Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone reports confirmation of case number 8 of COVID-19 in the British Virgin Islands.

I extend warm greetings to everyone in the Virgin Islands, the Region and the World. As you are aware, Government has pledged to disclose the results of ALL COVID-19 results when verified by CARPHA.

Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone has said that nurses must be honoured and respected for their contributions to the Territory.

A flight carrying vital laboratory equipment, testing kits, five ventilators, six inflatable isolation wards and hospital beds arrived in the Territory on May 12.

International Nurses Day is celebrated each year on May 12 in remembrance of the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This year 2020 culminates the 200^th anniversary of her birth.

The Excellency the Governor,Honourable Premier, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.  Before I begin, I would like to say that the month of May is quite special for it is the month that we celebrate our seniors; so May 1 to 30 is being celebrated as Seniors’ Month and I would like to wish all seniors although this year we would not be able to create all the plans that we have, we would like you to know that our golden gems are special indeed. Today, May 8 is also that of World Red Cross Day and you would no doubt be familiar of all the works that the Red Cross has done through out the world and here in the BVI, not only in 2017 but also as they have done their part in the Territory Provisioning Programme that we have and actually continue to do.

The British Virgin Islands has been classified as having Sporadic Cases of COVID-19 transmission by the Ministry of Health and Social Development.

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.

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.