Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has confirmed that there is a seventh COVID-19 case in the British Virgin Islands.

Compañeros de las Islas Vírgenes, residentes y amigos de las Islas Vírgenes. Como he informado anteriormente, el 30 de enero de 2020, la Organización Mundial de la Salud declaró el brote del nuevo coronavirus de 2019 como una emergencia de salud pública mundial; Debido a su rápida propagación, COVID-19 fue declarado una pandemia el 11 de marzo de 2020.

Gerente del Programa Ampliado de Inmunización, la Sra. Marina Fleming Bedeau le recuerda a los residentes la importancia de vacunarse en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19 y mientras el Territorio observa la Semana de Vacunación en las Américas (VWA) 2020.

The Civil Registry and Passport Office is now open for business and offering services online and by appointment.

Fellow Virgin Islanders, residents and friends of the Virgin Islands. As I have previously reported, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus a global public health emergency; due to its rapid spread, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

The Deputy Governor’s Office Sister Islands Unit is advising the public that Sister Islands District Offices will be functioning remotely during this time. Office visits will be carried out by appointments only from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

The Government’s physical re-opening today included the launch of its Customer Service Care Centre.

The public is advised that effective immediately, appointments are to be made when conducting business with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  

El Ministerio de Educación, Cultura, Asuntos de la Juventud, Pesca y Agricultura está aconsejando a los padres de estudiantes que asisten a escuelas públicas que necesitan dispositivos electrónicos para facilitar el aprendizaje en línea, que se comuniquen con el director de sus  escuelas respectivas para completar un formulario de solicitud electrónica.

Manager of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Mrs. Marina Fleming Bedeau is reminding residents of the importance of being vaccinated in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the Territory observes Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) 2020.