COVID-19
What the Department of Health Is Doing
The U.S. Virgin Islands is reinforcing critical public health messaging like symptom-monitoring, infection prevention and ways to avoid the spread of disease into our territory. By following the health department’s guidance, you can keep yourself and your family safe if you come into contact with someone with COVID-19 or other viral respiratory pathogens like the flu.
COVID-19 Summary
News
Recommendations
- Recommendation Regarding the Use of Cloth Face Coverings, Especially in Areas of Significant Community-Based Transmission
- Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of Facemasks
- Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
- Keeping Children Healthy While School’s Out | CDC
- Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes | CDC
- What Rideshare, Taxi, Limo, and other Passenger Drivers-for-Hire Need to Know about COVID-19
- Preparing for Hurricanes During the COVID-19 Pandemic | CDC
- Funeral Guidance for Individuals and Families | CDC
- CDC Decision Tree: Restaurants and Bars During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Preparing for Hurricane Season During the COVID-19 Pandemic | FEMA.gov
- United States Virgin Islands Testing and Rapid Response FAQS
- Considerations for Restaurants and Bars
Hospital Updates
Juan F. Luis Hospital
- Press Release JFL COVID19
- JFL is Hiring Critical Care Response Team
- HIRING - Letter to Healthcare Professionals
- Letter to Birthing Mothers
- Birthing Visitor Policy
Schneider Regional Medical Center
If you are sick with COVID-19 or think you might have COVID-19, follow the steps in our video to care for yourself and to help protect other people in your home and our community. If you have any questions call our COVID-19 Hotline at (340)776-8311 ext. 5704
Resources
- Cover Your Face sign for businesses
- The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America
- What you need to know about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) | Spanish | Chinese | French Haitian Creole | Videos
- Coronavirus Travel Advisories and Alerts Updates
- VI Department of Health Coronavirus Health Alert | Spanish
- Informational Video
- Get Your Community- and Faith-Based Organizations Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019
- How to Protect Yourself and Others
- Get Your Household Ready for Coronavirus Disease 2019
- CDC COVID-19 Factsheets
- Manage Anxiety & Stress
- Tips For Social Distancing, Quarantine, And Isolation During An Infectious Disease Outbreak
- Ten Steps All Workplaces Can Take to Reduce Risk of Exposure to Coronavirus | Spanish
- Salon and Barbers Issues Safety Guidelines for Reopening
- 6 Steps for Safe & Effective Disinfectant Use Disinfectant Use
- Healthcare Personnel and First Responders: How to Cope with Stress and Build Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How COVID-19 Can Spread in a Community
- Have Difficulty Breathing in a Face Mask? Advice for People with Asthma and Lung Disease
- Considerations for Restaurants and Bars | COVID-19 | CDC
- Considerations for Youth and Summer Camps | CDC
- Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting | DOH/DEH
COVID-19 Reports
Contact
Text COVID19USVI to 888777
- Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA)
- Virgin Islands Department of Human Services
- Virgin Islands Port Authority
HOTLINE RESOURCES
1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Spanish)
1-888-628-9454
National Hopeline Network
1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)
Options for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
1-800-799-4889
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)
1-800-622-2255
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
1-800-662-4357
Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Resource Center (CHADD)
1-800-233-4050
National Center for Learning Disabilities
1-888-575-7373
I'm Alive - instant text resource
https://www.imalive.org/
Disaster Distress Helpline
1-800-985-5990
Veterans Crisis Line
1-800-273-8255
Government Employees can also tap into the Employee Assistant Program through our group health insurance by calling the EAP line
1-888-371-1125