St Kitts and Nevis: Video surfaces of woman being under isolation for extended period

Minister Byron-Nisbett stated that individuals who have been in contact with someone who tested positive with COVID-19 are placed in quarantine for 14 days. The individuals are tested prior to being placed in quarantine and are tested again at the end of the 14-day quarantine period. If the final test returns negative the individuals are then released. This according to the Minister of Health is the current protocol.

However, reports have been circulating of persons who have been placed in quarantine, have tested negative at the start and end of the 14-day period, are kept on the quarantine site for extended periods without further communication.

A video has been circulating with a lady distraught about the neglect from the Ministry of Health. The lady can be heard in tears stating she has been in quarantine for 30 days and that she had already been tested and results were positive yet despite her constant calls and pleas of desperation she remains in quarantine without contact from the Ministry. The lady stated that she even reached out to the police in a desperate attempt for assistance.

There are also reports of persons in quarantine for 20 and 25 days without contact from the Ministry of Health and no word of the results of their COVID-19 tests. There are also persons who have been placed in isolation at home and are waiting for days beyond the stipulated period for confirmation of the test results, even after calling and requesting the update. How then can the Minister so confidently state the strategy they have rolled out while people are crying out for assistance due to the neglect and mismanagement meted out by the government?