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Police shut down all-day brunch for breaking COVID-19 rules
WEST END, Tortola, VI - Officers at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have today, February 27, 2021, shut down a crowded brunch event on the Western End of Tortola, after it was found that the event breached COVID-19 restrictions.
3185 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in VI thus far
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Some 3185 persons have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) as of February 25, 2021, according to information coming out of the Government Information Service.
Women hailed for brave role in VI's COVID-19 fight
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Women have been recognised for their contributions to the health and social response to COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands at the UN ECLAC’s 60th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean that began on 23rd February 2021.
The pandemic & countries that prevailed against it
by Dickson C. Igwe
What was the common denominator for countries that kept the pandemic to a minimum? Unlike in the USA, Brazil, and UK, draconian action and effective governance appeared to be the key components in keeping the COVID 19 virus from spreading in specific countries.
20 ‘pandemic heroes’ to be honoured @ NLBC’s Heroes’ Sunday Service
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—The Virgin Islands being able to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic to the point where there is currently no recorded case of COVID-19 in the territory did not come by accident but by an intentional and effective plan that saw various departments and entities working systematically to keeping the territory safe.
Governor Rankin signs new Curfew Order
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands will remain under a 3-hour curfew until March 11, 2021, according to a new Curfew Order signed by Governor John J. Rankin, CMG on February 24, 2021, and published in the Official Gazette.
COVID-19 vaccination of teachers begins today
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Non-mandatory vaccination of teachers in the Virgin Islands (VI) will kick off today, Thursday, February 25, 2021, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced.
Reopening of seaports to international visitors deferred to April 15, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Citing a number of reasons, including increased numbers of COVID-19 cases in the region and the emergence of new strains of coronavirus in certain countries, the reopening of the seaports to international ferry operations has been further deferred to April 15, 2021.
USVI sets 50,000 vaccination goal
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- On the US mainland, some scholars are confident that the country will achieve Covid-19 herd immunity by April, a projection that would end the pandemic, by some estimates, rather early. Particularly, Johns Hopkins professor Martin Makary wrote in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed that the US will achieve the feat, pointing to a steep 77 percent decline in cases in the past six weeks.
Premier Fahie takes first dose of COVID-19 jab
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI - Some weeks after the first dose of the AstraZeneca (AZD1222) COVID-19 vaccine was publicly administered to Health Minister, Hon Carvin Malone (AL), on February 11, 2021, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) received his first jab of the vaccine today, Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
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