Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has reported that the total active COVID-19 cases in the Territory are now down to 28 since his last update on September 10.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development received a donation of 3000 children and adult face masks from the Lion’s Club of Tortola.

Public schools across the Territory will officially commence on Monday, September 21 with all classes being solely online.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has reported that 20 persons recovered from COVID-19 and that there is one new case of the virus in the British Virgin Islands.

Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie is attending and participating in the sixth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable and the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today.

Officers of the Joint Task Force are expressing thanks to members of the public for their role in the success of a recent operation in Road Town, which resulted in two illegal immigrants being detained.

Residents of the Virgin Islands are advised to be vigilant against counterfeit hand sanitisers that are being sold on the market.

The Governor’s Office has confirmed that a shipment container consisting of medical supplies from the United Kingdom (UK) arrived in the British Virgin Islands on the week of September 4.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone reports no new COVID-19 cases as 111 additional samples tested negative for the COVID-19 virus.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone announced Cabinet’s decision for the Social Monitoring Task Force to be established under the Ministry of Health and Social Development.