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30 respirators, medicines and protective equipment for care coronavirus patients to Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao
News item | 10-04-2020 | 20:15
This morning a KLM flight left for Curacao with a large shipment of medical equipment, medicines and protective equipment for the three Leeward Islands of the Kingdom: Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. With all goods a total of 30 additional IC respiratory beds can be realised for COVID-19 patients. It regards 12 beds on Aruba, 12 beds on Curacao and 6 beds on Bonaire.
Air-ambulance crew members wearing personal protective equipment on the tarmac at F.D. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius.
ST. EUSTATIUS--F.D. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius was busy with medevac flights over a two-day period. On Friday evening, April 10, an air ambulance from Bonaire touched down with the air-ambulance crew wearing personal protective equipment. Shortly thereafter, the medevac helicopter touched down with a patient from Saba.
The Saba patient was transferred to the awaiting air ambulance, assisted by staff members of Queen Beatrix Medical Centre. The aircraft took off to Bonaire with the patient and medevac crew on board.
Later that same night, another air ambulance touched at the airport to airlift a Statia patient to Bonaire. The aircraft took off from the airport at 5:30am on Saturday, April 11.
Around 11:00am on Saturday an SXM Airways aircraft touched down at the airport to transfer patients of Health Care Office ZVK patients to Bonaire via St. Maarten.
Around 12:45pm an EZ Air aircraft landed and brought medical supplies.
Interim Acting Airport manager Ric Isarin was on hand over these two days to ensure that all transfers went off without a hitch. Members of the F.D. Roosevelt security team, personnel from the air traffic control tower, the Caribbean Netherlands Fire Department, personnel of WINAIR and ground handlers were also present.
Over the past period I have spoken to you more than once, to inform and to call for calmness, togetherness and strength. Today I would like to ask you that again. Bonaire has now entered a different phase, a very special phase. I would like to announce that we have a first positive result. The virus has been found on Bonaire. But I will make a few comments right away.
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In all probability this concerns an import case with a subsequent contamination on Bonaire. The source can be traced. Restrictive and known measures were taken prior to this contamination. Because there is good insight into the origin of the case, and the contacts, it is not necessary to proceed to a lockdown. Nor does it have any consequences for tomorrow's repatriation fligh
Bonaire: All six confirmed cases in the territory have recovered. The territory, along with Sint Eustatius and Saba had no deaths. A flight ban set to expire on April 28, had been extended until May 15. Bonaire has since announced a tentative opening of the Flamingo International Airport for after June 15.