St Lucia records another case of COVID-19

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 4, CMC –  St Lucia has recorded its 18th case of the coronavirus.

In a statement, the Ministry of Health said that a total of 52 samples were tested last Saturday and the latest person to have tested positive is a 51-year-old male who sought care “at one of our respiratory clinics with a dry cough but none of the accompanying symptoms of COVID-19”.

The Ministry said the man has “no known travel history and we are in the process of investigating the source. The individual is currently in care within our respiratory hospital and is responding well to care. The Ministry of Health’s contact tracing team is undertaking the necessary follow-up for the identification and quarantine of contacts of this case.”

But the Ministry of Health noted that “the emergence of cases on the East coast continues to be of concern to the Ministry of Health as we continue to receive reports of entry through unofficial channels.We continue to strengthen our surveillance in these areas and anticipate the detection of more cases as community testing increases. COVID-19 poses a risk of transmission to every individual irrespective of age, socio-economic status or gender."

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