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VI Department of Health Announces End of Free COVID Testing and Closure of the COVID-19 Hotline

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The VI Department of Health’s Epidemiology Division is announcing the closure of its COVID-19 hotline and the end of free COVID-19 testing as of Friday. This decision follows the exhaustion of funding provided by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

US Virgin Islands — St. John residents and visitors are advised the Department of Health will return to the Wednesday only, pre-Omicron testing and vaccination schedule at the VI Port Authority Gravel Lot the week of February 14th. All other testing and vaccine events previously offered at other locations on

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 fifth (105 th) death related to COVID-19. The deceased is an 89-year-old male on St. Croix. Commissioner Encarnacion

US Virgin Islands — The Department of Health, Chronic Disease Control Program, is hosting a series of FREE 6-week Virtual (ZOOM) Chronic Disease Control Sessions designed to help people living with chronic conditions take control of their lives. Common chronic conditions include diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, pain,

US Virgin Islands — The VI Department of Health, Chronic Disease Division, the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), and the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (NE/CA AETC) have collaborated to bring a two-day HIV Summit to the territory on Thursday, March 10th and Friday, March 11th at the University

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 fourth (104th) death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 68-year-old female on St. Thomas. Commissioner Encarnacion would

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 third death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 57-year-old male on St. Thomas. The Commissioner Encarnacion would

US Virgin Islands, 02/04/2022 – Recently, cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been detected in both St Thomas and St Croix. Legionnaires’ disease, a type of severe pneumonia, is caused by breathing in tiny droplets of water containing Legionella bacteria. In the US Virgin Islands, many residents rely on cisterns for

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 second death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 78-year-old male on St. Croix. The Department continues to

US Virgin Islands — Starting Wednesday, February 2nd, the Department of Health will shift to temporarily cease its COVID-19 pop-up testing events on St. Croix and St. Thomas. This change will not impact pop-up testing and vaccinations that occur on St. John. “The Department was able to quickly meet the

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 hundredth and one hundred-first deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 68-year-old male on St. Croix and a 74-year-old