Sailing out of St. Maarten this summer, we may not have to have the Covid test.

[caymancouple]

Don't know how soon "the coming weeks" is, but looks like St. Maarten is going to drop the testing requirements for those fully vaccinated.  See the linked video at the 43:50 time point.  He is the St. Maarten Minister of Health. Wed. May 26th, St. Maarten Press Conference

[FLbeachbaby]

1 hour ago, caymancouple said:

Don't know how soon "the coming weeks" is, but looks like St. Maarten is going to drop the testing requirements for those fully vaccinated.  See the linked video at the 43:50 time point.  He is the St. Maarten Minister of Health. Wed. May 26th, St. Maarten Press Conference

Can't get to it, is it just me ?

[new_cruiser]

It's not just you. The link is the one for this thread. Perhaps the OP copied and pasted the wrong link. I tried to google the press conference but didn't get anywhere.

[FLbeachbaby]

4 minutes ago, new_cruiser said:

It's not just you. The link is the one for this thread. Perhaps the OP copied and pasted the wrong link. I tried to google the press conference but didn't get anywhere.

I'm listening on Facebook- google May 26th St. Maarten press conference.

[new_cruiser]

All that was said was that they were discussing whether to drop the testing requirement for vaccinated people. It's one sentence near the end of the second speaker's report. No likely to drop - more neutral; maybe, maybe not.

[wesport]

Let’s keep our fingers crossed. It’s just an added burden we don’t really need. 

[FLbeachbaby]

4 hours ago, new_cruiser said:

All that was said was that they were discussing whether to drop the testing requirement for vaccinated people. It's one sentence near the end of the second speaker's report. No likely to drop - more neutral; maybe, maybe not.

I did not get the same feeling as the OP. I also heard "infections are up" and "vaccination rate is low". They definitely want tourism back. Let's hope this works and is a benefit to all.