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USVI makes Monkeypox vaccine available to at-risk persons
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US] Virgin Islands (USVI) Department of Health (DoH) said Monday night, August 22, 2022, that it has started making available monkeypox vaccines by appointment only throughout the territory to at-risk populations.
Hon Penn leads VI delegation to Bermuda for waste management visit
HAMILTON, Bermuda- Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) is currently leading a delegation to Bermuda on a three-day visit.
8 suspected cases of Hand Foot & Mouth Disease in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Environmental Health Division is heightening surveillance of early childhood centers across the Territory following the report of eight suspected cases of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD).
The silence of slavery
Alred C. Frett
Another Look at Emancipation:
As usual, I focus on our Youth because the Elders seem to conveniently forget facts or would rather twist Truth into a pretzel in order to suit their own Comfort Zones… Meanwhile, we are regressing to a point in History where, we are programmed by external influences to fight and destroy one another, and, just like the Dog and Bone, we chase the Big Reflection in the Brook and lose the Morsel in our Mouths.
Governor Rankin takes 2nd COVID-19 booster; 4th jab in total
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has taken his 2nd booster against COVID-19 and has urged persons to also get immunised against the Covid-19 virus.
WHO declares Monkeypox a global health emergency
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in over 70 countries an “emergency of international concern”.
Barbados confirms first case of Monkeypox virus
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados' Minister of Health, Ian Gooding-Edghill has today, July 16, 2022, confirmed the country’s first case of the monkeypox infection
Hon Fraser calls for urgent address to state of mental illness in VI
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Senor Legislator and Opposition Leader in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has called for an urgent address to the mental health illnesses in the VI, which he says suffers as a result of societal abandonment.
COVID-19 tests no longer required for entry to VI from July 15, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Effective Friday, July 15, 2022, persons visiting the Virgin Islands will no longer be required to present a negative COVID-19 test to gain entry.
'BA.2 & BA.4 Omicron variants' present in VI- Dr Ronald E. Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald E. Georges is reminding the public to remain vigilant as new COVID-19 variants continue to emerge.
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