Persons requiring vaccination authorisation letters to travel can contact the Ministry of Health and Social Development via email at ministryofhealth@gov.vg.

The Ministry of Health and Social Development is notifying the community that Simmonds Preschool will be closed temporarily for 14 days following the detection of suspected and confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in the pediatric population.

The Public Health Unit is notifying persons who attended the Robinson O’Neal Primary School and/or the Bregado Flax Educational Centre graduation ceremonies on June 29 that additional confirmed cases have been detected.

Persons wishing to apply for home quarantine can now access the home quarantine checklist online at www.bvimonitor.info/homequarantine or on the BVI Gateway Portal’s home page (bvigateway.bviaa.com).

As Minister for Health and Social Development I pledged to continually keep you abreast of new developments as we continue to live and thrive in this COVID-19 era.

The Environmental Health Division is reminding food businesses that proper handling of food prevents food borne illnesses as well as acute gastroenteritis following reports of unsafe food handling practices at a local food business.

Persons are reminded that requests to home quarantine are to be made five to seven days prior to travel date into the British Virgin Islands.

The public is advised that the vaccination centres for the COVID-19 Vaccine will be closed on Monday, 8 March.

Persons requiring a COVID-19 test for travel purposes are reminded to make an appointment three days prior to the confirmed date of travel.

The public is notified that the food safety quiz for persons who took the Food Safety classes on the 14 and 21 January, 2021 will re-open from 10:00 a.m. on the 26th January, 2021 to 10:00 a.m. on the 27th January 2021.