CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Royal Caribbean International said the territory won’t allow cruise ships to visit its ports unless all passengers ages 12 and up are
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‘Contaminated’ Juan F. Luis Hospital Makes Healthy People Sick With COVID-19
CHRISTIANSTED — St. Thomas gets four times as many tourists from the U.S. mainland as St. Croix. So you’d expect to see more hospitalizations in
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Tourism Chief Tells U.S. Tourists Territory Is Safe To Visit Despite Delta Variant Surge
MIAMI — Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte was in Florida over the weekend telling reporters that the territory is a model of success in the Caribbean
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USDA Monitoring Outbreak Of African Swine Fever In The Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO — The Dominican Republic’s agriculture ministry is restricting pig shipments and mobilizing the military to contain the spread of African swine fever as
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Juan F. Luis Nurses Brag About Being Anti-Vax As Hospitalizations Soar; Courts Closed Due To Delta Variant Upswing
CHRISTIANSTED —The Juan F. Luis Hospital reported an “all-time high” number of COVID-19 hospitalizations yesterday, other government agencies announced closings territory-wide and at least one
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Territory’s 37th COVID-19 Victim Is 67-Year-Old Woman On St. Croix: VIDOH
SUNNY ISLE — The Health Department confirmed this weekend that a 67-year-old St. Croix woman is the latest victim of COVID-19 in the territory, bringing
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Royal Caribbean Expands COVID-19 Policy As 6 Guests Test Positive On Ship
MIAMI — U.S. cruise liner Royal Caribbean Group said this weekend only passengers with a negative COVID-19 test will be let aboard, after six guests on
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Human Services Closes Offices On St. Thomas And St. Croix Due To COVID-19
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services (DHS), confirmed Thursday night that it closed the Anna’s Hope Head Start Administrative Office in
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Colombia Becomes Weigh Station For 9,000 Migrants Heading To North America
BOGOTA — Some 9,000 migrants are stranded in a Caribbean municipality in Colombia amid a surge of people passing through on their way to north
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Delta Variant Causes COVID-19 Outbreak At St. Croix Prison; 1 Inmate Hospitalized
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections said it first learned that an inmate at the John Bell Adult Correctional Facility tested positive for
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