COVID 19
As the territory’s active Covid-19 cases continue to increase daily, now 1,387, Government has called a critical stakeholders meeting to discuss the way forward. The Ministry of Health and Social Development and the Health Emergency Operations Center – Unified Command will be hosting a virtual stakeholders meeting today, Thursday, January 13 from 2:30 p.m. to […]
Visitation to the Prison at Balsum Ghut has been suspended until further notice. Governor John Rankin and Minister for Health and Social Development, Carvin Malone have agreed that there be a suspension of the visitation because of the rising increase in Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile the Magistrates Court has also taken measures because of the […]
Health Minister Carvin Malone has called on the Environmental Health Department to beef up its staff and operations, because they must break the level of transmission of Covid-19 cases in the territory. Minister Malone said that this current spike is too much, and they cannot continue as they have been, and he has put persons […]
Health Minister Carvin Malone has confirmed the presence of the Omicron Variant in the territory. Minister Malone during a live update on Friday night, said they have this confirmation based on the results of samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency, Carpha. Minister Malone said that active cases have reached 1049, and some health […]
The Covid-19 spike currently being experienced in the territory is affecting the operations of some business as workers test positive for the Coronavirus. As of Monday, January 3rd the total number of active cases was 601, with 12 hospitalisations and 45 deaths. The spike with cases among some staff has caused the BVI Airports Authority […]
Persons in the BVI will soon be able to get a booster for the Pfizer or Astrazeneca vaccines. This as a result of the government receiving the freezer which is now being placed at the Dr D. Orlando Hospital to store the Pfizer vaccines.
The Ministry of Health and Social Development is advising the public to remain vigilant amid recent increases in COVID-19 positive cases in the Territory. Currently, the number of positive active Covid-19 cases stand 40. The Ministry said that several small clusters of transmission have been caused by sick persons continuing to attend school, work and […]
A plea from Premier Andrew Fahie for the public not to get careless in following the Covid-19 protocols. Premier Fahie made that comment recently during the reopening of the Taddy bay Airport on Virgin Gorda. The Premier sounded the warning, that they would not be taking retrograde steps and resorting to lockdowns, instead he urged […]
A Covid-19 related problem has forced the temporary closure of a local bank and caused some workers of at least one local government statutory body not to be paid their salaries Tuesday. CIBC First Caribbean Bank said in a notice on Monday that its Road Town branch “is closed until further notice.” Official reports to […]
Locally based businesses in the marine sector did reasonably well during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s according to Andrew Ball of the Marine Association. During a BVICCHA symposium via Zoom, Ball admitted that while there were some yachting businesses which closed, there were still some which managed to stay afloat. Ball said they have lost some […]