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COVID-19 vaccination drive-thru launched for 2nd dose jabs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is hosting yet another operation ‘Protect Each Other’ Vaccination Drive-Thru from today, Saturday, August 28, 2021, at the Festival Grounds in Tortola from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, until Tuesday, August 31, 2021, to provide easier access to persons getting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines.
The economics of vaccination
By Dickson C. Igwe
Mandatory vaccination makes a significant cross-section of the general public uncomfortable. However, for the Virgin Islands to participate in the worldwide travel and tourism economy, the country must achieve herd immunity, which is the place of safety from the Pandemic.
25 active cases of COVID-19 in VI- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands are down to 25, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced in a COVID-19 update today, August 27, 2021.
Living for each other instead of just the dollars
Alred C. Frett
Expecting their Vaccines to save our Nation:
We would all like to pride ourselves in being our Brothers’ Keepers, but clearly Family Affairs are being replaced with a Dog-eat-Dog Mentality… Mother Nature is annoyed, Father Christmas is absent and the Auntie Bertha and Uncle Sam we have known, still promise much but deliver little… After 3 Centuries, we are still comfortable being fooled and too afraid to speak out against Traditional Injustices.
9 new COVID-19 cases but active cases remain @ 31 in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Total active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands have remained at 31 for close to a week, despite there being new cases.
VI Curfew Order extended until Sept 4, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI), His Excellency Governor John J. Rankin CMG has extended the national curfew to run from 11:00 pm to 05:00 am curfew until September 4, 2021.
Growing number of youths now dying from COVID-19- Hon Malone
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL), in his push for more vaccinations in the territory, has warned youths of the growing mortality rate of COVID-19 amongst that demographic.
VI’s very limited resources strained ‘with very broad & imposed’ CoI- Premier
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Although burdened with a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) by the United Kingdom (UK) Government, which has evaded calls for a CoI into its own handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations of corruption, the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government led by Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) continues to forge ahead with legislation to improve the lives of the territory’s people.
HoA looking to exit 'Save the Seed Energy Centre' by year end- Speaker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Julian Willock has indicated that the House is looking to exit the Save the Seed Energy Centre by the end of the year, if all goes well in expediting the return to the HoA Chambers in Road Town, Tortola.
31 active COVID-19 cases in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is steadily continuing its recovery from the deadly COVID-19 outbreak in June-July, as there are now 31 active cases.
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