The HEOC [Health Emergency Operation Centre] presented an update on the COVID-19 situation, including vaccination coverage, along with various considerations for modifying the border entry requirements for travelers who have been fully vaccinated.

Officials from the Ministry of Health and Social Development signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Private Medical Practitioners to begin offering both doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development and BVI Health Services Authority will be conducting COVID-19 testing for persons who attended the funeral at Sea Cow’s Bay Methodist Church that took place on March 27, 2021.

I extend greetings to everyone in the Virgin Islands and to those joining us by radio, TV and other social media platforms. 

The public is advised that the vaccination process is now open to all and continues during the Easter weekend.

A third shipment of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines arrived in the Virgin Islands today from the United Kingdom Government to assist in the local fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The public is advised that the vaccination process is now open to all and continues during Easter. 

The Ministry of Health is notifying the public that a person who tested positive for COVID-19 attended the funeral held on March 27th, 2021 at the Sea Cow’s Bay Methodist Church.

The public is notified that the COVID-19 vaccination roll out continues and the process is now open to all phases. Persons who have not yet received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine are invited to do so at any of the following locations:

A delegation of officials from the Government of the Virgin Islands was present at the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport today, March 7 to receive 2000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for immediate distribution from the Government of Dominica.