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Shake-up @ BVIHSA: Patricia Malone-Smith & Levor Lettsome out!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Word reaching our news centre from Members of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Board is that the Acting Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Cedorene Patricia Malone-Smith, and the Human Resources Manager, Levor A. H Lettsome were both reportedly sent home abruptly earlier this week on non-disciplinary leave.
VI's active confirmed COVID-19 cases spike to 77 - Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Maline (AL) moments ago announced that the territory has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 77 active confirmed cases currently.
VI Health Minister confirms latest COVID-19 death
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Health & Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has confirmed that the Virgin Islands has recorded a new COVID-19 related death.
Vulnerable groups, essential workers urged to pre-register for COVID booster shots
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Persons over age 65, essential workers, and immunocompromised individuals are being urged to pre-register for the COVID-19 booster shots.
40 active COVID-19 in VI; Tortola leads with 37 cases
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The main island of Tortola in the Virgin Islands (VI) is leading with 37 active COVID-19 active as of today, December 10, 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Health.
40 active cases of COVID-19 reported in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is now seeing 40 active cases of COVID-19, just one more that the previous update of November 30, 2021.
COVID-19: 'I won’t be surprised if Omicron already in VI'– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Honestly Speaking radio moderator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he would not be surprised if the new Omicron COVID-19 variant is already in the Virgin Islands, as the world scrambles to tackle the new strain of the virus.
Anti-vax Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb dies after contracting COVID-19
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DALLAS, Texas - Marcus Lamb, a co-founder and the CEO of the conservative Christian Daystar Television Network who vocally opposed Covid-19 vaccines, has died at 64, weeks after he contracted Covid-19, the network said.
39 active COVID-19 cases reported in VI; No hospitalisations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There are currently 39 active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands, the Territory's Epidemiological Summary revealed today, November 30, 2021.
COVID-19: WHO lists South Africa's Omicron strain as 'concerning'
VI CONSORTIUM
GENEVA, Switzerland - A new strain of the COVID-19 arising from South Africa is causing worldwide alarm and has led to dozens of countries restricting travel from the continent.