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Minister of Health Carvin Malone

Over 150 persons fined for flouting COVID-19 protocols

The Social Distancing Task Force has given more than 150 persons tickets or fines for flouting COVID-19 protocols. That announcement was made by Health Minister Carvin Malone who added: “The message to persons caught violating the provisions of the safety […]

by / on April 6, 2021 at 7:59 AM /
CIBC's Country Manager, Amory Jervis accepts the BVI Finance 2020 Financial Services Bank of the Year Award. (Photo Provided)

CIBC FirstCaribbean named BVI’s ‘bank of the year’ for 2020

CIBC FirstCaribbean has been named ‘Bank of the Year’ in the British Virgin Islands. The financial institution received the award at the 2020 Financial Services Awards (FSA) which took place at the H Lavity Stoutt Community College on Saturday, March […]

by / on April 6, 2021 at 7:32 AM /
Close up photo of female scientist holding a laboratory pipette and a blood sample tube for covid-19 in laboratory. She is wearing a protective suit, laboratory glasses, surgical mask and surgical gloves. Selective focus on tube. Shot with a full frame mirrorless camera.

BVI cases not alarming but new Carib’n strains warrant vigilance

The British Virgin Islands accounts for less than 0.1 percent of the overall COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean but that is no reason to get complacent. That was one of the takeaways from Health Minister Carvin Malone’s COVID-19 update to […]

by / on April 6, 2021 at 6:55 AM /
COVID cases climb to 18

COVID cases climb to 18

Another five persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in the British Virgin Islands. This now brings the total number of active cases in the territory to 18. Statistics from the Ministry of Health indicate that the majority of the active […]

by / on April 5, 2021 at 3:01 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

Gov’t promises ‘more amicable way forward’ regarding Port fees

Amid a continued backlash from residents regarding the fee hikes at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), the government has announced that it is seeking further solutions on the matter. Premier Andrew Fahie who has ministerial responsibility for the ports gave […]

by / on April 3, 2021 at 1:23 PM /
‘Go Live’ of new information system delaying COVID results

‘Go Live’ of new information system delaying COVID results

The following is an announcement from the BVI Health Services Authority dated Friday, April 2, 2021. The ‘Go Live’ of the BVI Health Services Authority’s new health information system is causing delays in persons receiving their COVID-19 test results. Acting […]

by / on April 2, 2021 at 9:13 PM /
A section of the main island of Tortola. (Photo by Davion Smith/BVI News)

Statistics Act to be revised to require ‘mandatory compliance’

The government will be revising the BVI’s Statistical Act to make it mandatory for persons to provide data to the Central Statistics Office. This is according to the government’s latest post-Cabinet statement released on Thursday. The statement said: “Cabinet approved […]

by / on April 2, 2021 at 12:30 PM /
Scenes at the TB Lettsome International Airport on Day 2 of the reopening of local borders to visitors. (Photos by Kamal Haynes/BVI News)

BVI COVID response a model for Eastern Carib’n

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has presented the BVI’s response to COVID-19 as a “model” for the Eastern Caribbean. A media statement from the Office of the Premier said the UNDP’s Deputy Resident Representative for Barbados and the OECS, […]

by / on April 2, 2021 at 12:02 PM /
Health & Social Development Minister Carvin Malone

Mass testing ahead! Gov’t heightens restrictions amid rise in cases

The government is planning to roll out a mass testing exercise amid news that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the territory has climbed to 13. “This figure continues to slowly climb as the hard-working Public Health team conduct […]

by / on April 2, 2021 at 11:21 AM /
Bumping elbows have become one of the ways people around the world are using as an alternative to shaking hands to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. in this BVI News photo, Opposition Leader Marlon Penn (left) and Premier Andrew Fahie knock elbows at a joint press conference at the House of Assembly on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Legislators in COVID isolation

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has announced he is in 10 days of self-isolation “in adherence with the government’s COVID-19 protocols”. Penn gave that indication in a social media post on Thursday. “Office hours at my District Office will be postponed […]

by / on April 2, 2021 at 9:39 AM /