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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
USVI man arrested on Internet Pornography charges against minor
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Police officers in the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, arrested a 26-year-old St Croix man on multiple internet pornography charges perpetrated against a minor.
166 active COVID-19 cases in USVI as pandemic rages on
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday night, December 9, 2020, reported 35 new cases of COVID-19 in the US territory, with St Croix accounting for a plurality of infections at 73.
USVI on list to receive COVID-19 vaccine same time with US
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health Territorial Epidemiologist, Dr Esther Ellis, said Monday, November 16, 2020, during the Albert A. Bryan administration's COVID-19 briefing that the US Virgin Islands (USVI) is on the list to receive vaccine doses at the same time with the United States, once a vaccine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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