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11 shot, 4 dead in separate shootings in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences.
USVI Gov’t gifts itself 50 New Vehicles; $1M cash in Honda settlement
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Honda agreed to provide the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands with 50 cars worth $2.1 million as part of a settlement for the company's role in the lawsuit brought by the USVI government on behalf of residents against Takata Corporation and its U.S. subsidiary, TK Holdings, Inc.
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.
Over 12,000 vaccine doses have been administered in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
The Albert A. Bryan administration on Monday, February 8, 2021, announced that 12,094 vaccinations, including 2,967 second doses, were administered in the US Virgin Islands as of Monday.
Former US VP Mike R. Pence vacations on St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Croix, USVI - Former United States Vice President Mike R. Pence on Wednesday afternoon, January 27, 2021, landed on St. Croix where he will be vacationing. Mr Pence, whose tenure as Vice President ended about a week ago, entered St Croix via the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on an American Airlines flight.
South African COVID-19 strain can potentially weaken vaccines
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- As the pandemic rages on, new COVID-19 variants are emerging, with the latest strain first reported in South Africa, being potentially more harmful than the variant that was first reported in the United Kingdom in December.
Latest COVID-19 death in USVI is 78-year-old woman from St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, ST Croix, USVI- The [US] VI Department of Health on Sunday, January 3, 2021, announced the territory's 24th COVID-19 related death, with the victim being a 78-year-old woman from St Croix.
New COVID-19 strain reaches Florida; USVI on high alert
VI CONSORTIUM
FLORIDA, USA - The new COVID-19 variant said to be up to 70 per cent more contagious than the current strain has been reported in Florida, coming closer to the USVI, as Florida is a major hub of travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
USVIPD warns against firing gunshots in air
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALE, St Thomas, USVI - The USVI Police Department is urging locals with guns to abstain from firing gunshots into the air on New Year's Eve, as the result could turn deadly and those responsible could be jailed.
975 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrives in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The first of multiple COVID-19 vaccines arrived on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) today, December 14, 2020, the [US] VI Department of Health (DoH) has announced. During Governor Albert A. Bryan's weekly COVID-19 response update earlier in the day, it was also revealed that the Moderna vaccine will be in the USVI next week.
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