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FEMA Provides Additional Support for Territory’s COVID-19 Response

FEMA has committed an additional $33.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to reimburse the territory for emergency medical services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $33.5 million Public Assistance grant will reimburse the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health for contracting emergency medical services to provide ambulances, personnel, equipment and supplies to assist with the territory’s COVID-19 response from July 2, 2022, through February 28, 2023.
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Territory and Federal Partners Execute Evacuation Shelter Drill in a Pandemic Environment

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – The winds and rains swirl as a Category 2 hurricane approaches the island and evacuees file out of the Virgin Islands Transit (VITRAN) bus and approach the D.C. Canegata Recreation Center to seek shelter. Many of the evacuees are exhausted, with loved ones left behind.
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Patient Movement Exercise Focuses on Tracking and Safety in a Pandemic Environment

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – Federal and territorial partners focused on movement of patients in a pandemic environment during a rehearsal of concept exercise earlier this month at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center in Christiansted. Exercise participants reviewed the territory’s movement and tracking of hospital patients with a focus on safety.
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COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Helps Ease Financial Stress for Families

ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands – The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming and unforeseen grief to many families. To that end, FEMA is helping to ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the coronavirus disease.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach Gets Big Shot on St. John

BATON ROUGE, La. – April is National Stress Awareness Month and the residents of the state of Louisiana have experienced their fair share of stress in the past year –many Louisianans are struggling to recover from the successive blows of hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta and the severe winter storms on top of the nearly yearlong stress and worries of a pandemic. The same is true throughout the nation where hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters came one after another while Covid-19 fears spread.
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A volunteer acting as an evacuee checks in with the Virgin Islands National Guard during an evacuation shelter drill at D.C. Canegata Recreation Center on St. Croix.
Territory and Federal Partners Execute Evacuation Shelter Drill in a Pandemic Environment

A volunteer acting as an evacuee checks in with the Virgin Islands National Guard during an evacuation shelter drill at D.C. Canegata Recreation Center on St. Croix. The drill focused on validating the territory’s capability of opening shelters, initial operations, and closing shelters in a pandemic environment. FEMA/Eric Adams

A volunteer role playing an evacuee looks to register at the D.C. Canegata Recreation Center shelter during an evacuation shelter drill. Members of the Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster role played evacuees during the field exercise.
Territory and Federal Partners Execute Evacuation Shelter Drill in a Pandemic Environment

A volunteer role playing an evacuee looks to register at the D.C. Canegata Recreation Center shelter during an evacuation shelter drill. Members of the Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster role played evacuees during the field exercise. FEMA/Eric Adams

Federal and territorial partners conduct a Patient Movement Rehearsal of Concept Tabletop Exercise
Patient Movement Exercise Focuses on Tracking and Safety in a Pandemic Environment

Federal and territorial partners conduct a Patient Movement Rehearsal of Concept Tabletop Exercise earlier this month at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center on St. Croix. FEMA, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health and Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency sponsored the exercise. Exercise participants focused on patient movement, tracking and safety.

Federal and territorial partners conduct a Patient Movement Rehearsal of Concept Tabletop Exercise
Patient Movement Exercise Focuses on Tracking and Safety in a Pandemic Environment

Federal and territorial partners conduct a Patient Movement Rehearsal of Concept Tabletop Exercise earlier this month at the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center on St. Croix. FEMA, the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health and Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency sponsored the exercise. Exercise participants focused on patient movement, tracking and safety.

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Virgin Islands; FEMA-4513-DR

Report on Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) information for FEMA-4512-DR; Virgin Islands as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing.

Logistics' staffer Keshawn Christopher, right, gets a hand from V.I. National Guard Specialist Kurtney Davis with a pallet of personal protective equipment during the build-out of the island's Community Vaccination Center at the University of the Virgin Islands’ Sports and Fitness Center.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands CVC

FEMA and V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency logistics staff, V.I. Health Department staff and soldiers from the V.I. National Guard and Army Task Force-51 collaborate during the build-out of the island's Community Vaccination Center at the University of the Virgin Islands’ Sports and Fitness Center.
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Feb. 23, 2021

Personal protective equipment stored at the Community Vaccination Center at the University of the Virgin Islands' Great Hall
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Feb. 24, 2021

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