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VI blocks cruise ship calls for 30 days starting March 14, 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced that the Virgin Islands will be implementing an immediate block where no cruise ships would be allowed to call on the Territory within a 30-day period starting Saturday, March 14, 2020.
COVID-19 reaches Martinique, SVG, Jamaica, DR, St Barths, St Martin, Cuba & Guyana
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) deepens its reach across the tourism-dependent Caribbean region, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation says its member countries are still opened for business although the majority of the cases are imported.
Guyana confirms 1st Coronavirus death; Jamaica records 2nd case
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA - Guyana has confirmed its first imported case of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), after samples from a patient who died this morning Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) tested positive for the virus.
COVID-19 treatment areas created @ Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says in addition to a slew of measures the Virgin Islands (VI) is implementing to handle the threat of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), health authorities are racing to complete designated sections of the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital as treatment areas.
‘Do not panic’ but ‘keep ill children home if necessary’- Connie E. George
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- As Novel Coronavirus continues to spread globally and poses a threat to the Virgin Islands, the Ministry of Education of the Virgin Islands is urging parents not to panic but rather adopt proper hygiene practices at home, monitor their children and keep them at home if they are ill.
‘We are dealing with sick people, not criminals’- DDM on Coronavirus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information and Education Manager at the Department of Disaster Management, Mrs Chrystall Kanyuck-Abel has called on members of the public and media to avoid victimising persons infected or suspected to be infected with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Negative! Results return for 3 persons in VI tested for Coronavirus
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— Three persons tested for Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) have returned negative results, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
VI CoI is nothing short of ‘demonic’ in UK self-interest - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Talk Show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called ‘demonic’ the ongoing Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) being executed in the territory by the United Kingdom (UK).
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