Press Releases

Changes To Quarantine And Covid-19 Testing

On Tuesday, 26 April 2022, Executive Council reviewed and agreed to amend the current quarantine arrangements. Changes were agreed by Executive Council as part of Phase 1 of a roadmap for St Helena to work toward a return to normality. The quarantine period has been reduced from 10 days to 7 days for vaccinated arrivals […]

St Helena Covid-19 Status Update

Following routine testing on Monday, 2 May 2022 positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine. All COVID-19 protocols are being followed. Members of the public should remain alert and continue to practice good respiratory and hand hygiene. The public will be updated when there are no longer positive cases in quarantine. SHG4 May 2022

St Helena Maintains ‘Investment Grade’ Credit Rating

St Helena has once again achieved a Credit Rating of BBB-/A-3 stable, from global credit-rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P). Credit ratings are forward-looking opinions about an issuer’s relative creditworthiness. They provide a common and transparent global language for investors to form a view on and compare the relative likelihood of whether an issuer may […]

Scientific Research Being Conducted On St Helena

PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Florida, Andreana (Andree) Cunningham, arrived on-Island on Saturday, 23April 2022, to conduct research on the skeletal remains of the ‘Liberated Africans’ in Rupert’s Valley prior to their reburial. Andree’s study has received approval from Executive Council, and she will be collaborating with St Helena Government and the Liberated African […]

Elected Members Visit The Peaks National Park

All Ministers along with Councillor Ronald Coleman and members of the St Helena Research Council and the Cloud Forest Project Board visited the Peaks National Park on Thursday, 21 April 2022, to see and acknowledge the amazing works being undertaken under the Cloud Forest Project (funded by the CSSF Overseas Territories Environmental Sustainability and Climate […]

Testing Arrangements for Sea Arrivals – Update

St Helena Government (SHG) has changed the testing arrangements for sea arrivals. The majority of sea arrivals to the Island are visiting yachts and the MV Helena.   St Helena’s COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures currently require all vessels arriving to the Island to provide proof of their last port of call and time at sea. This […]

St Helena COVID-19 Status Update – 27 April 2022

Following the re-testing of person(s) testing positive for COVID-19 in Home Quarantine on Monday, 18 April 2022, the public is advised that there are no positive cases of COVID-19 on St Helena at this time. All COVID-19 protocols adhered to during this quarantine period are now complete. Members of the public should continue to practice […]

Exemption for Engineer to undertake Critical repair and maintenance work at General Hospital

A specialist engineer from Siemens Healthineers in South Africa arrived on St Helena on Saturday, 23 April 2022, and is currently in Home Quarantine.  The engineer has been contracted by the Health Services Directorate for a two-week period to undertake critical repair and maintenance work on the scanners within the Radiology Department of the General […]

Ukrainian Flag To Be Flown On St Helena

In support of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people – the flag of Ukraine will be flown at Plantation House, St Helena Airport, and Police Headquarters from Wednesday, 27 April 2022, until further notice. Minister for Safety, Security & Home Affairs, Jeff Ellick, requested the flag to be flown. Minister Ellick said: “We now have a […]

World Immunisation Week, 24-30 April 2022

25 April 2022

The World Health Organization recognises World Immunisation week each year during the last week of April.  World Immunisation Week focuses on the combined effort and action required to promote the use of vaccines to help protect people of all ages against all types of diseases.  The theme for 2022 is ‘Long life for all’.  It […]