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 …
August 26, 2022
December 15, 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 …
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 …
July 14, 2021
June 16, 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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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 …
March 10, 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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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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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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January 6, 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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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 …
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 …