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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.

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-ninth death related to COVID-19. The deceased was incorrectly reported to be a 74- year-old male on St. Thomas. His

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-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eight deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 51-year-old female, an 81-year old female and

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Virgin Islands, August 12, 2021 – The St. Thomas Division of Environmental Health office at the Knud Hansen Complex on St. Thomas will be closed until Wednesday, August 18th. No health cards or health permits will be processed at that location until their reopening.

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

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