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COVID protocols to be further relaxed but Easter events will be monitored- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says the Virgin Islands (VI) will see more relaxation of COVID-19 protocols on certain conditions, as the territory heads into the Easter festival period.
Gov’t committed to ensuring local dump sites are addressed – Hon Malone
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says his government is committed to addressing the challenges at local dump sites, including the Pockpond Pond Incinerator, with the aim of creating safe spaces and safer working environments for the people of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI).
COVID-19: Vulnerable persons should make effort to get booster shots– Dr Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronald E. Georges has called on the elderly, persons with chronic diseases, and immunocompromised persons who are particularly vulnerable to the complications of COVID-19 to make a special effort to get vaccinated.
CG Insurance to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - CG Insurance has secured Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test kits to help the British Virgin Islands move past the pandemic.
'Extremely slow uptake' of Pfizer booster shots concerning - Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has called concerning a slow uptake of the available Pfizer vaccine booster shots in the Virgin Islands.
VI's active COVID-19 cases drop to 272; 11 remain hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands continues to see a rapid decrease in active COVID-19 cases, with some 272 active cases present as of today January 28, 2022, based on testing done on January 17, 2022.
Almost 80% of COVID-19 hospitalisations unvaccinated– Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has revealed that unvaccinated persons are in the majority when it comes to COVID-19 hospitalisations in the Virgin Islands (VI).
COVID-19 death toll climbs to 95 in neighbouring USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The USVI has lost a 67-year-old man to health complications related to COVID-19, announced the V.I. Dept. of Health Friday, January 21, 2022.
COVID-19 & change
Dickson C. Igwe
A fear of, or reluctance to change, is a recipe for stagnation, decline, and failure. Now change is the one constant in life. From the time we are born to the day we die the one thing that is certain is change, and it’s sibling uncertainty.
COVID task force shuts down, fines two Tortola nightspots
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Two businesses on the main island Tortola in the Virgin Islands (VI) were last evening January 14, 2022, fined and closed by the VI Government’s Social Distancing Task Force (SDTF).