The seizure of 20 ventilators destined for Barbados appears to have thrust the Mia Mottley administration into a growing global battle for critical supplies to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. But Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Col Jeffrey Bostic on Sunday morning assured there is no shortage of the critical supplies, dismissing such suggestions … Continued
VI Consortium As the USVI continues to wage its war against the novel coronavirus, the public has mostly heard from Bryan administration officials on the front-lines, including the Dept. of Health (D.O.H.), which provides information on tests performed, including those that return positive, negative as well as persons the department believe have recovered. D.O.H. in … Continued
Our News Bahamas Dr Judson Eneas has been confirmed as the first physician in The Bahamas to die as a result of COVID-19. His death marks the fifth COVID-19 related death in the country. Dr Eneas, a well-known internal medicine specialist and nephrologist was confirmed positive in a Ministry of Health statement on Wednesday, April … Continued
V.I. Consortium – The USVI Department of Health on Sunday morning announced the first coronavirus death in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Department of Health has not provided information on which district the death occurred. On Friday, Governor Albert Bryan said three people were hospitalized territory-wide, with two on St. Thomas and one on St. … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM, ST. THOMAS The Department of Health, through VITEMA’s alert system, has provided the territory with its latest coronavirus update, revealing that there were 40 confirmed cases as of Friday night territory-wide. There are no coronavirus-related deaths, D.O.H. said. A draft post about the latest numbers in the Consortium’s admin panel somehow was seen … Continued
The V.I. Government Employees’ Retirement System Board of Trustees has agreed to give tenants of the Havensight Mall on St. Thomas a two-month deferment on rental payments without penalty or interest. On Friday, GERS Administrator Austin Nibbs provided The Daily News with a copy of the letter he penned to the mall’s tenants. In the … Continued
VI CONOSTIRUM Jason Brewer, who served as the University of the Virgin Islands’ director of the Center for Student Success, has died of the coronavirus while in Kentucky, according to a message issued to the UVI community today. “We learned today that Jason Brewer, Director of the Center for Student Success, who had been in … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM The Department of Health has provided its latest update on confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. Virgin Islands, with St. Thomas as of Thursday having the most cases with 24. On St. Croix the number remained at 11 and 2 on St. John. D.O.H. is releasing the numbers via the Virgin Islands Territorial … Continued
On April 2, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing. The President’s action … Continued
(St. Lucia News Online) — Confirming that there is now a “community spread” of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) after Saint Lucia confirmed four new cases on Tuesday, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet announced a 24-hour curfew for the entire island. Chastanet made the announcement via a live national address on Tuesday evening. “We have determined at … Continued
