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DOH Announces New COVID Operations and Hours
During the weekly media briefing Monday, Government House announced a new fitness program and health fair, and the V.I. Health Department discussed COVID-19, including a new schedule for vaccines.
Dr. Esther Ellis, the territory’s epidemiologist, said there are 178 cases of the virus in the Virgin Islands. There are 98 on St. Croix, 68 on St. Thomas, and St. John has 12 for a positivity rate of 10.5 percent. Six people are hospitalized, with one on a ventilator. Juan F. Luis Hospital has four inpatients, and there are two at the Schneider Regional Medical Center.
Ellis announced that the VITEMA services have been discontinued and outlined the new vaccine schedule and locations.
“The Department of Health has incorporated all COVID-19 vaccines into the regular public health clinic operations,” she said.
On St. Croix, the Charles Harwood Hospital modular 1 will host vaccines on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children’s shots will be found under the tent at Charles Harwood on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
COVID testing will be available in the Harwood parking lot Monday through Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Ellis added that motorists must park in the new parking lot across the street from the modular. The curbside is for drop-offs only.
Vaccinations will be given at SRMC Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. – noon and 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. COVID tests are to be administered at the SRMC loading dock Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
On St. John, vaccinations will be given by appointment only at the DeCastro Clinic by calling 340-776-6400.
After the COVID information, Ellis announced a new, additional suicide hotline that can be accessed by dialing 988. She also invited the public to a 50-year celebration at Charles Harwood July 30 from 2 – 4 p.m.
