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'Keep putting on' curfews until we get it right - Hon Vanterpool
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Fourth District Representative in the Virgin Islands (V) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Mark H. Vanterpool has endorsed calls for more curfews against COVID-19, noting that the Territory should not hide but, rather, work together as a group to find solutions going forward.
'No need for extension of current 14-day lockdown' - Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Announcing no new cases of COVID-19 in the Territory, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the current 24/7 lockdown in the Virgin Islands (VI) will not be extended; however, a new night-time curfew will take effect from April 19, 2020, running until June 1, 2020.
VI borders could be closed 4 to 6 months minimum' - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Government consultant and commentator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline said he envisions that the borders of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be closed for at least 4 to 6 months in the best-case scenario as Government continues to make moves to protect the Territory against COVID-19.
3rd COVID-19 patient testing 'within a day or two'- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says the second COVID-19 testing for the lone remaining positive case in the Territory will be done in a matter of days as the Virgin Islands decides the way forward in its response towards the global pandemic.
Agreement being ‘finalised’ for Cuban medical officials- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two weeks after Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) announced that the Territory had requested for 30 medical officials from Cuba be sent to the Virgin Islands to help in its fight against COVID-19, the agreement is now being finalised.
‘Treatment’ for COVID-19 ordered- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting that Government was trying to be preventative and yet proactive, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) disclosed on Thursday, April 9, 2020 that the Territory will be receiving some three thousand to four thousand supplies of "treatment" for COVID-19 disease.
'Too many individuals abusing curfew passes'- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has lamented the abuse of curfew passes issued to those considered 'essential workers' as the Virgin Islands (VI) continues with its COVID-19 lockdown until April 19, 2020.
Governor seeking resolution for US seized medical supplies - Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) that the United States (US) Customs and Border Protection had seized some medical items and other COVID-19 related supplies, ordered by the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) for the territory, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert is working on ways to resolve the issue.
50 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in USVI; 43 recoveries so far
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - The USVI Department of Health on Thursday revealed that five additional positive coronavirus cases brought the number of people in the territory who have been infected with the disease to 50. The department did not send the alert of new cases through the VITEMA Alert system.
Corona & the exposure of horrific leadership
By Dickson C. Igwe
The unmitigated spread of Corona Virus is the result of gross incompetence in governance in China, the USA, and the UK.
Corona deaths globally have surged past 100 000. In the USA and UK, deaths approach 30,000. Just under a third. And it is rising still, and astronomically.
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