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VI curfew now reduced to 3 hours for next 14 days
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With no reported active COVID-19 cases and being less than a month away from the reopening of its borders to international visitors, the Virgin Islands has reduced its curfew hours to 3, beginning today, November 5, 2020.
23rd COVID-19 death announced in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A 58-year-old woman from St Thomas was the 23rd person in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to die of COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) announced Tuesday night, November 3, 2020.
Tourists can be COVID-19 tested & isolated on boats – Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Boats sitting in VI’s waters can be used as quarantine facilities, according to medical doctor and businessman, Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool, who suggested that the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) finds innovative ways to quarantine tourists while opening up the economy.
COVID-19 vaccine from UK will not be mandatory- Premier Fahie suggests
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands and other Overseas Territories (OTs) are expected to receive any COVID-19 vaccine procured by the United Kingdom (UK).
‘VI will get more cases & deaths from COVID-19’ - Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool predicts
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Medical Doctor and proprietor of Bougainvillea Clinic, Dr Heskith A. Vanterpool has predicted a Virgin Islands filled with more COVID-19 cases and deaths; however, he said the territory must still figure out ways to generate income.
PR briefly recommends masturbation to avoid COVID-19
VI CONSORTIUM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s Health Department unveiled a safe sex campaign Tuesday, October 27, 2020, recommending masturbation as a way to avoid becoming infected with the coronavirus, but scrapped the whole thing within hours under heavy criticism from the US territory’s conservative society.
COVID-19, November 3 & December 1
Alred C. Frett
When Nigerian SARS is bigger than our COVID-19:
No matter how hard we seek to avoid Truth, facts remain facts and we will never save ourselves by living lies… This Virus is an evolving mystery and instead of joining Trump in self-congratulation about Cures, we should query the sudden avalanche of COVID-19 positives which disappeared just as quickly as they appeared… Maybe if Trump lived here, he would market Sea Grass as a COVID Cure.
GPS tracking & multiple COVID-19 tests for VI tourists
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Tourists who arrive in the Virgin Islands (VI) from December 1, 2020, will be required to meet strict requirements, including GPS tracking and multiple instances of COVID-19 testing, before they are allowed unrestricted access to the territory.
Tourism businesses must be 'Gold Seal Certified' to receive visitors- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When the Territory opens up to international visitors via the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on December 1, 2020, only those tourism businesses that have met certain criteria will be allowed to receive those visitors.
VI is free of active COVID-19 cases again!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands has once again joined a small list of countries in the Caribbean with zero reported active cases of COVID-19.