make sure there aren’t any containers with water breeding mosquitoes. You need to empty all of those containers. Make sure that they are clean and that action alone will prevent an outbreak here in the Federation”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 1:37:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “We want to reassure the public there is no need to get fearful or be alarmed that they have COVID,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws concluded : “If you wear your facemasks in public places, if you are impacted by the flu, you won’t pass it, and if you wear your facemask that would protect you too from picking up the general regular influenza that we usually experience at this time of year,”

sunstkitts Friday, January 22, 2021 12:52:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “At this time of year when you want to interact with friends and loved ones, we can move around in St. Kitts and Nevis without too much fear with respect to being exposed to the virus,” “This is a good place to be in and most importantly I’m thinking that we need to be really happy and thankful for this reality”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The country’s success in large measure has to do with the early actions the government took to keep the virus at bay for as long as possible,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This Moderna vaccine is highly protective against COVID-19 and has been approved for emergency use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is similar to the Moderna vaccine in terms of use,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “After people receive the vaccine it prevents them from getting moderate to severe COVID-19 disease and prevents mortality,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Over the next three to five months, as they continue to collect live data, from individuals who have received these vaccines, the scientists are hopeful that the data gap will be filled,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The scientists are not sure if the vaccines have caused this or, it may have been a coincidence because it’s not unusual for someone to develop Bell’s palsy having experienced viral infection,” “The US Federal Drug Administration is tracking the Bell’s palsy as the vaccines are rolled out”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “St. Kitts and Nevis has the lowest rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean,” “The Federation has the lowest COVID-19 risk in the (Western) hemisphere. Ladies and gentlemen, this is an achievement”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “There is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel and so there is hope,”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Residents remain free to move around during the Christmas and Carnival season but are required to comply with all health and safety protocols,” “These include wearing face masks in public, sanitizing hands frequently, and maintaining a physical distance of 3.5 to 6-feet from others. People are strongly encouraged to avoid events hosting large crowds”

sunstkitts Monday, January 4, 2021 6:50:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We underscored all the protocols that are to be followed as they host international travellers,”

sunstkitts Sunday, November 22, 2020 1:11:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Four flights would have just landed. One flight from Miami with 135 persons and three flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico, with 20 persons,”

sunstkitts Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:07:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “At present, there have been 19 confirmed COVID-19 cases and it’s much joy I update you that all the cases have recovered,”

sunstkitts Sunday, October 25, 2020 12:07:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Once you are asymptomatic, meaning without symptoms, you would be then allowed to integrate into the Federation without a period of confinement or quarantine,”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “For travellers coming from outside of the CARICOM Bubble, there will be a number of COVID-19-approved accommodation options open for them,” “These include the government designated facilities, the pre-approved or certified sites and the option of one of the local franchise hotels”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “On day seven you will be tested and if your RTPCR test comes back as negative and if your stay is longer than seven days, you can also have access to a selective menu of excursions and tourist destinations,” “You can access that by going to the tour desk and making an appointment from a selective menu of excursions and tourist destination sites within the island”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The immigration officers will be well protected with sneeze guards. They will be properly attired in appropriate PPE to interact with the incoming passenger,” “After you would have left Immigration then you would go downstairs to Customs. Again, infrastructural changes are being done at the airport to protect the frontline workers. All the necessary changes are being made to make the process for the inbound air traveller to be as seamless as possible”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The aim is to reopen our borders safely with minimum risk of re-introduction of the virus,” “At present, all the relevant stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health and the various subsectors in the tourism subsector are presently developing appropriate protocols to ensure the safety of our people”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “St. Kitts and Nevis is preparing for the second wave of COVID-19 cases or reintroduction of cases,”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “When we reopen our borders we have to adhere to these prevention measures in order to prevent a surge in COVID-19 cases,” “We must prevent a second lockdown”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “All stakeholders should adhere to infection, prevention and control measures to ensure the safety of our frontline workers, the safety of our people and the safety of all inbound travellers and tourists,” “We must always maintain good hand hygiene – we need to wash our hands regularly and we need to use appropriate hand sanitizers. We need to get back to this practice. We need to maintain adequate sanitation in school and workplace settings, in business places and, particularly, in the high-risk settings like in prisons and nursing homes for older adults”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “I express gratitude to the United Nations, the World Health Organization and PAHO for their steadfast partnership in making equipment, resources and technical advice available to our region,” “I also record our gratitude to the Republic of China (Taiwan) for its strong friendship to the people of St Kitts and Nevis. The Taiwan Model has been the most successful global example in the fight against Covid-19”

sunstkitts Thursday, October 8, 2020 7:41:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The human body emits electromagnetic radiation,”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The handheld infrared thermometer is basically utilized to measure the body temperature,” “The body emits the electromagnetic radiation in the form of infrared and the thermometer uses a lens to focus the light from the human body unto a detector in the machine. This lens is called a thermopile. The thermopile absorbs the infrared radiation, turns it into heat and then the infrared thermometer registers the body temperature”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “It’s just an ordinary light and we are all exposed to ordinary light as I am in a lit room now,” “My body, my brain cells, my pineal gland is impacted by the light in this room. There is no harm to my brain or my pineal gland by sitting in this room”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “People are assuming that the thermometer emits radiation, when in fact it is the human body that is emitting the radiation picked up by the thermometer,”

sunstkitts Wednesday, September 23, 2020 12:49:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We need to be very aware of the need to prevent Dengue,” “We are already in a COVID-19 Pandemic; it’s unprecedented and we really do not want to add a Dengue outbreak to that”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “You need to get rid of your tires, buckets, platters and toys,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “Mosquitoes that usually spread Dengue bite during the day and night,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:23:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Diabetes is known to confer increased risk for infections-respiratory tract infections,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Patients with COVID-19 and diabetes have a worse prognosis,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Patients with COVID-19 and diabetes have a greater prevalence of other chronic illnesses like heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “Diabetics should also adhere to their prescribed diet of fruits and vegetables and exercise regularly,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This is good news for the Caribbean region because if you were to calculate the fatality rate within the Caribbean region it is at about 1.7 and that is a little lower than the global or international rate. I hope that this trend continues,”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:09:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “I want to underscore that of the 11 confirmed COVID 19 cases eight are symptom free and recovering nicely. Three of the cases have mild symptoms and are improving and so at this time we do not need the expertise of the Cuban nurses and physicians,”

sunstkitts Saturday, April 11, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “When you go on the bus you need to keep your hands together. Find an innovative way of pushing back the door,” “Hand hygiene is the most important thing”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Ministry of Health continues to inform and update the public about this outbreak; four media releases have been disseminated so far and we have also disseminated a travel advisory, first on Feb. 1 and it was reissued on Feb. 20,”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws noting : “continuing medical education sessions on the virus were delivered to doctors and nurses in St. Kitts and Nevis and this will be continuing as we learn more about the disease”

sunstkitts Thursday, March 5, 2020 11:26:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “This initiative is very important because Non-Communicable Diseases is critical, is a big problem Caribbean-wide and in our Federation. Three out of four deaths in the English-speaking Caribbean can be attributed to NCDs,” “And let’s bring the picture closer home. When you look at our statistics coming out of the Ministry of Health as much as 83 percent of our deaths are as a result of cancers, heart diseases/attacks, strokes… and the complications of diabetes”

sunstkitts Thursday, August 8, 2019 7:44:00 PM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “Within the Ministry of Health at this time, we are in need of some specialists, not general physicians.”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 4:00:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “You would have a regulated system where you would have persons who would be registered as being able to cultivate, reap, manufacture and sell,” “Then the patients would be able to go to physicians who would have been trained in prescribing the cannabis medicinal products”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws explained : “That is what the fourth recommendation is suggesting,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “In other words, the Drug Act should be amended to allow patients who are in need of marijuana or cannabis medicinal products to access them,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:18:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “The Ministry of Health was asked to stage this Expo because of our Prime Minister being the CARICOM lead head on Health and so we wanted to promote some of the work we are doing in St. Kitts and Nevis in the area of health,”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:40:00 AM EAT

Hazel Laws said : “We are trying our best to get the message out in terms of individuals realizing that what they eat and consume determine their level of health,” “This is a means of preventing diabetes, hypertension and others. The communicable diseases are always with us and this expo is about preventing and educating”

sunstkitts Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:40:00 AM EAT