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St. Thomas on Wednesday recorded its latest coronavirus case after a streak of negative results, joining the island of St. Croix which saw its total confirmed cases climb to 30 following the confirmation of a new positive result on Saturday. Confirmed by an infographic provided by the Dept. of Health, the new case in St. Thomas brings the total confirmed cases territory-wide to 71 — 39 on St. Thomas, 30 on St. Croix and two on St. John. The Department of Health is now tracking three active cases, with 62 people having recovered from the deadly disease, while 6 have died — three of whom were family members: a father, mother and son. In total D.O.H. as of Wednesday had performed 2,048, tests, including some retests, with only two results pending. The recent confirmed cases come as the U.S. Virgin Islands implements its "Open Doors" phase of…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Virgin Islands Hemp Plan, which outlines the procedures…
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The Virgin Islands Department of Labor (D.O.L.) said Thursday morning that it has launched the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) program, which provides an additional $600 dollars per ...
Pre-pandemic sounds of music, laughter and cash registers ringing are back again. In Red Hook and elsewhere across the territory, the usual weeknight rattle and hum was toned down. But the key indi...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that rats, whose sources of food have been impacted by shutdown of businesses such as restaurants, are acting unusual and aggressive. The CDC...
The cargo and trailer storage lot at the Theovald E. Moorehead Dock and Terminal at Enighed Pond, St. John will be no longer be open for public use, announced the Virgin Islands Port Authority. Ef...
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that flags on federal buildings across the U.S. and its territories be flown at half staff in honor of Americans who have died as a result of the coronavirus...
The VI Department of Health (VIDOH) pushed back against criticism last week from Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, who told a Philadelphia radio host that the territory was not testing enough residents f...
Seaborne Airlines and Silver Airways told the Consortium Sunday that a U.S. Department of Transportation clearance to suspend certain routes, in Seaborne's and Sliver's case the USVI, Puerto Rico and ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico will cautiously reopen beaches, restaurants, churches, hair salons and retail stores next week under strict new rules as the U.S. territory emerges from a ...
The Department of Licensing and Consumers said Friday that it will not enforce a new law that mandates most local businesses offer credit cards as a form of payment aside from cash, citing the coronav...
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