Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Robert Kadlec traveled to St. Thomas today to meet with local officials assisting with response efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).

Acting Secretary Hargan first met with U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp and local officials at the U.S. Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency to discuss the ongoing response efforts, and was later briefed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the environmental health of residents of the Islands. Acting Secretary Hargan then toured the USVI Departments of Health and Human Services in St. Thomas, as well as a shelter currently housing victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Information on health, safety and HHS actions are available at www.phe.gov/emergency. Public Service Announcements with post-storm health tips are available at https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/psa/index.html. Residents in the continental United States are encouraged to provide these tips to family members and friends in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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