COVID 19
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HireBVI will host its annual Back to School Distribution Drive this year, however this time with a focus primarily on BVI families in need. HireBVI says unlike the previous back to school distribution drives it hosted, this year they decided to donate school supplies to 50 BVI families in need. The school supplies will be bundled […]
Health Officials say the Delta Variant was indeed present in the territory. The Health Ministry in a press release said it confirmed that one COVID-19 sample tested positive for the Delta variant. Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ronald Georges reported that out of eight Covid-19 samples sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for […]
The territory’s students have been told that Cell phones will not be permitted as the digital device for classes. During a statement last week, the Education Minister Dr. Nathalio Wheatley said that students must also come with the proper tools and should include a personal laptop or tablet, textbooks, and writing materials. The Education Minister […]
Health Minister Carvin Malone announced in the House of Assembly on Thursday that the active COVID-19 cases have been reduced to 46 down from the height of 1600 plus active cases at the peak of this surge. Minister Malone said there remain thirty-six (36) active cases on Tortola, eight on Virgin Gorda and two on […]
Health officials have been chastised for not promoting the natural way and bush medicine, as a further measure against Covid-19. During the Ministry of Health’s “A Chat with the Experts” Public Health Nutritionist Patrice Maduro had stated that Bush medicine does not cure Covid-19. Maduro also said they have no clinical guidelines for natural herbs […]
As the fight continues against the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the things health officials dreaded the most, has had to be done, the dumping of vaccines which have expired. During a live update last Friday, the Health Minister Carvin Malone expressed gratitude to all those who answered the call and made getting vaccinated not just […]
With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many persons have turned to the good old home remedies of drinking bush, whether as they see it… to cure the virus or further boost their immune system. In the old days, grandparents especially, knew all the bush remedies and medicines for all sorts of ailments. And today […]
Health Minister Carvin Malone became very emotional when he spoke about the medical fraternity being rocked by two Covid 19 deaths. A doctor at a Private Clinic, and a Male Nurse at the Dr. D Orlando Smith Hospital died last week. Minister Malone was at the time speaking during a sitting of the House of […]
With just over one thousand people vaccinated so far from the Drive- Thru initiative, there is a further push to have more persons take the jab. Dubbed “operation protect each other’, it is being spread across the districts. Premier Andrew Fahie said the drive continues today from 10am to 4pm at the Cappoon’s Bay recreation […]
There have been six more Covid 19 related deaths in the territory within the last two days, bringing the death toll to 23. The Ministry of Health said the deceased are a 50-year-old female who died on July 18, a 71-year-old male, a 66-year-old female a 41-year-old female and a 74-year-female who died on July […]