BVI Children to Get COVID Vaccines in USVI Under New Initiative

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BVI Children to Get COVID Vaccines in USVI Under New Initiative

The U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands have launched a joint initiative to allow BVI children ages 12 to 18 to come to the USVI for inoculation against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine, according to the BVI Ministry of Health and Social Development and the V.I. Health Department.

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