PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Omar Ottley announced that Sint Maarten will begin transitioning into the endemic phase of COVID-19. The Minister stated that recently the word ‘endemic’ is being used as a term to reference exiting the pandemic. Minister Ottley stated that misconceptions about the word endemic may encourage a misplaced complacency. He further stated that entering into the endemic phase of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus doesn’t mean that COVID-19 will come to a natural end.
It just means that COVID -19 will now be considered an endemic infection, one in which overall rates are static ...
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