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COVID-19

April 24, 2020

Survey collects info on 300-plus layoffs

A recent survey of businesses in the territory provided information about more than 300 of the workers who have lost their jobs because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing …

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by Dana Kampa
April 24, 2020

Frontline workers prepare

With six Covid-19 cases now confirmed in the Virgin Islands and fears of community spread growing, health officials have been using the lockdown to gather resources for what promises to …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 24, 2020

Visitors ‘stuck’ in British Virgin Islands

Because of the territory’s pandemic lockdown measures, many visitors have been “stuck” in the territory, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley said last Thursday in the House of …

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by Dana Kampa
April 24, 2020

EDITORIAL: Government must expand testing; fix and extend lockdown

Recent warning signs suggest that the Virgin Islands is now seeing local transmission of Covid-19, which could mean that the highly contagious disease is much more widespread here than previously …

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Delta gas station
April 24, 2020

Testing rate lags in VI

Although the Virgin Islands has been testing residents for Covid-19 since the first case was confirmed on March 25, it has fallen behind some of its neighbours in the region, …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 23, 2020

Food delivery systems are overwhelmed

On Monday night, Shereeza Bipat-Richards wrote on Facebook about the numerous social media posts she had seen about residents running out of food and other supplies, losing their jobs, and …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 23, 2020

Virtual classes to start in May

Virgin Islands teachers are currently taking lessons of their own. Under the guidance of trainers with Kiker Learning, a Google-affiliated platform that instructs teachers in virtual education, primary school instructors …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 23, 2020

Virgin Islands records first death of COVID-19 patient

On April 15, officials celebrated the territory’s relatively low number of Covid-19 cases and announced plans to reopen the territory starting this week. The same day, however, a 52-year-old Filipino …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 20, 2020

Cabinet okays ‘interim’ stimulus framework

The Cabinet has approved certain aspects of an economic stimulus programme designed to help the territory weather the coronavirus pandemic, and full details will be disclosed soon, Premier Andrew Fahie …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 19, 2020

Curfew extended 6 days, home deliveries continue

Following the death of a 52-year-old Filipino woman suspected to have Covid-19, government has extended the round-the-clock lockdown an additional six days to allow for “aggressive contact tracing,” Premier Andrew …

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by Joey Waldinger
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April 18, 2020

Woman with suspected Covid-19 dies

A 52-year-old woman who tested positive locally for Covid-19 has died in the intensive care unit of the Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital, the Health Emergency Operations Centre announced at 11:53 …

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by Freeman Rogers
hospital
April 17, 2020

‘After 10 days of symptoms, I tested negative for Covid-19’

Government officials announced the first two confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, March 25, just as Beacon journalists were completing our final edits for that week’s …

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by Dana Kampa
Covid-19 test
April 17, 2020

Amid pandemic, tourism stalls

Nearly two and a half years after Hurricane Irma, tourism in the Virgin Islands was back. Hotel rooms were full, cruise cabins were packed, charter yachts were booked solid. Then …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 17, 2020

Paradise Hotel in Road Town serving as prison

Rooms at the Paradise Hotel, located above One Stop Mall on Waterfront Drive, are currently housing two people ordered by the court to be quarantined in light of the threat …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 16, 2020

United States seized and released medical supplies bound for Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands is now among a growing list of jurisdictions affected by United States President Donald Trump’s controversial decision to ban the export of certain medical equipment designed to …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 16, 2020

Jobless struggle as economy tanks: Social services, non-profits strained by demand

Tracy Farrer Myers is worried about paying her rent and utility bills next month after being laid off from her job as a bartender at Quito’s Gazebo. One of the …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 16, 2020

Government to reopen economy taking a “phased approach”, keeping borders closed

As the current lockdown draws to a close and more Covid-19 test results have come back negative, the government is set to a begin a “phased reopening” of the territory’s …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 14, 2020

Residents get creative, stay social online

Christian MacDonald is showing residents how to build cocktails without professional equipment, and he’s doing it 100 percent remotely. “I decided that since there’s no work to be had, I …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 14, 2020

Extra load strains VI Internet

As internet traffic migrates from offices and schools to homes during the 14-day COVID-19 lockdown, the territory’s telecommunications providers have found themselves under increased strain in the face of customer …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
April 14, 2020

Policing a pandemic

To keep the Virgin Islands safe in the coronavirus pandemic, police have tweaked some of their usual tactics and added new ones to help enforce the round-the-clock curfew that is …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 10, 2020

Non-profit organisations scramble as need grows

In recent days, Family Support Network Executive Director Sasha Stout has seen firsthand the social fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. “I want to say I’m shocked, but I’m not,” Ms. …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 9, 2020

As stores swarmed, lockdown strategy debated

Crowds swarmed grocery stores and other businesses late last week to prepare for a 14-day lockdown in the territory, sparking heated criticism and raising questions about the government’s unusual system …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
lockdown traffic
April 9, 2020

Locked down for 14 days

Seventeen COVID-19 tests came back negative on Monday, which means the number of confirmed cases in the territory remains at three, but officials warned that the local danger from the …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 7, 2020

Cultivating community online: YEP adapts to pandemic

Though the Youth Empowerment Programme has shut its doors as part of territory-wide efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, it remains committed to the approximately 130 children enrolled in …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 7, 2020

From living area to classroom: How one mother teaches her daughter at home.

Astrid Jones always wanted to home-school her children. So when government ordered all Virgin Islands schools to close until at least April 20 to prevent the spread of the novel …

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by Joey Waldinger

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