As you are aware, the world and the Territory continue to manage the effects of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of the Virgin Islands has taken many measures to control, prevent and suppress the spread of the virus. As such, effective  December 1, 2020, the Government implemented a protocol wherein arriving passengers to the Territory on (Day 0), are required to quarantine for four days only, and following receipt of a negative COVID-19 PCR test, persons are allowed to move freely within the Territory. Persons travelling from the United Kingdom and the Dominican Republic are required to quarantine for fourteen days.

Pictured are teachers and staff members of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre standing next to a welcome sign placed on the school’s grounds as a gentle reminder to let students know that they are to always wear their masks.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley has commended his ministry’s team for its hard work last year which he said was ‘an unconventional time’.

The British Virgin Islands will receive over USD$362,000 in funding from the United Nations (UN) COVID-19 Response and Recovery Multi-Partner Trust Fund (COVID-19 MPTF Fund) as a participating country in the Joint Programme on “Social Protection and employability promotion to mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19.

Residents of the Virgin Islands have been expressing themselves and sharing ideas and recommendations with government officials in a series of community meetings held this week.

The Cabinet Office is notifying the public that Statutory Instruments No. 5 Imposition of a Curfew Order, 2021 and No. 6 Public Health (Covid-19 Control and Suppression Measures) (No. 9) (Amendment) Order, 2021 are now available on the Virgin Islands Official Gazette website at https://eservices.gov.vg/gazette/. 

The Government of the Virgin Islands has imposed a travel ban on persons travelling from the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom (UK) to the BVI with effect from Monday, January 11.

Pictured is the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas berthed at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park dock today as it made a warm lay-up in the Territory under strict health and safety rules. 

The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA), today announced that since permission was granted for the acceptance of technical calls and warm lay-ups at its seaports, a booking has been accepted. The BVIPA has agreed on