St. Lucia has declared a State-of-Emergency as they record three cases of the coronavirus. According to reports the declaration was signed by Governor General Emmanuel Neville Cenac earlier today.

He said: “I am satisfied that a public emergency has arisen as a result of the occurrence 2019n-CoV, an infectious disease, commonly known as COVID-19.”

The Government of Saint Lucia also announced the closure of Saint Lucia’s airports to all incoming commercial and private flights effective 11:59 pm on Monday 23rd March 2020. All airports will be closed to all incoming passengers until Sunday, April 5th 2020. Aircraft facilitating departing passengers repatriating from Saint Lucia will be permitted as well as Air Cargo operations will be permitted.

They’ve already closed schools, imposed travel restrictions and scaled back non-essential services in an effort contain the disease.