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HoA observes moment of silence for VI’s 37 COVID-19 deaths
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – In a short tribute led by Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) today, observed a moment of silence for all who lost their lives to COVID-19 in the territory.
’I was in battle' with COVID-19- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pastor and commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline said despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, he was in an ‘all-out war’ with COVID-19 after contracting the virus.
UPDATE: Schools to reopen with ‘face to face’ learning Sept 6, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Schools in the Virgin Islands (VI) will reopen with face to face instructions on September 6, 2021, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) announced during a live update on Facebook this evening, August 10, 2021.
COVID-19: Persons were 'backsliding' during Emancipation weekend- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronald E. Georges has warned Virgin Islanders against returning to the very habits that were a precursor to the last COVID-19 outbreak in the territory, peaking at some 1600 plus cases.
Attack on SVG PM Gonsalves ‘shocking & reprehensible’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called reprehensible and shocking, the recent attack on the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves.
New 11:00pm to 5:00am curfew as restricted businesses allowed to re-open
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands has revised the territory’s Curfew Order to run from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am for a period of fourteen days with an initial review after the first seven (7) days.
COVID-19 death toll now 37; hospitalisations & active infections drop
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The COVID-19 death toll in the Virgin Islands (VI) has increased to 37 as of August 5, 2021, however, total infections and hospitalisations have dropped significantly, Health Minister Hon Carvin Malone (AL) announced tonight April 6, 2021.
COVID-19: HoA Speaker supports ‘mandatory vaccination’ in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock says he personally supports mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all in the VI, with some specific exceptions.
First cohort of VI youths departs territory for vaccination in USVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More than 35 Virgin Islands (VI) youths departed the territory this afternoon, August 3, 2021, as the first cohort of persons to travel to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) for alternative COVID-19 vaccines under the BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative.
Pfizer, J&J COVID-19 vaccines now available to VI residents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons in the [British] Virgin Islands opting to receive the Pfizer or Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines will now be able to do so through the introduction of the BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative.
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