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August 26, 2022

Virgin Islands to host vaccine drive

A vaccination drive will be held on Saturday and Sunday and again next weekend at the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital, the BVI Health Services Authority announced on Friday. “The …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
December 15, 2021

Cartoon (Dec. 16, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (Dec. 16, 2021)
October 26, 2021

Covid curfew lifts as tourism reboots

On Oct. 15, crowd-size restrictions were eased and the territory-wide curfew was completely lifted for the first time since the July spike in Covid-19 cases. “Cabinet met on Wednesday and …

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by Dana Kampa
October 15, 2021

New batch of vaccines arrives

An additional 2,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in the territory on Oct. 7 from the United Kingdom, ending the brief gap in availability from when the last batch …

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by Dana Kampa
July 14, 2021

CARTOON (July 15, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (July 15, 2021)
June 16, 2021

CARTOON (June 17, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (June 17, 2021)
May 6, 2021

Despite vaccinating over 10,000 people, known cases of Covid-19 spiked this week

Days after the Virgin Islands crossed a major vaccination threshold in the fight to regain normality in the coronavirus era, the Covid-19 caseload spiked Monday to its highest level in …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 24, 2021

12,000 more vaccines arrive in territory

With the territory’s seaports poised to re-open April 15, a promised 12,000-dose shipment of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrived from the United Kingdom on March 17. The number of people …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
malone vaccine
March 10, 2021

Cartoon (March 11, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (March 11, 2021)
February 25, 2021

Top law enforcement officers take Covid-19 vaccine

Police Commissioner Michael Matthews and Customs Commissioner Wade Smith sat next to each other while receiving their first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at Police Headquarters last Thursday morning. Outside, …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 24, 2021

COMMENTARY — Residents urged to get vaccine

The decision to take the Covid-19 vaccine or not is primarily a personal one. However, the effect and outcomes of not doing it may not exactly be so personal after …

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by BVI Beacon
February 17, 2021

COMMENTARY — Vaccine passports expected soon

A second critical travel document — a vaccine passport — is looking inevitable. But issues are mounting on the why, what, where, how and when of such a passport. Will …

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by Dickson Igwe
January 6, 2021

Cartoon (January 7, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (January 7, 2021)
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
May 10, 2019

HSD minister says VI at risk of measles

The Virgin Islands is at risk of measles and other diseases being reintroduced into the territory amidst a spike in measles cases in the United States and a high-profile case …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 26, 2018

Free vaccinations offered this week

On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of construction workers in Cane Garden Bay were given a rare offer during their lunch break: the chance to get free vaccinations. Nurses from the CGB …

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by Amanda Ulrich

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