Covid-19 Update - St. Maarten

Government has decided that the following services may remain open until 6pm Monday to Saturday as of Monday, March 23, 2020:

Grocery stores

Pharmacies

Gas stations

Banks

Emergency and paramedic services

Hotels

Restaurants

Essential government services: telecommunications and post, judicial and utilities

Public transportation

Hardware stores

Shipping and cargo companies

The above must observe social distancing and allow groups of no more than 20 persons at a time. If not adhered to, the businesses will be shut down by government with immediate effect.

For Sundays for the next two weeks, besides emergency services, only gas stations, pharmacies, hotels with attached amenities for guests only and newspapers will be allowed to open until 6pm.

No beach vending allowed until further notice.

No beach parties are allowed.

No group of more than five persons is allowed on the beach.

After today, Sunday, no airline will bring in residents of St. Maarten or anyone else to the country for the next two weeks. The only flights that will be coming into the airport are cargo flights or flights to pick up passengers to return them to their home destination.

(Source: Prime Minister of St. Maarten)

Thanks Elaine. No more flights after today?

I luv the Dutch! A group of five people on the beach! Thank you....

It says flights can’t bring anyone in, but flights can come in to pick people up.

Yes, sorry. They cannot bring anyone in.

With regards to restaurants. There was no stipulation if for carry out only that I could tell.

Yes, there was, clarified the next day. It's been like that for days.

That is what I thought that it was take out only.

https://www.facebook.com/SXMGOV/photos/pcb.1570958453075474/1570965703074749/?type=3&theater Has been in force for some time.