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CDC warns against travel to USVI unless fully vaccinated
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday, August 2, 2021, warned Americans against traveling to the US Virgin Islands unless fully vaccinated, activating its "very high" danger alert as Covid-19 cases surge in the USVI — a result of the Delta variant's spread in the US territory.
Barbados & Guyana considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- As COVID-19 continues to result in hospitalisations, deaths and adversely affected economies in the Caribbean and around the world, CARICOM nations Barbados and Guyana are considering mandatory vaccination for the virus.
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.
‘Do not play doctor’ over COVID vaccine decisions – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has warned persons in the territory to not ‘play doctor’ when it comes to decisions surrounding COVID-19 vaccination.
1308 vaccinated in 4 days @ drive-thru initiative– Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) deserve applause for turning out in numbers to the COVID-19 drive-through vaccination initiative that started on July 17, 2021, at Festival Grounds in Road Town.
Vaccination numbers among civil servants, law enforcement officers 'too low'- DG Archer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr said while the Virgin Islands has recorded just over 26,000 people taking their first and second COVID-19 jabs, the figures are still too low in the law enforcement agencies and among public officers.
Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles takes COVID-19 vaccine!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After initially deciding against taking the AstraZeneca vaccine due to alleged health reasons, Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has made known she has now taken both shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
PHOTO of the Day: ‘Operation Protect Each Other’ launch day a success
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Launching to a massive turnout of vehicles this morning, July 17, 2021, ‘Operation Protect Each Other,’ the first COVID-19 vaccination drive-through initiative in the Virgin Islands (VI) has winded down today Saturday as an overall success, with many persons turning out to get vaccinated for the first time.
No job loss! One Mart to re-purpose 15 unvaccinated staff- CEO
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- While still advocating for all staff to be fully inoculated, One Mart Supermarket Group says the remaining 15 staff that are still unvaccinated for various reasons will not become jobless because of it, but instead, they will be re-purposed in the company.
USVI seeking to get monoclonal antibody treatment to VI- Gov Bryan
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- Governor of the US Virgin Islands Mr Albert A. Bryan Jr has said the USVI is doing everything it can to help the [British] Virgin Islands, which is seeing a record number of COVID cases and increased deaths.
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