FREDERIKSTED — While on a conference call with The Chief National Guard Bureau, Brigadier General Kodjo Knox-Limbacker led a staff walk-through of the 210th Regional Training Institute and the dining facility, at the Estate Bethlehem compound on Monday. The Virgin Islands Department of Health is the lead agency for the COVID-19. Currently, there is no […]
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COVID-19 Goes Pandemic: Cases Reported In Jamaica, Panama, Honduras: WHO
KINGSTOWN — In the Caribbean and Latin America, Jamaica, Panama and Honduras are all confirming that they have at least one case of the novel coronavirus. And the COVID-19 viral disease that has swept into at least 114 countries and killed more than 4,000 people is now officially a pandemic, the World Health Organization announced today. […]
Dominican Republic, St. Barts, St. Martin Have Killer Chinese Virus COVID-19
SANTO DOMINGO — Health authorities in the Dominican Republic, St. Martin and St. Barts said today that the coronavirus is present in at least one patient in their respective countries. In Santo Domingo, a 62-year-old Italian man was transferred today to an isolation room in a military hospital near the capital and is in stable […]
VIWMA: ‘Active Fire’ Reported At Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix … Again
FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Waste Management Authority reported an active fire at the Anguilla Landfill on Friday. “Virgin Islands Fire Service and VIWMA contractors and personnel are working expeditiously to bring the fire under control,” VIWMA spokeswoman Melody Rames said. “VIWMA advises the public and all haulers that landfill operations have been temporarily suspended. […]
SENATOR BLYDEN: ‘We Have To Be Vigilant That COVID-19 Doesn’t Enter USVI Through St. Thomas Cruise Ship Port’
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas Senator Marvin Blyden has issued a letter to Senate President Novelle Francis requesting that he schedule an immediate meeting of the Committee of the Whole to discuss issues surrounding COVID-19, more commonly known as the coronavirus. Senator Blyden expressed his concerns about the risks the ongoing outbreak poses to public […]
STATE DEPARTMENT: ‘Americans Should Avoid All Asian Countries w/ Covid-19’
MIAMI — Shares of cruise line operators fell on Friday after the U.S. Department of State said Thursday that U.S. citizens should “reconsider” traveling on cruise ships to or within Asia over concerns about COVID-19, the novel coronavirus has sickened more than 76,000 people worldwide. Carnival Corp. CCL, -1.91% was down 1.5%, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. NCLH, -3.17% down 2.5%, […]
Dengue Fever ‘Epidemic’ Kills 2 Old People In French Caribbean
MARIGOT — A dengue epidemic in several French Caribbean islands has claimed its second victim, officials said Wednesday. A 75-year-old French woman who traveled regularly to St. Martin died this month after contracting the mosquito-borne virus and being evacuated to Paris, according to a statement from the Regional Health Agency for Guadeloupe, St. Martin and […]
Americans On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship To Get Out Of Quarantine In Japan
TOKYO — American passengers quarantined aboard a cruise ship in Japan where scores of people had tested positive for the novel coronavirus are to be evacuated on Sunday, according to an email sent to them by the U.S. embassy in Japan’s capital city. “The aircraft will arrive in Japan the evening of February 16,” the […]
Caribbean Princess Returns Back To Port After 300 Begin Vomiting On Cruise Ship
FORT LAUDERDALE — A Caribbean cruise has been cut short after more than 300 people on board the ship began vomiting and suffering from diarrhea. The Caribbean Princess was carrying more than 3,000 passengers and more than 1,100 crew members on a two-week trip that began on February 2. But it has had to turn […]
CHINA BAN! Caribbean Nations In Lockstep With United States Over Lockout
MIAMI — As the U.S. continues to enforce strict travel restrictions on travelers from China over the coronavirus outbreak, an increasing number of Caribbean nations are also doing the same, while taking steps to screen arriving passengers at their ports of entry. In recent days, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominica, and Trinidad and […]