SAN JUAN — The U.S. government said today that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources
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France Needs Volunteers To Help Battle COVID-19 In Its Caribbean Territories
FORT-DE-FRANCE — France’s health minister on Sunday appealed for volunteer doctors and nurses to travel to the overseas territories of Guadalupe and Martinique as a
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St. Thomas Motor Vehicle Office Closed Due To COVID-19 Exposure, Director Says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Director Barbara Jackson-McIntosh told the motoring public that the Bureau of Motor Vehicles’ (BMV) St. Thomas Office will be closed effective immediately
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Vax-To-Win Lottery Winner On St. Croix Is Nurse At La Grande Princesse Health Clinic
CHRISTIANSTED — One of the two latest winners of the “USVI Vax To Win” sweepstakes lottery is an nurse employed by a private health care
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7 Detainees At St. Thomas Jail Test Positive For COVID-19, BOC Says
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Six detainees at the Alexander A. Farrelly Criminal Justice Complex on St. Thomas tested positive for COVID-19 Monday evening, the Virgin Islands
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41st COVID-19 Death In The Territory Announced By Health Department
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A 47-year-old St. Thomas man has died of COVID-19, bringing the territory’s death toll from the virus to 41, the Virgin Islands
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Health Department Confirms 40th Death From COVID-19; Pop-Up Testing Closed
CHRISTIANSTED — One more person has died from COVID-19 in the U.S. Virgin Islands — a 77-year-old man on St. Croix, Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion
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Backward USVI Hospital Employees Refuse To Be Vaccinated; Only 54% Have 1 Dose
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some healthcare workers are pushing back against new mandates requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but Schneider Hospital CEO Dr. Luis
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Nurses Sit On The Sidelines, Refuse To Care For Patients In Standoff Over Vax Policy
SUNNY ISLE — Nurses at the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center refuse to help patients during the delta surge of COVID-19 because they
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‘No Virgin Islands Child Goes Hungry’ Feeding Initiative Resumes August 23
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Education will resume its “No Virgin Islands. Child Goes Hungry” Feeding Initiative on Monday August 23 for
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