National Epidemiologist Ms. Harmonie Brewley-Massiah has confirmed 44 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) across 10 preschools and day care centres in the Territory.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is encouraging parents to remain vigilant as hand foot and mouth disease is on the rise in the Territory.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development has issued a health alert as a result of an increased level of gastroenteritis reported in the Territory.

All persons who traveled on Tuesday March 10 on British Airways flight 2157 from London to Antigua and continued onward to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport are asked to contact the Ministry of Health immediately at telephone 468-2274 between 8:30 a.m-4:30 p.m.

Fellow Virgin Islanders, residents and friends, the Ministry of Health and Social Development together with all relevant agencies of the Government of the Virgin Islands continue to closely monitor the rapid international and regional spread of the novel Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, and apply all necessary precautions to prevent the importation or transmission of the disease in the British Virgin Islands.

Meetings continue across Government agencies in the British Virgin Islands to strengthen the response to COVID-19 also known as Novel Coronavirus.

Officials at the Ministry of Health and Social Development have raised the travel advisory alert to level two in response to the increase in cases of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus).