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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: kim]
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12/23/2021 07:31 AM
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Not much fun playing the " change the rules/move the goalposts" game, is it?
Good luck.
A very good friend (my age) was advised against the booster by his doctor just this week. As of now, according to the CDC "fully vaccinated" does not require having a booster.
J.D.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: ruralcarrier]
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12/23/2021 07:56 AM
12/23/2021 07:56 AM
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Not much fun playing the " change the rules/move the goalposts" game, is it?
Good luck.
A very good friend (my age) was advised against the booster by his doctor just this week. As of now, according to the CDC "fully vaccinated" does not require having a booster. Exactly!!!! This is wrong on so many levels. Especially when they can’t get their population to get vaxxed. Curious how they will handle all those celebs coming back from St Barths on 1/1 and 1/2 And what about those flying in 1/2? Double vaxxed but need a 24 hour test or 48 per. Basically impossible.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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12/23/2021 07:57 AM
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"Posting changes via Facebook is a pi$$ poor way to run a country and a government."
It's also on their official site too. I couldn't find it....it was "updated" a couple of days ago but it looks the same to me. Still says this: You are considered fully vaccinated with an accepted vaccine :
2 weeks after the second dose in a 2-dose series, such as the Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, Sinopharm, Sinovac/Coronavac and Covishield vaccines, or
2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine, such as Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, or
2 weeks after the second dose in a 2-dose series combination of a single dose Pfizer or Moderna with a single dose Astra Zeneca, or
2 weeks after a single-dose of vaccine after a confirmed COVID-19 infection within 6 months before the vaccination (to be stated on proof of vaccination in absence of a digital COVID-19 infection certificate). ..and, as mentioned, the Facebook link doesn't work (I am on Facebook) so I will hold back on informing my tennis group of the change until I can see it officially in print ...and not a Facebook post
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: boucharda]
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12/23/2021 08:51 AM
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until I can see it officially in print ...and not a Facebook post Correct, how "official" is a facebook post? A local restaurant we frequent was doing a holiday gift card giveaway via their facebook page. I entered and the next day I got a facebook message indicating I had won. Only problem was so did many others as their facebook page had been "cloned" and the only noticeable difference was an "apostrophe as in (')" between the two words of the name of the restaurant. A good example of how things can get messed up using social media for "official" announcements.
J.D.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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12/23/2021 09:54 AM
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The link is still dead but I went to the SXM News page on Facebook and found the announcement....still kinda lame that it is only there but here it is: St Maarten News
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** Travel requirements scheduled to change as of January 1st 2022; applicable for persons 18 years and up **
Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA) Omar Ottley hereby informs the public that, given the rapid worldwide spread of the Omicron variant, Sint Maarten will be implementing various protective measures.
With Omicron fast becoming the dominant variant in numerous countries, the following changes to Sint Maarten's entry protocols will go into effect as from Saturday January 1st 2022 for all incoming travelers to Sint Maarten.
Unvaccinated persons will require a 48 hour PCR test, while persons who received both doses of an approved COVID vaccine will require a 48 hour PCR test or a 24 hour antigen test. Persons who are 18 years and older and who have taken a booster shot will be able to enter Sint Maarten without a COVID-19 test.
Persons 17 years and younger who are eligible to take a COVID-19 vaccine can enter without a COVID-19 test once they have taken both doses of an approved COVID vaccine.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: boucharda]
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12/23/2021 10:19 AM
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The story is in the Daily Herald, unfortunately only (so far) in the full edition, not in the free links online. It is referred to in today's editorial. Link
Last edited by Carol_Hill; 12/23/2021 10:22 AM.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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12/23/2021 12:35 PM
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"according to the CDC "fully vaccinated" does not require having a booster."
That doesn't matter entering SXM. I am aware of that. I was making the point of ANOTHER moving of the goalposts. This crap is getting old.
J.D.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: boucharda]
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12/23/2021 01:48 PM
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Yes, anyone looking just at the EHAS website right now for travel after the first of the year will be seriously misled.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
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12/23/2021 02:26 PM
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Yes, anyone looking just at the EHAS website right now for travel after the first of the year will be seriously misled. Hopefully the EHAS site will update soon. Could cause some real problems for the uninformed.
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Re: Entry requirements for SXM changing again
[Re: sxmmartini]
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12/23/2021 02:37 PM
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martini--If you are already on the island, if SXM changes it's ENTRY protocols after you are on island, obviously they won't apply to you. If the US changes it's entry protocols, that's a different question.
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