COVID-19 Pandemic – Page 9 – Virgin Islands Free Press

LOVE IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS! Virtual Strangers Are Hooking Up In Caribbean Through Airbnb

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands is the top Caribbean destination on Airbnb, with a 600 percent increase in bookings over 2019. San Juan, Puerto Rico isn't far behind…

VI Free Press January 3, 2021

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Sun Country Airlines and Delta Air Lines Competing For Minnesota Travelers To The U.S. Virgin Islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands is welcoming new flights from Minneapolis to St. Thomas this winter from Delta Air Lines and Sun Country Airlines. Delta is offering thrice…

VI Free Press January 3, 2021

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6 Boy Scouts Achieve Top Rank Of Eagle Scout On St. Croix In Virtual Ceremony

CHRISTIANSTED — The Boy Scouts motto is: "Be Prepared." So when coronavirus happened in 2020, it didn't prevent six St. Croix scouts from achieving the top rank of Eagle Scout.…

VI Free Press January 2, 2021

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Ontario Finance Minister Resigns Amid Outrage Over St. Barts Holiday Vacation

TORONTO — Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned on Thursday after public outrage over a Caribbean vacation he took earlier this month in violation of his own government’s coronavirus travel…

VI Free Press January 1, 2021

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Carnivorous Mushrooms? Leaching Septic Tank? Trade Winds? Barking Dogs? What Killed Rich Doumeng’s Flamboyant Tree? The Final Mystery of the Year 2020

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any weirder. The last day of the year of coronavirus — the dreaded COVID-19 — I mean what could go…

John McCarthy December 31, 2020

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Trump Intercedes On Georgia Teen’s Behalf In Cayman Islands, Gets Her Prison Term Cut In Half

GEORGE TOWN — A U.S. college student who got four months behind bars in the Cayman Islands for skipping COVID-19 quarantine to watch her beau jet-ski just caught a break. Skylar Mack…

VI Free Press December 23, 2020

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Health Department Won’t Answer Important Questions From Public On COVID-19

CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Health has had the number of COVID-19 cases on St. John pending for six days now. People on social media were publicly…

VI Free Press December 21, 2020

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UK Issues Travel Warning About U.S. Virgin Islands Due To 108% Increase In COVID-19 Cases Here

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The U.S. Virgin Islands saw a 108 percent increase in COVID-19 cases in late November. So many coronavirus cases, in fact, that the British government has warned…

VI Free Press December 20, 2020

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VIHA Explains Benefits Of ‘Helping Hands’ Rent Repayment Campaign On Radio

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — With the expiration of a federal eviction moratorium approaching on December 31, and a one-month extension expected from Congress, the Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) is taking to the…

VI Free Press December 19, 2020

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SRMC Makes History As Its Medical Staff Gets The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Nine long months after the start of the pandemic, healthcare workers at the Schneider Regional Medical Center were among the first in the territory to receive the…

VI Free Press December 18, 2020