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...
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Shortage of Medical Supplies
25 April 2022The Health Services Directorate would like to inform the public that the Pharmacy at the General Hospital is currently experiencing a temporary shortage of certain medical supplies, due to various...
Bunkers Hill Development Agreement Signed
25 April 2022A Development Agreement was signed between NG Development Company Limited and St Helena Government (SHG) on 22 April 2022 for phase one of a housing development at Bunkers Hill, Alarm...
St Helena to Attend Red Ensign Group Conference 2022
25 April 2022A delegation from St Helena comprising representatives from the recently created Maritime Authority and Shipping Registry will attend the annual Red Ensign Group (REG) conference due to be held in...
Honourable Speaker to attend Speakers Conference 2022
22 April 2022The Honourable Speaker of Legislative Council, Cyril Gunnell, will depart the Island on Sunday, 24 April 2022, to attend the Speakers of the House of Commons and Overseas Territories Conference...
Airmail Service Update
21 April 2022The Post & Customer Services Centre would like to inform the public of the following updates regarding the airmail service: Via South Africa to the UK The airmail service via...
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
21 April 2022
April is ‘Bowel Cancer Awareness’ Month. The Health Services Directorate’s Health Promotion and Oncology teams are working together to raise...
Quarantine Exemption for engineer to complete commissioning of Oxygen Generation Plant
21 April 2022In March 2022, engineers from Schneider Electric, providers of energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability, arrived on St Helena to commission critical backup battery solutions at three...
Annual Price Inflation Rate at 3.3%
20 April 2022For the first quarter of 2022 the Retail Price Index (RPI) has been measured at 109.9 (Chart 1). This is an increase of 1.4% from three months ago. It is...
Flood Mitigation At Ruperts Power Station
20 April 2022Heavy rain over the Easter weekend resulted in excessive water flowing down the water course and into the Power Station at Ruperts on Monday, 18 April 2022, which almost caused...
COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic, Monday, 25 April 2022
20 April 2022A COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held at the Flu Pod, The General Hospital, Jamestown, between 9am and 11am on Monday, 25 April 2022. Persons planning to receive a...
St Helena COVID-19 Status Update – 20 April 2022
20 April 2022Following routine testing on Monday, 18 April 2022, positive COVID-19 case(s) were identified in Home Quarantine. Positive results were also received from the re-testing of person(s) testing positive for COVID-19...