Department of Health Expands Drive-thru Testing Schedule

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — Starting Thursday, August 19th, the Department of Health will shift to temporarily cease its Tuesday and Thursday COVID-19 pop-up testing events on St. Croix and St. Thomas. This change will not impact pop-up testing and vaccines that occur on Wednesdays on St. John. The Department has set out to […]

Department of Health Confirms the Forty-Fifth 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 forty-fifth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 74-year-old male on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work to slow the spread of […]

Department of Health Confirms the Forty-Fourth 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 forty-fourth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is an 80-year-old female on St. Croix. The Department continues to work to slow the spread of […]

Department of Health Confirms the Forty-Second 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 forty-second death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 62-year-old female on St. John. The Department continues to work to slow the spread of […]

Department of Health Confirms the Forty-Third 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 forty-third death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 58-year-old female on St. Thomas The Department continues to work to slow the spread of […]

Department of Health Confirms COVID-19 Delta Variant in the Territory

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (July 21, 2021) – The Department of Health confirms that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the territory as health officials continue to push to get more Virgin Islanders vaccinated. The Department of Health’s Division of Epidemiology has been working with Yale University to test samples from positive […]

Department of Health Confirms the Thirty-Third 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 thirty-third death related to COVID-19. The deceased is an 80-year-old female on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work to slow the spread of COVID-19. […]

Morris F. DeCastro Clinic to Close for Air Conditioner Repairs

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — Commissioner Justa Encarnacion would like to inform the public that The Virgin Islands Department of Health Morris F. DeCastro Clinic on St. John will close half day today Wednesday July 14, 2021 to continue repairs on the air conditioning system. DeCastro will reopen tomorrow Thursday July 15, 2021. The […]

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