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Visitation to inpatient units & ER suspended @ D. Orlando Smith Hospital
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Visitation to the inpatient units and emergency room of the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital on Tortola has been ‘briefly’ suspended.
India fears new COVID wave as Omicron infections spread
ALJAZEERA
NEW DELHI, India - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is raising fears of a third wave of the pandemic in India. The country on Wednesday reported a total of nearly 800 Omicron cases, while COVID-19 infections rose by 9,195 new daily cases – a 44 percent spike from the previous day.
DR reports first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant
REUTERS
SANTA DOMINGO - The Dominican Republic has identified its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the health ministry of the Caribbean country said on Saturday.
786 COVID-19 cases reported as Omicron spreads in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, reported 786 active cases of COVID-19 in the US Virgin Islands, a result of the Omicron variant's extremely high transmissibility, with both districts seeing high levels of spread.
Delta Plus COVID variant identified in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Roland E. Georges on December 24, 2021, announced that of a batch of 24 COVID-19 samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for genetic typing, one of the samples was identified as the Delta Plus variant.
544 active COVID-19 cases reported in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US Virgin Islands] Department of Health (DoH) has reported that there were 544 active COVID-19 cases as of Sunday night, December 26, 2021, a jump of 179 new infections since the last numbers were reported Friday.
3 cruise ships cancel call to VI due to COVID-19 cases onboard
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online indicates that the visit of at least two major cruise ships to the territory had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 positive cases onboard.
Contacts of Premier & Deputy Premier asked to self-isolate & get tested
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Persons who may have been in contact with the Premier and Deputy Premier in the past week without a mask are being asked to self-isolate and be tested.
COVID clusters appearing around offices, social gatherings & events- Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the Virgin Islands (VI) currently having some 143 active COVID-19 cases as of December 24, 2021, Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Ronald E. Geroges has indicated that cases have been appearing in clusters around the territory.
Premier & Deputy Premier test COVID-19 positive
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the millions of people celebrate Christmas around the world and in the Virgin Islands, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced that himself along with Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) have both tested positive for COVID-19.
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