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Coronavirus

January 8, 2021

No charges in quarantine breach

No charges have been laid in relation to the quarantine breaches in mid-December that triggered a round of contact tracing and prompted health officials to urge patrons of two establishments …

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by Joey Waldinger
January 8, 2021

New rules take effect as Covid cases climb

With growing concerns of a second wave of faster-spreading Covid-19 in the United Kingdom, the Unites States and other countries, the Virgin Islands has pushed its projected reopening date for …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
January 3, 2021

Eleven active cases in the VI as year begins

In an update circulated through WhatsApp yesterday, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone announced that there are 11 active cases of Covid-19 in the territory, bringing the total number …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 13, 2020

Two tourists test positive for Covid

The day before seaports were scheduled to reopen to tourists, government on Monday bumped the date to Jan. 21 and announced that a visitor who arrived last week had tested …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
November 27, 2020

Virgin Islands readies for Tuesday reopening

A week before the border reopening, more details on the official entry protocols were announced and the online portal for applying to enter the Virgin Islands went live. But businesses …

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by Dana Kampa
November 12, 2020

House agenda addresses life amid Covid-19

While this year’s Speech from the Throne delivered by Governor Gus Jaspert last Thursday in the House of Assembly repeated many familiar promises for digital advancement and overhauls of major …

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by Dana Kampa
November 5, 2020

Biz info released, but reopening website not launched

The standards that businesses must meet ahead of the Dec. 1 border reopening became a bit clearer this week with new information released about “gold seal” staff training requirements. However, …

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by Dana Kampa
October 30, 2020

Reopening plan sparks outcry, cancellations

Premier Andrew Fahie on Monday announced the official protocols for tourists to enter the Virgin Islands, which include four rounds of testing for Covid-19, four days of quarantine within approved …

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by Dana Kampa
October 22, 2020

Amid questions, tourism industry prepares for reopening

With a new tourism season set to start on Dec. 1, hotels are outfitting rooms, boats are getting back on the water, restaurants are stocking up, and many other businesses …

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by Dana Kampa
October 18, 2020

Stakeholders debate bubble tourism, quarantine rules

During a series of closed-door stakeholder meetings hosted by the BVI Tourist Board over the past week, business owners in the tourism sectors of small hotels, transportation and tour operations …

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by Dana Kampa
October 8, 2020

Draft reopening protocols complete but not public

With less than seven weeks until the Virgin Islands’ borders are set to reopen to non-residents for the first time since late March, government has launched a series of meetings …

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by Dana Kampa
October 4, 2020

ANALYSIS: Six months into Covid-19, uncertainty remains

Six months have passed since the first two cases of Covid-19 were announced in the Virgin Islands on March 25, and government decisions to control the virus have been met …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 11, 2020

Latest batch of Covid tests return

Following hundreds of Covid-19 tests that skyrocketed the Virgin Islands’ tally of confirmed cases over the past three weeks, government announced on Tuesday that 111 people had all tested negative …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 3, 2020

Border relaxation coincides with Covid spike

While the Virgin Islands moves to the orange “Manage It” phase of its pandemic plan as a result of increased Covid-19 transmission in the community, Tuesday also marked the first …

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by Dana Kampa
September 1, 2020

Government launches mental health campaign

In an attempt to strengthen mental health and psychosocial support in the Virgin Islands amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a new educational campaign launched with a virtual meeting broadcast last Thursday …

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by Dana Kampa
September 1, 2020

HOA approves reshuffle of 2020 budget

Because of government revenue losses during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Assembly recently decided to adjust the 2020 budget, approving $77 million in extra spending and shuffling tens of …

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by Dana Kampa
August 25, 2020

Borders to open to expats Sept. 1

The week after extending the ban on expatriates entering the territory, government reversed course on Friday and said they could return starting Sept. 1 as part of a whirlwind of …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
August 8, 2020

Ninth case confirmed, expats still barred

After a ninth Covid-19 case was announced in the territory on Aug. 1, residents angrily debated government’s subsequent announcement that it would continue blocking expatriates stranded abroad from returning to …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
August 2, 2020

Jost lockdown lifted as Cuban doctors arrive

With a lockdown of Jost Van Dyke lifted after 335 residents on the island tested negative for Covid-19 and none tested positive, the territory remains under a curfew between midnight …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 24, 2020

Jost Van Dyke is under full lockdown

Three days after learning that a former Jost Van Dyke resident tested positive for Covid-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, government announced on Tuesday morning that JVD would be …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 24, 2020

22 Cuban medical workers to arrive today

Twenty-two medical personnel from Cuba are due to arrive in the territory today and will be quarantined for two weeks before they get to work assisting with the Covid-19 response, …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
July 7, 2020

After wife’s Covid death, widower left with questions

When Deputy Premier Carvin Malone announced on April 16 that a patient at Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital had tested positive locally for Covid-19, he implied that she had waited too …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Maria and Lorenzo Vinuya
June 24, 2020

Tourism sector jobs hard hit by pandemic

The picture of how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the Virgin Islands workforce became a bit clearer last week. As more businesses responded to government’s request for information, 337 companies …

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by Dana Kampa
June 18, 2020

95 test negative in improved Covid-19 lab

Ninety-five tests have been conducted at the recently improved Covid-19 lab in the Dr. Orlando Smith Hospital, and all returned negative, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone announced last …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 4, 2020

Border re-opens to nationals, permanent residents

Christi Maddox, owner of Villas Virgin Gorda, already has confirmed one booking for a staycation in Virgin Gorda, and she has fielded four inquiries since Monday. “We are just waiting …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED

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