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Statement from Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion on the Passing of Beloved Virgin Islands Architect Gerville Larsen

The Virgin Islands Department of Health joins the Virgin Islands community in mourning the passing of Gerville Larsen — a visionary architect, cultural advocate, and true friend to the Department. Mr. Larsen, through his firm Taller Larjas, was an integral part of the design team for the new Dr. Donna

St. Croix, US Virgin Islands — The Virgin Islands Department of Health confirms that the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the predominant strain in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Department of Health’s Division of Epidemiology has been working with Yale University to test samples from positive COVID-19

The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs (DLCA) invites consumers and business owners to the second segment of “TALK DLCA”, its monthly virtual series held every second Wednesday’s where the community voice their concerns to DLCA Leadership Team. The second series of TALK DLCA” is scheduled for 11:00 AM 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 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

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