Good morning to all. I am delighted to greet you the educators this morning as we get ready to open our schools for the 2020/2021 academic year. Three years ago yesterday, Hurricane Irma unleashed unprecedented destruction. The fact that we are still on the land of the living is a testament to God’s faithfulness to us. I am grateful to God for his guidance and protection over the past three years. Tough times don’t last, but tough people do. I thank God that he blessed us with resilience.

Sunday, 6^th September, 2020, will mark three years since our small, but beautiful islands and our people were struck by a catastrophic Category 5 Hurricane, Irma.

Las Islas Vírgenes Británicas están experimentando pequeñas agrupaciones de casos de COVID-19 que están principalmente vinculados a familias, ambientes sociales o laborales y que el Territorio ha pasado a la fase de Alerta Naranja "Gestionarlo" de nuestra respuesta a la pandemia.

Greetings to everyone and thank you for joining us as I bring you another status report on the Territory’s COVID-19 situation and response.  In this update I will also provide an update on decisions taken at a Special Cabinet Meeting that was held on the 3^rd of September.

Greetings to residents of the Virgin Islands. A special acknowledgement is extended to persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, their families and caregivers.

Good day and God’s Blessings to you the people of these beautiful Virgin Islands.

At this time, we find ourselves at the crossroads where we have had to readjust our existing plan and adjust our course, once again.

Good day to all,

Thank you for joining us this morning. I stand here with the Honourable Premier and Honourable Minister for Health to deliver an update on our COVID-19 response and for us to set out the next stage in our response.

Your Excellency, Honourable Premier, Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning.

The British Virgin Islands together with the region and the world has been grappling with this new strain of coronavirus.

My dear Virgin Islands people, a pleasant good day and God’s blessings to you and your families.  I know that the vast majority of you, as well as myself, are concerned about the growing number of COVID-19 cases as of late.

Como el público sabe, en las últimas semanas se han identificado algunos grupos de casos de COVID-19 en las Islas Vírgenes Británicas.