Ladies and gentlemen good evening, Let me first wish you Happy Emancipation Day. Today, August 1, 2020 marks 186 years since the Emancipation Proclamation was read.

Honourable Premier, our people of all these Virgin Islands;

Last evening I provided an update on the community quarantine and testing intervention that had been implemented on Jost Van Dyke as a precautionary measure against COVID-19.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development announced that 316 samples collected from Jost Van Dyke test negative for COVID-19.

A team of medical professionals from the Republic of Cuba will arrive in the Virgin Islands on Friday; this is an update from Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie.

Mr Speaker, like many our countries in the world the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, has severely impacted the economy of the British Virgin Islands. 

In an effort to guard, prevent, and reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all residents and visitors on Jost Van Dyke are to remain at home under quarantine for a period of seven (7) days starting today.

Ladies and gentlemen, in fulfillment of our commitment to keep the community informed and updated on COVID-19 developments...

Good day and God’s Blessings to everyone.

We continue as a Territory to move forward with the phased and restricted reopening of the borders in the Virgin Islands.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development officially launched the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) on June 15.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has introduced an exclusion zone that would limit marine traffic as a result of COVID-19.