Press Releases

Visit of the UKHSA team for Joint Strategic Needs Strategic Assessment

The Health & Social Care Portfolio would like to inform the public that a team from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will be arriving on-Island on Saturday, 8 October 2022. The team will deliver the analysis of St Helena’s Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) for Health.  The COVID-19 Pandemic affected societies globally and impacted […]

Formal Legislative Council Meeting – Thursday, 6 October 2022

A formal meeting of Legislative Council will take place on Thursday 6 October 2022, at 10am in the Council Chamber, at the Castle. This is the first sitting of the eighth meeting of Legislative Council and will be broadcast live via SAMs Radio 1. This meeting is also open to members of the public who […]

COVID-19 Statistics for St Helena, 23-29 September 2022

The St Helena Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that 262positive cases of COVID-19 were identified within the community during the period Friday, 23 September, to Thursday, 29 September 2022. A total of 1656 positive cases have been identified since the lifting of quarantine on Monday, 8, August 2022.  The public is […]

COVID-19 Procedures within the Health & Social Care Facilities

The Health Services Directorate recently recorded over 1600+ persons testing positive for COVID-19, indicating that community spread on-Island has reached the peak and positive cases will now decrease. This has been evident with the decline of positive cases identified and/or reported to the Health Services during the past week.   The Health Services Directorate would therefore […]

World Maritime Day 2022

Today, Thursday 29 September 2022, is the United Nations’ World Maritime Day. This year’s theme is ‘New technologies for greener shipping’. The theme provides a focus on ‘the importance of a sustainable maritime sector and the need to build back better and greener in a post pandemic world’. Recently, through significant training being delivered in […]

Fishing Control Notice

The following changes to the Marine Regulation, in accordance with the Fishing Control Notice (https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/news/government-gazettes/), will take effect from Saturday, 1 October 2022: Closed season for lobster From 1 October to 31 December 2022 (inclusive) it will be an offence for any person to fish for, catch, retain or land any Spiny Lobster or Stump […]

St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority

The St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority has today issued a report on the request to amend tariffs by Connect Saint Helena Ltd, which has been refused.  This report can be found on the Public Information, Reports and Policies page of the SHG website at: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/government/public-information/  Direct Link: https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/URA-Report-Tariffs-Sept-2022.pdf Issued on behalf of the St Helena Utilities Regulatory Authority                         28 […]

Recall of Purity Baby Powder

23 September 2022

The Health Services Directorate has received a notification that, as a precautionary measure, PURITY Essentials Baby Powder products are being recalled by Tiger Consumer Brands Limited.   The recall is due to trace levels of asbestos being found in test samples from a batch of pharmaceutical grade talc powder used as a raw material in the production of the product. […]

COVID-19 Statistics for St Helena, 16-22 September 2022

The St Helena Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that 849 positive cases of COVID-19 were identified within the community during the period Friday, 16 September, to Thursday, 22 September 2022. A total of 1,355 positive cases have been identified since the lifting of quarantine on Monday, 8 August 2022.   There have […]

The Environment, Natural Resources & Planning Portfolio Consults on Draft Revised Marine Management Plan

St Helena’s Marine Protected Area (MPA), covers the entire 200 nautical miles of St Helena’s Exclusive Economic Zone. The MPA is a protected area classed as one that allows sustainable use of natural resources.  This means that low-level human use is permitted as long as it does not undermine the MPA’s objectives.  To meet this […]