CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been detected in St Thomas and St Croix, the Health Department warns. Legionnaires’ disease, a type of severe pneumonia, is caused by breathing in tiny droplets of water containing Legionella bacteria. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, many residents rely on cisterns for water for showering and other […]
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Government Says Omicron Is On The Decline As USVI Records Its 102nd Death From COVID-19
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — During the Government House weekly briefing, Lt. Governor TregenzaRoach announced the easing of some travel restrictions as the number of active COVID-19 cases continues to decline in the territory. Before announcing the lifting of the requirement that all travelers to the territory must present negativeCOVID-19 test results from within 72 hours of […]
Health Department Confirms 102nd Death From COVID-19 In The Territory
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed the 102nd death due to COVID-19 on Thursday, a day after the death was first revealed in the department’s daily Response Report. The dead person is a 78-year-old man on St. Croix, according to Health. Some 21 people were hospitalized Thursday with the virus across the […]
Health Department Confirms 100th and 101st Deaths From COVID-19 In The Territory
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Department of Health confirmed the territory’s 100th and 101st deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 68-year-old male on St. Croix and a 74-year-old male on St. Thomas, according to Health. “We have reached a grim milestone in our battle against the coronavirus with the most recent deaths,” St. […]
Cuban Children With Disabilities Pet Jaguars And Snakes For Therapy
HAVANA — Baby jaguars and an intricately colored endemic boa known as the “maja” are among the exotic animals at Cuba’s national zoo that parents and teachers say provide unusually effective therapy to children with special needs. Children pet the jaguars and play with their paws, stroke the cool, moist skin of snakes and give […]
Cops Face Gunfire As Lawless Anti-Vaxxers Take To The Streets In Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the island’s local authority said on Friday. Shops were vandalized and there were attempted robberies during the unrest, focused on Guadeloupe’s largest urban center, Pointe-a-Pitre, the […]
5 More Caribbean Destinations Make CDC’s Highest Level of Travel Risk List
ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved five Caribbean island destinations into its highest-risk travel category for COVID-19 on Monday. In total, the CDC moved 15 places to Level 4, or “very high” risk, showing the continuing grip the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has on the world right now. Last week, […]
Health Department Confirms Territory’s 97th COVID-19 Related Death
CHRISTIANSTED — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has confirmed another COVID-19 related death, bringing the territory’s toll to 97. After notifying next of kin, Health announced that the deceased is a 77-year-old man on St. Croix. Health also urged unvaccinated residents to get vaccinated, noting the COVID-19 vaccine “can prevent severe illness and death.” […]
Rabid Anti-Vaxxers Throw Rocks At Police In Latest COVID Unrest On Guadeloupe
BASSE-TERRE — Protesters attacked police with stones in the early hours of Monday as police moved in to clear out some blockades on Guadeloupe, the authority on the French Caribbean island said, amid ongoing protests against COVID-19 protocols. The Guadeloupe authority said police had been attacked at the Riviere-des-Peres part of the island as they […]
Head Start Resumes In-Person Learning, Parents Must Show Kids Are COVID-Free
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Department of Human Services Commissioner Kimberley Causey-Gomez said today that the Head Start Program would return to full in-person classroom instruction on Thursday, January 27, 2022, across the territory. “We are all ready to welcome our little ones back into classrooms, but out of an abundance of caution, we cannot […]