reopening as well, however prefect sylvie feucher wanted to keep the borders closed for now. it is now up to the french government to decide whether the internal borders will reopen. the internal border will be reopened on 2 june. june as of 6 june 2020, catholic mass will commence. the number of people allowed depends on the size of the church. people under 12 and over 70 should are requested to stay at home. on 15 june 2020 all cases recovered. july on 1 july 2020, a new case had been discovered. on 3 july 2020, the case resolved again. on 15 july 2020, a 79th case was discovered. on 30 july 2020, ludmila de weever, minister of tourism, announced that the border opening for passengers from the united states is still 1 august as scheduled. this has resulted in a response by sylvie feucher, préfète délguée of french saint martin who announced that americans are not allowed on their side of the island, and the french-dutch border will be closed to prevent circulation of the virus. preventive measures on 17 march, the airport and ports are closed for passengers. this does not apply to residents of sint maarten who have to quarantine for 14 days, and essential travel from saba, sint-eustatius, and curaçao. all schools are closed. on 20 march 2020, a list of maximum prices for some essential goods was published. on 29 march, everybody should stay at home except when they have a special permission to travel. the border between sint maarten and saint martin is closed and jointly patrolled with the french government. restaurants are take-away only and are not allowed to sell alcoholic beverages. the alcohol ban was lifted on 15 april. on 30 march, a curfew was implemented from 20:00 until 6:00. on 5 april 2020, a total lock-down was announced. nobody is allowed to leave their house for the coming two weeks. the lock-down ended on 17 april 2020. on 21 april 2020, the post office reopened for three days a week in the morning. transition to endemic phase