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COVID booster shots opened to all residents from Jan 4, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - All residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) will have access to COVID-19 booster shots from January 4, 2022, according to the Pfizer and COVID booster shot roll-out schedule published by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
VI's active COVID-19 cases increase to 109; 8 hospitalized
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI) have increased to 109 with 8 current hospitalizations as of December 20, 2021, according to the latest stats released by the Ministry of Health.
UK Brexit Minister resigns over Johnson Gov’t COVID measures
LONDON, UK - Brexit Minister, Lord David G.H. Frost, has resigned from the UK Government over "concerns about the current direction of travel, regarding the Johnson Government’s handling of COVID-19.
PHOTO of the Day: VI Premier officially takes Pfizer booster shot
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has officially taken the COVID-19 booster shot in the form of the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine.
Johnson says UK Gov’t parties will go on amidst surging COVID cases
LONDON, UK - The UK has recorded the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 78,610 reported on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, alone.
VI & UNPD agrees to extend cooperation MoU to 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have agreed to extend their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation until November 2023, as it relates to sustainable development, COVID-19 recovery, the blue economy, and disaster risk reduction.
COVID:19: Phased Pfizer rollout kicks off today, Dec 17, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With some 4,680 doses of the highly anticipate Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines currently in the VI, the Fahie Government is wasting no time to begin administering shots through its public vaccination drive.
Lax adherence to public health measures sparking COVID infections - Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronald E. Georges has pointed to more social gatherings and a lax of adherence to local public health measures, as the precursor to the current spike in COVID-19 infections in the territory.
90 active COVID-19 cases now in VI- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Amidst the arrival of a new shipment of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in the territory, Virgin Islands Minister of Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced that the total active COVID-19 cases in the VI is on the increase.
COVID-19: First batch of Pfizer jabs arrives in VI - Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – For the first time since the start of COVID-19 vaccinations in the Virgin Islands (VI), the Government managed vaccination drive now has in its arsenal, Pfizer vaccines as part of new supplies sent by the United Kingdom.
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