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PUBLIC NOTICE: VI Environmental Health Office to Close for Staff Training May 20-23

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The VI Department of Health is advising the public that its Office of Environmental Health staff, in both the St. Croix and St. Thomas-St. John districts, will be attending the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Training from Tuesday, May 20 to Friday, May 23, 2025.

US Virgin Islands — The Virgin Islands Department of Health would like to remind the community of its COVID-19 testing recommendations, and isolation, and quarantine procedures. Individuals who are sick or have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 should call the Epidemiology hotline to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 test.

To minimize the exposure of Government employees to COVID-19, Cigna is temporarily waiving the physician referral requirement for COVID-19 Rapid (PCR) testing through January 15, 2022. If a Government employee with Cigna insurance has been exposed to COVID-19 or is having symptoms, they can go directly to an independent laboratory

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 eighty-ninth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 68-year-old male on St. John. The Department continues to work to slow

US Virgin Islands —The Department of Health advises the community that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the Territory coupled with the rapidly increasing community transmission indicates the need for continued vigilance with the established COVID-19 protocols. Further to this Commissioner Encarnacion today revealed that the rapid increase in

ST. Thomas, US Virgin Islands — Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 active cases the Department of Health is taking preventative measures to reduce the spread of the virus. In-person services throughout the Territory will be temporarily curtailed. Below is the listing of schedule changes as of Wednesday, December

US Virgin Islands — Due to the recent surge in COVID-19 active cases the Department of Health is taking preventative measures to reduce the spread of the virus. In-person services throughout the Territory will be temporarily curtailed. Below is the listing of schedule changes as of Wednesday, December 29, 2021.

US Virgin Islands — The Department of Health would like to ensure that all Virgin Islanders fully understand the new procedures associated with COVID-19 quarantining. Persons with positive test results for COVID-19 who are asymptomatic or not presenting symptoms are to isolate for 10 days. Individuals who are exhibiting COVID-19

Charlotte Amalie, December 28, 2021 – To further protect Schneider Regional Medical Center’s vulnerable patients and staff, the leadership team has expanded its safety measures beyond those previously issued for patient visitation. To limit the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, SRMC has added the following temporary requirements: Visitation on

U.S. Virgin Islands, December 28, 2021 – The VI Department of Health’s Division of Environmental Health is not processing health cards and health permits until January 10, 2022. In the case of an emergency, please contact Director Wanson Harris at (340) 643-8984

ST CROIX -USVI, DECEMBER 27, 2021 – Based on the rapid increase of COVID-19 positive cases in the Territory, JFL advises the public that strict no visitation restrictions have been reinstated. All in-person visits have been restricted. There is still much to learn about COVID-19 and the Variant B.1.1.529, a