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As part of efforts to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which was confirmed here yesterday, the government has been rolling out an emergency workplace policy for the civil …
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Virgin Islands banks are taking “proactive steps” to help customers struggling through the global coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement issued Friday by the seven-member BVI Bank Association. This might …
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The government announced the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in the Virgin Islands yesterday as nearly 5,000 viewers tuned in to a Facebook livestream. Hours later, a territory-wide …
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When I left the Virgin Islands on Wednesday, March 11 for a short trip to Austin, Texas, things seemed mostly like business as usual. A brief COVID-19 scare in the …
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Until March 17 the government had begun falling behind in its duty to keep the public informed about COVID-19 in the territory, but it took important steps that day when …
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Though no cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Virgin Islands, government officials here were working early this week to track down passengers who shared a plane from London …
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As the government has rapidly rolled out new restrictions designed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus here, residents are taking actions to protect themselves but feeling the repercussions …
Hand sanitiser may be scarce on Virgin Islands store shelves, but public health personnel have a message for business owners seeking to protect staff and customers from contacting the deadly …
Three days after the cruise ship Costa Favolosa docked in the Virgin Islands last week, two of its passengers tested positive for COVID-19, according to the French Regional Health Agency …
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The day before government ministers announced wide-ranging plans to ramp up the COVID-19 response, opposition members urged them to do just that. “We have to ensure that on every single …
No COVID-19 cases had been confirmed in the territory as of yesterday afternoon, but at least 22 people were under quarantine and the government announced plans on Tuesday to close …
On Tuesday at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, the doors of shops and restaurants were flung wide open to the roughly 4,000 passengers aboard the Disney Fantasy moored …
Though no cases of COVID-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in the Virgin Islands, government continues to take precautionary measures that include preparing a wing of the hospital as an isolation …
