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USVI lifts indoor mask mandate
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- US Virgin Islands (USVI) Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr, during his Monday, March 14, 2022, press briefing lifted the indoor mask mandate in the USVI effective immediately.
Puerto Rico lifts mask mandate
VI CONSORTIUM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico- Puerto Rico has taken some big steps back to normalcy as cases of Covid-19 dwindle on the island commonwealth.
13 active cases of COVID-19 reported in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The number of active cases of COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands (VI) has reduced to 13, according to the latest update from the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Move to improve tracking of HIV transmission in Jamaica
CMC
Kingston – A senior official of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), says the acquisition of the new genome sequencer should improve the tracking of HIV transmission networks on the island.
'Healthy kids' shouldn't get COVID Vaccine- Florida's Surgeon General
PEOPLE
Florida's surgeon general saw backlash on Monday after he announced that "healthy kids" should not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
First person to receive gene-edited pig heart dies
USA TODAY
David Bennett, 57, who received a pig heart in January in place of his own failing one, died Tuesday.
'Pandemic' compensation for Public Health Unit being 'addressed'- MoH&SD
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Staff of the Public Health Unit (PHU) have been assured that the issue of compensation for works done during the COVID-19 pandemic is being addressed.
‘We are on our way back’ to economic normalcy – Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Maline (AL) has assured that the territory is on ‘its way back to’ normality should citizens continue to take up COVID-19 vaccination and booster shorts.
23 active COVID-19 cases in VI; 1 hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) currently has 23 active COVID-19 cases and one person is hospitalised due to the virus, according to the latest data released on March 2, 2022.
Cabinet eases restrictions on crowd limits, quarantine for unvaccinated travellers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands (VI) has eased some COVID-19 restrictions, including on crowd limits and quarantine duration for unvaccinated travellers to the territory.
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