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Health Minister making COVID-19 update @ 10:00am
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) will host another virtual COVID-19 announcement this morning, September 16, 2020, at 10:00am, as the Territory enters its new 5:00pm to 5:00am curfew for the next 14 days.
More businesses approved to open as COVID-19 cases drop
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a Cabinet meeting of September 11, 2020, more businesses in the Virgin Islands (VI) will now be allowed to open as the territory records a reduction in COVID-19 cases as a result of strict adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines issued by local health authorities.
VI records 2 more COVID-19 cases & 7 recoveries
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) has recorded 2 more COVID-19 cases and 7 recoveries as of September 11, 2020, a statement from the Government Information Service (GIS) said Friday evening shortly before midnight.
1 new COVID-19 case & 20 full recoveries- Health Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Crediting compliance to the COVID-19 guidelines and curfew measures by the Virgin Islands populace, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced that the Territory recorded just 1 new COVID-19 case as of September 10, 2020.
COVID-19: 'VI did the right things in the right order'- Julio S. Henry
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - After a May 7, 2020, doom prediction that the Virgin Islands' 'Economy will sink and the Territory will suffer' if tourism was not immediately revived, social commentator and talk show host Julio S. Henry has now commended the Government for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the order that it did.
‘We can’t keep locking down every time something comes’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that moving forward in the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Territory will not be prioritising 24/7 lockdown as a response measure, rather, will depend on making sure businesses and organisations adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols.
'No time for division or petty politics'- Hon Malone to VI Opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) in his latest address to the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) Hon Carvin Malone has urged the territory's opposition to bring an end to the petty politics relating to the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
USVI's 16th COVID-19 death is 59-year-old man from St John
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US[ Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Thursday night, September 3, 2020, announced that the coronavirus has taken the life another US Virgin Islander, the 16th Covid-19 related death in the US Territory.
16 more COVID-19 cases recorded in VI; Total jumps to 63
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced that the Virgin Islands has recorded 16 more COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed in the Territory to 63, with 52 active cases.
Hon Turnbull falsely claims Gov’t spending $17K per barge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has shut down Opposition claims that the Virgin Islands Government is paying some $51,000 a day for three barges to boost the Territory's border security in the COVID-19 fight.