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June 24th, 2021
Changes made to home quarantine application process

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Change have been made to the home quarantine application process to make it easier for residents and citizens to home quarantine.

June 23rd, 2021
19 samples From USVI return positive for UK variant

VI CONSORTIUM

The V.I. Dept. of Health announced Monday that nineteen Covid-19 samples sent out for testing returned a preliminary positive result for the Covid-19 U.K. variant, the highly transmissible strain of the virulent disease that has since spread throughout the U.S. and other continents.

June 21st, 2021
4 active cases of COVID-19 recorded in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands is recording 4 active cases of COVID-19, according to the latest update from government on June 19, 2021.

June 21st, 2021
Startling! Low number of VI nurses vaccinated- Professor Ian Cumming

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The high number of frontline workers, including nurses, not vaccinated is startling. This is according to UK Healthcare Ambassador to the Overseas Territories, Professor Ian Cumming.

June 16th, 2021
13 fully vaccinated individuals contract COVID-19 in USVI

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Thirteen individuals that were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have tested positive for the virus in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), the territory's top infectious disease official, Dr Esther Ellis, announced Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

June 16th, 2021
UK extends COVID-19 restrictions as Delta variant spreads

FOX NEWS

The U.K. will face another four weeks of COVID-19-related restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday amid concerns of rapid spread of a highly transmissible Delta variant.

June 15th, 2021
2 recorded active cases of COVID-19 in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) currently has 2 recorded active cases of COVID-19 as of today, June 15, 2021, down from 3 cases, according to the latest statistics coming out from the Ministry of Health.

June 13th, 2021
St Kitts & Nevis on 14-day COVID-19 lockdown

BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis, WI- Due to the continuous growth of new COVID-19 cases on the island, the government of St Kitts and Nevis has decided to place the country into a 14-day lockdown.

June 13th, 2021
VI seeking UK help to train nurses locally – Professor Ian Cumming

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the challenge of getting trained nurses back to serve in the territory after studying abroad, the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has turned to the United Kingdom (UK) for help.

June 12th, 2021
Residents urged to beware of surge in Ciguatera Fish Poisoning

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Persons in the Virgin Islands (VI) are being urged to beware of a surge in Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) within the last three weeks, the Ministry of Health and Social Development has warned.

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