VIDOH Announces Both a Temporary Closure of the Environmental Health Office and Temporary Changes to Environmental Health and Vital Records & Statistics Schedules
US Virgin Islands — The VI Department of Health (VIDOH) announces temporary schedule changes for the St. Thomas/St. John district Division of Environmental Health and Vital Records & Statistics for process improvement implementation. Please note the divisions located in the Knud Hansen Complex, will be closed Wednesday, October 26, 2022, and Thursday, October 27, 2022. […]
VIDOH – COVID-19 Incentive Cards to Begin Distribution Next Week
US Virgin Islands — Commissioner of Health Justa Encarnacion is please to advise the public that the V.I. Department of Health (VIDOH) has replenished its supply of COVID-19 Gift Incentive Cards and will be distributing them based on the contact information clients provided when vaccines were received earlier this year. Card distribution will begin on […]
VI Department of Health Joins in the Observance of National Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) Awareness Month
US Virgin Islands — The VI Department of Health (VIDOH) joins in the October observance of National Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Month and more specifically October 7th, National Trigeminal Neuralgia Day. Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), also known as tic douloureaux or fothergill’s disease is a rare neurological disorder of the trigeminal nerves in the face which result […]
Territorial Nurses Renewal Application Announcement
US Virgin Islands – Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure (VIBNL) is pleased to announce that as of today, September 30, 2022, the Board has started accepting 2023-2024 renewal applications for all Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA). The deadline for renewal applications is December 1, 2022. Applicants must complete their application […]
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Building for Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program on St. Thomas
The Department of Health conducted a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Program building on St. Thomas on Tuesday, September 28th . The new 5,200 square foot, state-of-the-art structure will serve as a centralized, service location for the more than 3,000 participants of the WIC Program on the island of St. […]
Department of Health Clinics and Administrative Offices Close for Post Tropical Storm Fiona Assessment
US Virgin Islands — Commissioner of Health Justa Encarnacion advised the public that all Department of Health clinics and administrative offices across the Territory will be closed for business on Monday, September 19, 2022 so that VIDOH staff can conduct assessments of all departmental properties. Pending the findings from the assessment, clinics and administrative offices […]
Department of Health Confirms the One Hundred and Twenty-First (123nd) Death Related to COVID-19
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — After further investigating cause of death and ensuring notification of next of kin, the Virgin Islands Department of Health is saddened to confirm the territory’s one hundred and twenty-third (123rd) death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 68-year-old female on St. Thomas. The Department of Health extends condolences […]
Temporary Interruption to Vaccination Services at the St. Thomas Maternal, Child Health (MCH) Clinic
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — Commissioner Justa Encarnacion advises the public in the St. Thomas/St. John District that the vaccination services provided at the Maternal, Child Health (MCH) Clinic in the Elanco Building across from the Nisky Center will not be available on Friday, August 26, 2022. Routine vaccination services will resume on Monday, […]
Public Notice – Knud Hansen WIC Project
The Department of Planning and Natural Resources announces that pursuant to Virgin Islands Rules and Regulations, Title 12, Chapter 21, Section 904-9, an application for Federal Consistency Determination, CZT-09-22(FC), has been submitted by the Virgin Islands Department of Health. The Knud Hansen WIC Project proposes the complete demolition of the existing structure, followed by the […]
VIDOH Initiates Territorial Monkeypox Vaccination Program for At-Risk Populations
US Virgin Islands — The VI Department of Health (VIDOH) advised the public that as of Monday, August 22nd the VIDOH will be making Monkeypox vaccines available throughout the Territory, by appointment only, to the following at-risk populations: Persons who have been in intimate/close contact with someone who is confirmed to have Monkeypox within 2 […]