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COVID-19

June 16, 2022

Masks no longer required indoors

As of yesterday, people in the territory are no longer required to wear masks indoors or apply through the travel portal to enter the territory, Health and Social Development Minister …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 10, 2022

Another Covid death recorded

The territory has recorded another Covid-19-related death, according to the government’s latest Covid-19 dashboard update issued last Thursday. As of that day, the death toll from the pandemic was 63, …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 2, 2022

Covid cases still dropping

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the territory continues to drop, according to the latest numbers published by government. As of Friday, there were 111 active cases, down from …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 26, 2022

Covid cases down a little

The number of known active Covid-19 cases in the territory dropped from 155 on May 13 to 132 last Thursday, according to the most recent numbers published on the government’s …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 20, 2022

Covid cases climb to 155

Active Covid-19 cases continued to rise from subvariants of omicron in recent days, but Virgin Islands officials remained optimistic, saying that most of the new cases are mild and herd …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 6, 2022

Active Covid cases hit 103 last week

There were 103 active Covid-19 cases throughout the territory as of last Thursday, according to the government’s most recent update. Numbers from the Covid-19 dashboard released that day show that …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 28, 2022

Covid-19 cases spike to 95

After more than four weeks with fewer than 20 active Covid-19 cases reported in the territory, government announced April 21 that there were 95 active cases — up from 19 …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 22, 2022

Virgin Islands government lifts outdoor mask mandate

The day before the Easter weekend, government eased its Covid-19 protocols, removing the requirement to wear masks outdoors and lifting certain social distancing rules. Also under the relaxed regime, no …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 15, 2022

Covid-19 cases up to 19

As of last Thursday, the territory had 19 known active Covid-19 cases, all of which were found on Tortola. Of those, four were found through entry screening on day seven, …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 8, 2022

Covid cases down to 14 as of Friday

As of Friday, there were 14 known Covid-19 cases in the territory, according to government’s most recent Covid-19 dashboard. The number marks a slight decrease since the previous report, when …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 1, 2022

Restrictions remain as Covid eases

Government’s most recent Covid-19 update on March 23 reported a total of 16 active cases in the territory with no one hospitalised. The number was up slightly from March 18, …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 17, 2022

Covid cases drop to 13 on Friday

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the territory dropped to 13 as of Friday, according to numbers published that day by government’s Covid-19 dashboard. Eleven of the cases were …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 10, 2022

Covid cases drop to 23

Government reported 23 active cases of Covid-19 in its most re- cent update on March 2, marking a record low for the year as the world nears the second anniversary …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
February 24, 2022

Vaccine now available for kids ages 5 to 11

As Covid-19 cases fall rapidly since the omicron spike that started in December, a shipment of 500 paediatric doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is now available for ages 5 to …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
February 18, 2022

Three more Covid-19 deaths reported

The Ministry of Health and Social Development reported three more Covid-19-related deaths last Thursday, bringing the territory’s total to 61. The ministry said the deceased were a 91-year-old woman and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
February 7, 2022

Covid-19 numbers are still dropping

Active Covid-19 cases continue to drop in the territory, with 181 reported when the government released its most recent figures on Monday — down from 272 on Friday. However, two …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
February 4, 2022

Prison mum on alleged Covid outbreak that lawyer claims has infected a third of inmates

While arguing for a client’s bail offer last week during a Magistrates’ Court arraignment, defence attorney Valerie Gordon said she “was reliably informed” that 36 inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison, …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 27, 2022

Covid cases drop quickly, to 397

Active Covid-19 cases dropped to 397 on Wednesday from 708 cases seven days earlier, according to government’s Covid-19 dashboard. Also during that time, however, government reported that two more people …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 21, 2022

7 more die, but Covid cases are dropping

After a Covid-19 spike sparked a limit on social gatherings last week, the number of active cases dropped to 899 from a peak of at least 1,387, according to numbers …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 13, 2022

Schools delay opening, stay online

Public schools remain closed for in-person learning at the start of the new semester as cases of Covid-19 continue to increase in the territory. “We started online because of the …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 13, 2022

Omicron brought new Covid surge

The number of active Covid-19 cases in the Virgin Islands rose yesterday to 1,387, marking the second-largest surge since the pandemic started, according to numbers released by government. Numbers have …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 7, 2022

VI-UNDP agreement extended into 2023

The extension of an agreement between the Virgin Islands and the United Nations Development Programme will see the territory receive support for sustainable development, the Covid-19 recovery, the blue economy …

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by The BVI Beacon
January 7, 2022

New Covid surge brings 40th death

In recent weeks, the territory has seen the second-largest spike in Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 958 active cases as of the government’s most recent Covid-19 …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 16, 2021

Another Covid-19 death recorded

Another person has died with Covid-19, and the number of known active cases jumped to 77 Monday from 40 on Dec. 3, according to government’s latest announcements. “One additional death …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 15, 2021

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Cartoon (Dec. 16, 2021)

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