Changes To Quarantine And Covid-19 Testing
5 May 2022On 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...
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St Helena Covid-19 Status Update
4 May 2022Following 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...
St Helena Maintains ‘Investment Grade’ Credit Rating
4 May 2022St 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....
Police Appeal For Information – Theft of Black Rucksack
3 May 2022St Helena Police are appealing for information in relation to the theft of a black ‘Nike’ rucksack. This incident occurred in the Jamestown Wharf area in the early hours of...
Arrival of the MV Helena and MV Astra
3 May 2022The MV Helena arrived at St Helena on Sunday, 1 May 2022, and docked alongside Ruperts Jetty. Cargo operations started on the day of arrival and should be completed today,...
Scientific Research Being Conducted On St Helena
2 May 2022PhD 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...
Elected Members Visit The Peaks National Park
29 April 2022All 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...
Jamestown Wharf Public Toilets Closure
29 April 2022The public is advised that the public toilets at the Wharf, Jamestown, will be closed from today, Friday 29 April 2022, and until further notice. This is to allow the toilets to...
Testing Arrangements for Sea Arrivals – Update
27 April 2022St 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...
St Helena COVID-19 Status Update – 27 April 2022
27 April 2022Following 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...
COVID-19 Proof of Vaccination and Pre-Departure testing for passengers departing on Saturday, 7 May 2022
27 April 2022The Health Services Directorate would like to advise passengers booked on the Airlink flight scheduled to depart St Helena on Saturday, 7 May 2022, of the following requirements prior to...
Exemption for Engineer to undertake Critical repair and maintenance work at General Hospital
27 April 2022A 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...