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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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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As Delta Strain Runs Rampant In The USVI, Roach Orders Beaches Closed At 4 p.m.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — As active COVID-19 cases continue increasing among unvaccinated Virgin Islanders in the Territory, Acting Governor Tregenza A. Roach, Esq. issued an executive
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SPORTS TOURISM: USVI Women’s National Team To Spar Against Missouri-KC
KINGSHILL — The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s women’s basketball team will play its first-ever summer exhibition series in the U.S. Virgin Islands this weekend. The
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Laptop, MiFi Handouts At Julius Sprauve School Stop Due To COVID-19 Exposure
CRUZ BAY — The Virgin Islands Department of Education has suspended laptop and MiFi distribution at the Julius E. Sprauve School on St. John, effective
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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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