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Government to scrap four day quarantine for vaccinated travellers, relaxes rules for some day trips
About two weeks after Premier Andrew Fahie first hinted that travel restrictions for vaccinated travellers would be loosened as part of a push for a full summer reopening, his administration …
With Covid-19 cases dropping this week, government is continuing to push for a return to normal, announcing that starting next month vaccinated travelers will only have to wait until getting their arrival test results before exploring the territory. (Above) Queues for the vaccine across the territory have dwindled in recent weeks, though a public education campaign to encourage residents to inoculate remains in full effect. (Photo: JOEY WALDINGER)
Malone grilled on pollution scrubber
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week …
Wisps of white smoke carry over the grounds of the Pockwood Pond incinerator last week, where black clouds poured out the day prior from a fire. (File photo: DANA KAMPA)
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week for longstanding delays in obtaining a pollution-control scrubber for the facility from a company in the United States.
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Incinerator back up after weeks offline
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is burning trash again after being offline for about six weeks, during which residents complained frequently about the fires and smoke from the landfill behind the …
Smoke drifted past the incinerator in Pockwood Pond on April 6 before the facility was repaired this week. Now it is working to process a backlog of trash, some of which is piled behind the incinerator building, above. (Photo: DANA KAMPA)
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is burning trash again after being offline for about six weeks, during which residents complained frequently about the fires and smoke from the landfill behind the facility.
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As curfew ends and seaports reopen, Premier eyes full June reopening
After cases of Covid-19 recently spiked to their highest level in months before again receding to 10 as of yesterday,Virgin Islands leaders are forging ahead with plans to ease restrictions …
As government officials encourage residents to get vaccinated, known active Covid-19 cases dropped yesterday to 10, and Premier Andrew Fahie has set his sights on fully reopening the territory in June. Above, people queue up for the vaccine in front of Rite Way Food Market in Pasea. (Photo: PROVIDED)
After cases of Covid-19 recently spiked to their highest level in months before again receding to 10 as of yesterday,Virgin Islands leaders are forging ahead with plans to ease restrictions and reboot the tourism economy.Â