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VIP Gov’t worked hard despite COVID-19 challenges – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic over the past year, his Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration worked extremely hard to do the best they could.
Gov’t revising 2019 manifesto for COVID-19 era – Premier Fahie
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says as a result of delays on the Government’s agenda brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, a revised Virgin Islands Party (VIP) manifesto will be released for the next 22 months.
Senior ESHS resuming classes five days a week – Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Students at the Senior Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) will be returning to classes five days a week from Monday, May 10, 2021.
Quarantine for unvaccinated travellers extended from 4 to 7 days
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has announced that the quarantine period for unvaccinated travellers to the Virgin Islands (VI) has increased from 4 to 7 days effective May 15, 2021.
Resort group tells staff to vaccinate or face twice monthly COVID tests
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI - Staff at the Leverick Bay Resort and Marina, the Leverick Restaurant, Virgin Gorda Villas, and The Chief's Pantry were given an ultimatum to either vaccinate for COVID-19 or be subjected to third party COVID-19 testing out of pocket every 14 days, or be laid off for an initial period of 90-days should they not accept the policy.
COVID-19 virus found in local with no recent travel history
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With 25 active COVID-19 cases recorded in the Virgin Islands as of Friday, May 7, 2021, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone has announced that one of the current infections may have come as a result of community spread.
Vaccinated travellers from Brazil & India will require 14-day quarantine- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has implemented full quarantine for persons travelling from Brazil and India, regardless of whether those persons are fully vaccinated or not.
VG resort workers laid-off for refusing to take COVID-19 jab
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – At least two employees at the Oil Nut Bay resort on Virgin Gorda, Virgin Islands (VI) have reportedly been sent on a 90-day lay-off period, for not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 by an April 30, 2021, deadline, set by the company.
Gov’ts vaccination drive is no fear-mongering exercise - Hon Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has assured the Virgin Islands (VI) public that the Government’s vaccination drive is not one of fear-mongering, rather, a move to protect lives in the territory.
USVI given mid-July clearance for cruise travel by CDC
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. John, USVI - Leisure tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which before March 2020 saw thousands of almost daily cruise travel visitors on the streets of Charlotte Amalie supporting a chain of sectors and daily commerce, could roar back to life in mid-July.
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