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Alert: FDA Issues Public Notification on SWAG, May Lower Blood Pressure to Dangerous Levels

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public notification on S.W.A.G., advising consumers against purchasing the sexual enhancement product sold across various website and in some retail stores. The VI Department of Health is also advising the public not to use this product. According

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 fifty-seventh death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 70-year-old female on St. Thomas. The Department continues to work

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands — the Schneider Regional Medical Center has launched a drive-up COVID-19 testing site at the Roy L. Schneider Hospital (9048 Sugar Estate, St. Thomas). “Given the exponential increase in COVID-19 cases in the territory and the need for additional testing sites, SRMC now offers highly

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 fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth deaths related to COVID-19. The deceased are a 66-year-old male on St. Thomas and a 62-year-old

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 fifty-first death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 53-year-old female 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 fiftieth death related to COVID-19. The deceased is a 64-year-old female 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-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