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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Office of the Governor’s Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT)hosted its first Digital Health Summit July 26-27 at the Charles Turnbull Regional Library on St. Thomas and brought together more than 20 leading international and national health IT businesses, who sponsored the event and exhibited their solutions to summit attendees.Speakers […]

Funding will be used to support hospitals’ staff recruitment and retention efforts U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. has approved using $20 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to give Schneider Regional Medical Center on St. Thomas and Juan F. Luis Hospital on St. Croix $10 million each, the bulk of

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency in the Territory to mitigate the impact from the unusually high amounts of Sargassum seaweed piling up on USVI shores and having a negative impact on water-production capabilities on St. Croix. Governor Bryan also has sent a request

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During the weekly Government House briefing on Monday, July 18, Territorial Epidemiologist Dr. Esther Ellis announced a slight increase the number of active COVID-19 cases from previous weeks. “Please note that we do have the presence of the new variants, BA.4 and BA.5,” Dr. Ellis said. “These variants are more resistant

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During the weekly Government House briefing on Monday, July 11, Government House Communications Director Richard Motta Jr. said Governor Albert Bryan Jr. will launch “Walk Out Wednesday” on July 20 as the first Territory-wide event that is part of the Office of the Governor’s “Our Best Life Health and Wellness” initiative.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — During the weekly Government House briefing on Tuesday, July 5, Health Commissioner Justa Encarnacion said the department has confirmed the Omicron variant BA.4 and has preliminary findings of the presence of the BA.5 variant. “We expect that this variant, like all subvariants, will eventually circulate in the community as COVID-19 remains

Governor declares week of mourning, orders U.S. Virgin Islands flags flown at half-staff until sunset on July 10 U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS— Governor Albert Bryan Jr. issued the following statement on the passing of former Governor, educator, and historian Charles W. Turnbull Ph.D.: “Governor Turnbull was a true pillar in our community. Outside his legacy as

Governor sets aside $1 million and names 9-member panel to oversee planning of host of events to commemorate signing of historic document ending slavery in United States U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS— Governor Albert Bryan Jr. held a press conference at Government House on St. Croix on Friday, July 1 to sign an executive order establishing the

Governor considering alternate funding source to expedite harbor dredging projects in St. Croix and St. Thomas U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS— Governor Albert Bryan Jr. met with the leadership of both the West Indian Company Limited (WICO) and Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) on Thursday to discuss plans for moving forward with the harbor dredging projects in

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. on Monday, June 27, accepted the resignation of Education Commissioner Racquel Berry-Benjamin, effective immediately. Governor Bryan named Assistant Commissioner of Education Victor Somme as Acting Commissioner until the Governor nominates a permanent commissioner. “I want to thank Commissioner Berry-Benjamin for her work in this Administration and particularly