Common symptoms of COVID-19

• Cold symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing, sore throat

• Coughing

• Shortness of breath

• Elevated temperature or a fever

• Sudden loss of taste and smell (without nasal congestion)

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Important: do not go to your GP; instead call the GP if you have these symptoms.

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Measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19

• Wear a mask

• Wash your hands  often with soap and water

• Cough and sneeze into your elbow

• Use paper tissues to blow your nose and discard them after use

• Do not shake hands

• Stay 1.5 meters (2 arms lengths) away from other people

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Coronavirus testing
If you're experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, call your GP and you will get an appointment at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site

 

Quarantine
If you are not ill, but have been in contact with someone who is (possibly) infected with coronavirus, stay at home for 14 days.

 

Isolation
If you have COVID-19 symptoms or you have been tested positive, stay home so you don't spread the virus further.

 

GGD
The public health department of the government will contact you for further contact tracing if you tested positive, or if you were close contact of someone who tested positive for coronavirus.

 

Vaccination against COVID-19
Vaccination against COVID-19 has now started in Curacao. That means that we are now entering a new phase in this crisis. But unfortunately this does not mean that we can lift all the measures currently in place. Most people are still at risk and many people are still infectious. The basic rules can only be set aside once the vast majority of people have been vaccinated.

Click here for the official COVID-19 vaccination website of Curacao.

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How does this vaccine work?
The COVID-19 vaccine by BioNTech/Pfizer is an RNA vaccine.

mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies. Click here for FAQ about coronavirus vaccines.

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Local announcements
Click here for the local government announcements and precautionary measures.