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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.

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 eighty-second death related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 59-year-old male on St. Croix The Department continues to work

US Virgin Islands, October 31, 2021 – On Tuesday October 26, 2021, Governor Albert Bryan Jr. relaxed and modified several COVID-19 restrictions as the number of active cases in the territory continues to decline. Other COVID-19 mitigation orders remain in place and are still enforced by the COVID-19 Task Force. 

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — The Department of Health will discontinue distributing $250 gift cards as a part of Governor Albert Bryan, Jr.’s incentive program on December 30, 2021. This program was created in an effort to encourage the community to get vaccinated, complete their vaccine series and reach

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 eighty-first death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 77-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 seventy-ninth and eightieth deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 91-yearold male on St. Thomas and a 79-year-old

The Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure (VIBNL), Chairperson, Tanicia Penn, reminds all Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) that application packets for renewal period 2022-2023 are available at Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure located in the VI Medical Foundation Building, Ste 206.  Applications should be

U.S. Virgin Islands, October 15, 2021 – Any entity planning to conduct an event for Halloween must submit a Special Event Request Form no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 22nd to the Department of Health’s mitigation team for review and approval. Considering the rapidly approaching date of this year’s

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — The Department of Health advised the public that the COVID19 Hotlines have returned to operational status. The technical difficulties experienced with Viya telephone equipment over the past two days have been corrected allowing the two COVID-19 Hotlines, 340-712-6299 on St. Croix and 340-776-1519 on

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 seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 78-year-old male and a 39-year-old male. Both deaths

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 seventy-sixth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 59-year-old female on St. Croix. The Department continues to work