PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VSA Richard Panneflek said that is Ministry is looking at ways to further strengthen CPS by seeking to have USZV assist them with manning calls placed to 914, the Minister also said that he personally contacted TELEM to further upgrade the 914 lines as it is not functioning properly.
The Minister also admitted that CPS does have a backlog with the results however, he said this is because of the spike in COVID-19 active cases. SMN News reported earlier this week that there are persons waiting as long as 10 days to get their test results from CPS.
Panneflek said as of September 1st there are 222 active cases while there have been 482 confirmed cases since the outbreak in St. Maarten. So far there are 260 persons in isolation with 19 registered deaths.
In the meantime, government is also looking into the information presented to them regarding the White and Yellow Cross where the staff of the institution has refused to wear masks causing an outbreak among the elderly.
