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COVID testing policy for vaccinated US VIslanders to enter USVI scrapped
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Come Wednesday, July 28, 2021, vaccinated [US] Virgin Islanders traveling back home will no longer need to take a Covid test for clearance to travel. All they've have to do is insert their vaccination card information into the USVI Travel Portal and await the green QR code confirmation.
USVI sends 2 health professionals to assist VI in COVID-19 fight
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) this weekend welcomed two “highly trained” health professionals from the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to assist in the COVID-19 fight.
Florida law banning COVID Passports for cruising could keep ships anchored
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Government House on Monday, June 7, 2021, announced that Governor Albert A. Bryan has sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron D. DeSantis asking him to reconsider legislation that bans cruise ships embarking from Florida ports from requiring proof of vaccination, an action Mr Bryan said contradicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and would stifle the restart of the cruise industry.
Building of horse racing facility on St Croix starts in 60 days- Gov Bryan
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert A. Bryan, along with VIGL CEO Lance Griffith on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, announced that an agreement between the government of the [US] Virgin Islands and VIGL to construct and operate a horse racing facility on the site of the Randall 'Doc' James Racetrack has been reached, with an agreement between VIGL, Southland Gaming and the government for horse racing in St Thomas nearing completion.
COVID-19 surge grips STT
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The surge in COVID-19 cases in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) reported last Monday, May 24, 2021, by the USVI's top infectious disease official, Dr Esther Ellis, has grown by about forty new infections in the past few days, and the surge may now be affecting the [British] Virgin Islands as inter-island travel resumes.
USVI sets 50,000 vaccination goal
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- On the US mainland, some scholars are confident that the country will achieve Covid-19 herd immunity by April, a projection that would end the pandemic, by some estimates, rather early. Particularly, Johns Hopkins professor Martin Makary wrote in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed that the US will achieve the feat, pointing to a steep 77 percent decline in cases in the past six weeks.
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.
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 Governor makes case to impose tax for purchases made online
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, during his COVID-19 response update, took the closing minutes of his event to make a case for why the US Virgin Islands (USVI) government should tax its residents for items they purchase online.
5th COVID-19 death in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, St Croix, USVI- A fifth person has died from the coronavirus in the US Virgin Islands (USVI). This person, an elderly man, was on a ventilator machine and died at the Juan F. Luis Hospital on St Croix on Saturday, May 9, 2020, Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr confirmed to the Consortium after the publication inquired.