Dominica - Population: 71,808
Lockdown & social distancing
All counter measures
2020-07-15 Additional health/documents requirements upon arrival all persons entering Dominica should have a negative PCR Test from a nationally approved or state-re... Dominica News Online
2020-03-13 Awareness campaigns The Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has formed a COVID-19 committee to educate the public on p... Dominica News Online
2020-04-04 Awareness campaigns Dominica Cancer Society advises cancer patients to be extremely careful... Dominica News Online
2020-07-27 Awareness campaigns Returning Dominicans warned to comply with quarantine protocols or face more stringent measures. str... Dominica News Online
2020-04-08 Awareness campaigns Dominicans warned to follow official health guidelines or face total shutdown... Dominica News Online
2020-04-07 Awareness campaigns Clients asked to cooperate in facilitating contact-tracing process in Dominica... Dominica News Online
2020-04-11 Awareness campaigns Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) releases a four-part series on how the island has dealt with pande... Dominica News Online
2020-01-24 Awareness campaigns The Ministry wishes to advise the public to exercise the usual precautionary measures for prevention... Dominica News Online
2020-06-02 Awareness campaigns Public urged to pay equal attention to COVID-19 and hurricane season... Dominica News Online
2020-04-20 Awareness campaigns PM Skerrit admonishes public not to discriminate against those with COVID-19... Dominica News Online
2020-04-17 Awareness campaigns encourage the population to consume more local products... Dominica News Online
2020-03-06 Awareness campaigns The prime minister also called on the Dominican public to cease from spreading fake news as it relat... Dominica News Online
2020-04-14 Awareness campaigns UWI Open Campus develops COVID-19 website... Dominica News Online
2020-04-30 Awareness campaigns PAHO Director calls for continued immunization to avoid risk of other outbreaks during COVID-19 pand... Dominica News Online
2020-03-26 Border closure  Commonwealth of Dominica shall suspend all commercial air and sea access to all non-Dominicans effec... Dominica News Online
2020-08-15 Border closure  The Government announced that the borders will be opened to international travel on August 15... Jamaica Gleaner
2020-08-07 Border closure  Dominica’s borders were opened to international travellers on Friday, August 7th.... Dominica News Online
2020-04-13 Border closure  Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM), Canefield Airport (DCF), and seaports remain closed to all passengers... GardaWorld
2020-07-15 Border closure  returning nationals on July 15... Jamaica Gleaner
2020-04-06 Changes in prison-related policies visits suspended indefinitely... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Closure of businesses and public services churches and places of worship open but with a maximum of 250 persons... Dominica News Online
2020-06-09 Closure of businesses and public services Magistrates’ Court now fully functional... Dominica News Online
2020-06-05 Closure of businesses and public services previously closed businesses are now allowed to open by adhering to strict guidelines... Dominica News Online
2020-05-30 Closure of businesses and public services Places of worship in Dominica allowed to open from May 30 with certain restrictions... Dominica News Online
2020-05-25 Closure of businesses and public services As of 25th May, opening hours of business will be Monday to Friday up to 6:00 pm, Saturdays up to 3:... Dominica News Online
2020-03-27 Closure of businesses and public services all public officials except for essential workers expected to work from home ... Dominica News Online
2020-04-27 Closure of businesses and public services the lifting of some restrictions under Emergency Powers SRO; opening of some businesses ... Dominica News Online
2020-04-13 Curfews extension of nationwide nightly curfew to May 11 (between 18:00 - 06:00 with a total lockdown is in ... GardaWorld
2020-04-01 Curfews A curfew is now in effect from 6pm to 6am on weekdays, with a total lockdown on weekends, until the ... Dominica News Online
2020-04-09 Curfews extend the State of Emergency to 3 months and the curfew order by an additional 21 days... Dominica News Online
2020-03-28 Curfews 2-day curfew from 22:00 March 28 to 8:00 March 31 ... Dominica News Online
2020-05-12 Curfews Ministry of Health also advises that the Emergency Powers Act Order 2020 regarding the curfew to be... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Curfews all curfew restrictions are lifted, physically distancing will now be 3ft.”... Dominica News Online
2020-06-15 Curfews current curfew will be changed to the hours of 10pm to 5am from Monday 15th June 2020.... Dominica News Online
2020-04-04 Domestic travel restrictions Leeward Island Air Transport reported Friday that it is suspending all passenger services for the ne... Dominica News Online
2020-06-26 Economic measures the World Bank announced that it will provide Dominica with an additional US$3 million financing. W... PR Newswire
2020-07-06 Economic measures The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved US$16.4 million in additional financing for Dom... Dominica News Online
2020-04-10 Economic measures In April, the World Bank assisted Dominica with US$6.6 million to strengthen its response to the pan... PR Newswire
2020-07-03 Economic measures Dominicans encouraged to support beleaguered tourism industry by taking Staycations... Dominica News Online
2020-01-29 Economic measures the government of Dominica has sent funds to students studying in Wuhan city China – ground zero f... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Economic measures Borders remain closed, whereas key economic sectors are reopening... PR Newswire
2020-04-15 Economic measures National Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited has formalized a specific package of relief: A thr... Dominica News Online
2020-04-20 Economic measures National Bank of Dominica (NBD), a moratorium on principal and interest repayment for all interested... Dominica News Online
2020-04-02 Economic measures Deadline extended for filing of income tax returns in Dominica... Dominica News Online
2020-04-01 Economic measures Republic Bank extends safety net... Dominica News Online
2020-05-18 Economic measures Income support, tax reduction, loans among relief measures announced ... Dominica News Online
2020-03-16 Emergency administrative structures activated or established Government appoints national coordinator for Coronavirus pandemic... Dominica News Online
2020-04-01 Emergency administrative structures activated or established COVID-19 task force... Dominica News Online
2020-03-03 Emergency administrative structures activated or established CARICOM approves regional protocol to deal with COVID-19 virus... Dominica News Online
2020-03-23 Emergency administrative structures activated or established Dominica puts food security committee in place... Dominica News Online
2020-04-01 Full lockdown 6:00 p.m. on Friday to 6:00 a.m. on Monday, there will be a total lockdown and only essential worker... Dominica News Online
2020-04-13 International flights suspension Douglas-Charles Airport (DOM), Canefield Airport (DCF), and seaports remain closed to all passengers... GardaWorld
1970-01-01 International flights suspension China... US Embassy
2020-06-25 International flights suspension LIAT‘s commercial passenger services will remain suspended until 15th July 2020, due to the contin... Dominica News Online
2020-03-25 Introduction of isolation and quarantine policies All individuals identified during contact tracing will be tested and placed under quarantine... Dominica News Online
2020-03-25 Isolation and quarantine policies All individuals identified during contact tracing will be tested and placed under quarantine... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Limit public gatherings Sporting activities have also been allowed to resume, allowing for spectators.... Dominica News Online
2020-03-31 Limit public gatherings large gatherings of people have been observed at various “rum shops, ” suspending liquor licens... Dominica News Online
2020-06-15 Mass population testing high risk groups such as cashiers, bus drivers, and those at nursing homes and prisons are being sch... Dominica News Online
2020-04-20 Mass population testing implementing of community-level testing through random selections of asymptomatic cases.... Dominica News Online
2020-04-01 Other public health measures enforced Wi-Fi networks have been established in fifty-six (56) primary schools and thirteen (13) secondary ... Dominica News Online
2020-04-27 Other public health measures enforced lifting the ban on liquor licenses but you cannot go in what we call the rum shops and socialize th... Dominica News Online
2020-04-14 Other public health measures enforced Minister for Education, Human Resource Planning, Vocational Training and National Excellence has put... Dominica News Online
2020-03-31 Partial lockdown essential businesses allowed to open, busses to have one passenger per row, liquour licenses suspend... Dominica News Online
2020-04-27 Partial lockdown the lifting of some restrictions under Emergency Powers SRO; opening of some businesses ... Dominica News Online
2020-03-27 Public services closure  all public officials except for essential workers expected to work from home ... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Requirement to wear protective gear in public continued adherence to hand hygiene and the wearing of masks also applies to all businesses which we... Dominica News Online
2020-04-27 Requirement to wear protective gear in public Bus drivers or their conductors, will be required to sanitize the hands of passengers before they en... Dominica News Online
2020-05-30 Requirement to wear protective gear in public All congregants in churches should wear a face mask or face covering upon entering the facility.... Dominica News Online
2020-07-01 Schools closure  Day Care Centres are allowed to be reopened... Dominica News Online
2020-05-12 State of emergency declared Emergency Powers Act Order 2020, which governs the curfew put in place due to Covid-19, will be exte... Dominica News Online
2020-04-09 State of emergency declared extend the State of Emergency to 3 months and the curfew order by an additional 21 days... Dominica News Online
2020-04-13 State of emergency declared A state of emergency has been extended to Tuesday, June 30... GardaWorld
2020-06-30 State of emergency declared the Commonwealth of Dominica lifted its state of emergency.... PR Newswire
2020-04-01 State of emergency declared ... Dominica News Online
2020-02-11 Strengthening the public health system prepared laboratory to be only one in carribean capable of testing for virus... Dominica News Online
2020-02-15 Strengthening the public health system Health practitioners have undergone training on how to prepare for the advent of the deadly coronavi... Dominica News Online
2020-03-06 Strengthening the public health system a separate entrance screening for suspected coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has been put in place at th... Dominica News Online
2020-01-29 Strengthening the public health system ongoing training to provide updated and standard case definitions to all relevant stakeholders.Also,... Dominica News Online
2020-04-08 Strengthening the public health system Dominica and 60 other countries are set to benefit from a US$6 million grant that will go towards th... Dominica News Online
2020-03-20 Strengthening the public health system Standpipes being installed in Roseau to facilitate hand washing in view of coronavirus... Dominica News Online
2020-05-05 Strengthening the public health system Survey to determine extent of COVID-19 infection in Dominica begins next week... Dominica News Online
2020-03-30 Strengthening the public health system national contact tracing and sampling committee... Dominica News Online
2020-04-26 Strengthening the public health system Dominica Red Cross launches Psychosocial Support Line... Dominica News Online
2020-04-23 Strengthening the public health system Dominica to implement $65 million World Bank-funded food base restoration programme... Dominica News Online
2020-04-07 Strengthening the public health system In order to effectively assess the situation, CARICOM has launched a COVID-19 Food Security and Live... Dominica News Online
2020-03-26 Strengthening the public health system a medical brigade from Cuba consisting of 25 nurses, 5 doctors and four lab technicians will arrive ... Dominica News Online
2020-03-25 Surveillance and monitoring The public is further advised to inform health officials in their districts of anyone not adhering t... Dominica News Online
2020-03-05 Surveillance and monitoring Advanced Passenger Information System or API has been put in place at all ports of entry in Dominica... Dominica News Online
2020-07-03 Testing policy rapid testing will be done on visitors and nationals entering Dominica once the borders are opened.... Dominica News Online
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