In a press release, the Prefecture of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy indicates that it is putting in place "travel restrictions" between the two parts of the island from Friday July 31. No mention of "border closure", but if the syntax is different, the situation remains the same.
For the Prefecture, the active circulation of the virus on the territory requires "to slow down the spread of the virus by limiting movement". Thus, the Prefecture and the ARS, "after discussions with the Collectivity of Saint-Martin and in agreement with the Ministry of Overseas", have decided to put in place a "restriction of movement between the two parts of the island. as of Friday July 31 at 12 noon ". The Prefect Sylvie Feucher spoke this morning with the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten on this subject.

PROFESSIONAL OR MEDICAL REASON ONLY

The Prefecture indicates that "controls will be put in place at the roundabout of Bellevue and Belleplaine by the staff of the border police and the National Gendarmerie. The border points of Cupecoy and Baie aux Huîtres will be blocked as of this dated".

Only people with a professional or medical reason will therefore be able to cross the border. "This reason will be verified on the basis of the certificates already issued by the Prefecture in June during the previous traffic restriction. These certificates may be reissued and collected from the Prefecture services". Medical requests can be made to the email address covid19pref @ saint-barth-saint-
martin.gouv.fr

AUTHORIZED JULIANA TRAVELERS

In addition, the Prefecture indicates that authorized travelers from Juliana airport (from metropolitan France, the Schengen area or the list of safe countries) will be authorized to pass by presenting their plane ticket, their test PCR of less than 72 hours with a negative result and the sworn certificate issued by the company or present on the site of the Prefecture.

These restrictive measures are "essential to limit the circulation of the virus and avoid reaching the capacity limits of our health system", estimates the Prefecture, which specifies that they will be put in place temporarily while controlling the circulation of the virus on the island.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT

Since the health bulletin of July 24, 1 new case has been detected in Saint Barthélemy, bringing the number of cases to 2, and 4 new cases in Saint-Martin, bringing the number of cases to 7.
In Saint-Barthélemy, the new positive case is linked to a cluster of people from Guadeloupe who stayed on Saint-Martin and frequented establishments in Sint-Maarten.
In Saint-Martin,
- 1 case is still under investigation;
- 1 patient is hospitalized in Sint Maarten and 3 positive contact cases are linked to it;
- 1 case is a contact of an indigenous case;
- 1 case was imported from the Dominican Republic on a repatriation flight from the United States to Juliana. The government of Sint Maarten announced today that it has counted 45 positive cases. This active circulation of the virus would be at the origin of the contamination of 6 people from Guadeloupe who stayed on the island and generated a cluster still under investigation in Guadeloupe.

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