The Ministry of Health and Social Development is alerting the public that a shipment of 500 pediatric doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has arrived to the Territory and is now available for the 5 to 11 age group.

The public is notified that the Nurses and Midwives Council is open for 2022/2023 licence renewals from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Licences can be renewed by visiting the Public Health Unit’s office located adjacent to the Red Cross building.

The BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble Initiative has been revamped to accommodate the large number of persons still interested in another option besides the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Ten persons graduate with a Home Care Basics Course Certificate from the BVI Red Cross.

Minister for Health and Social Development Carvin Malone is pictured commending nurses during a ceremony in observance of ‘Emergency Nurses Week’. 

Pictured is Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone and the newly trained health team who are now stationed full time at the West End Port of entry.

Health professionals are invited to participate in a Hypertension Workshop titled, ‘Beating the silent killer-prescribing the new international pharmacotherapy for hypertension’ on Thursday, September 23 via Zoom.

Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services, Mrs. Gracia Wheatley- Smith has said local healthcare professionals are to be trained on the latest hypertension treatment guidelines in a workshop next week.

The ‘Protect Each Other’ Vaccination Drive-Thru has been extended for the period Thursday, September 2 until Saturday, September 4, 2021. 

The ‘Protect Each Other’ Vaccination Drive-Thru will open this weekend from Saturday, August 28 to Sunday, August 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will continue Monday, August 30 to Tuesday, August 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.