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1308 vaccinated in 4 days @ drive-thru initiative– Premier Fahie

- Hon Fahie said VI deserves applause for turning out in numbers to get vaccinated @ Festival Grounds
Some 1,308 were vaccinated over four days of ‘Operation Protect Each Other,’ COVID-19 vaccination drive-through initiative. Photo: GIS/File
Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) deserve applause for turning out in numbers to the COVID-19 drive-through vaccination initiative that started on July 17, 2021, at Festival Grounds in Road Town. Photo: Facebook
Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) deserve applause for turning out in numbers to the COVID-19 drive-through vaccination initiative that started on July 17, 2021, at Festival Grounds in Road Town. Photo: Facebook
Walk-in vaccinations are also be provided for persons without vehicles. Photo: GIS/File
Walk-in vaccinations are also be provided for persons without vehicles. Photo: GIS/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) deserve applause for turning out in numbers to the COVID-19 drive-through vaccination initiative that started on July 17, 2021, at Festival Grounds in Road Town.

Initially scheduled for last weekend only, the success of the initiative in the two days prompted health authorities to expand the drive-through vaccination programme for an additional week.

Drive-Through initiative a success 

Premier Fahie had hailed the initiative as a success while on the Tuesday, July 20, 2021, episode of VIP Let's Talk radio show on ZBVI 780 AM. Also on the show were Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) and Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr The Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).

According to Hon Fahie, some 1,308 were vaccinated over four days- Saturday to Tuesday.

"I want to also appeal to persons to get vaccinated. The statistics show that more than 99% of persons that died from COVID-19 were not vaccinated," he said, adding that only two of the many persons hospitalised with COVID-19 at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital were vaccinated.

The Virgin Islands has been offering the AstraZeneca vaccine to its population for free; however, there was a low uptake mainly due to conspiracy theories being actively propagated by anti-vaxxers.

Following increased hospitalisations and deaths, many have decided to get vaccinated; however, the government continues to encourage the undecided and even the anti-vaxxers to take the jab.

"I want to encourage our people to do it because you have plenty to gain, you have your life to gain, when we look around and see all that is happening we need to get that first jab and then move into the second jab," Premier Fahie implored. 

More COVID-19 variants a concern 

Hon Fahie reminded that more varients of COVID-19 are ravaging the region, as such, vaccination remains important.

It should be noted that the AstraZeneca vaccine has been touted as effective against the Delta variant.

Meanwhile, the drive-through vaccination initiative will continue at Festival Grounds and the Premier says he is projecting over 2,000 more people will be vaccinated. 

Persons must be over the age of 18 and must have a valid photo identification such as a driver’s license or NHI card. They are also being encouraged to wear short-sleeved tops and remain in their vehicles while at the venue.

Walk-in vaccinations are also be provided for persons without vehicles.

21 Responses to “1308 vaccinated in 4 days @ drive-thru initiative– Premier Fahie”

  • Doctor Know (22/07/2021, 11:15) Like (30) Dislike (11) Reply
    Well done to all involved. Get vaccinated.
    • Real facts (22/07/2021, 13:36) Like (15) Dislike (6) Reply
      No one is getting vaccinated on day 4 - go to the drive thru and it is empty!
      • 007 (22/07/2021, 17:34) Like (13) Dislike (7) Reply
        104 between 1pm and 4.30 pm today Thursday 22nd July. That’s one every minute and a half. That’s great
  • chak (22/07/2021, 11:16) Like (29) Dislike (17) Reply
    I don't want to get it but I think there is no choice.
  • solution (22/07/2021, 11:24) Like (24) Dislike (68) Reply
    make it mandatory for them island people on working permits
    • Uumm (22/07/2021, 12:32) Like (40) Dislike (9) Reply
      Make it MANDATORY to the frontline officers,,, police force, immigration officers, health care services!!! Those are who you make it mandatory too, we permit people safely tucked away in our homes thank you very much!
      • Tvip (22/07/2021, 16:49) Like (2) Dislike (6) Reply
        You r not thinking ahead. Eventually you will be out and about with those unknowingly infected.
  • Giving thanks (22/07/2021, 11:26) Like (47) Dislike (18) Reply
    To the Premier Fahie and Minister Malone, to all the staff, volunteer helpers, and ultimately to all who drive up and got themselves vaccinated,
    Thank you ALL!!
  • Lambda variant (22/07/2021, 11:48) Like (15) Dislike (10) Reply
    Right on time as a new Lambda variant was detected in Texas. Better safe than sorry.
  • good news (22/07/2021, 12:03) Like (26) Dislike (10) Reply
    So, Sad it had to take so many deaths...
  • pop (22/07/2021, 12:30) Like (10) Dislike (18) Reply
    Yes. I like how you guys fast to give out record for vaccince and not for the positive cases
  • yay (22/07/2021, 14:31) Like (14) Dislike (13) Reply
    Great news! Well done everyone. Vaccines save lives!
  • Fauci (22/07/2021, 16:20) Like (14) Dislike (12) Reply
    I hope he’s locked away for the rest of his life
    It’s amazing people come here defending Fauci they must part of his gang right.
    I mean he’s the one telling us what to do when he funded GAIN OF FUNCTION
    What is this ?
    It’s to make pathogens more infectious, particularly to humans and animals (deadly to animals or humans)

    He also lied to the world about being re infected with COVID having persons fearing feeling they can get it twice soo west mask for life etc .

    This man funded making this pandemic.
    I miss Trump he would already been arrested since those leaked emails .

    https://youtu.be/rS-byOrgekU




    • Taty (22/07/2021, 19:26) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
      Nobody here cares what happens in the us.
    • Psuedo Science (23/07/2021, 17:26) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      Awwww, you were doing so well with your brilliantly argued (though completely flawed) thesis on Fauci's criminality until you mentioned that you were missing the dangerously incompetent, disgraced former president and utter moron, Donald Trump. Maybe ease off on bleach injections for a while....
  • concern (22/07/2021, 22:19) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    Just know all of what you telling people will be on record for a lifetime. So we will always come back and remind u of what u said. How could we be so blind....
  • wow (22/07/2021, 23:28) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    I saw some people getting their vaccine still on tola radio in the comments talking garbage because they scared to let the host know they took the vaccine. 51% of the people who took it are jokers
  • Jab it up (22/07/2021, 23:32) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    What the US government is calling “the pandemic of the unvaccinated” is playing out in painful ways as some realize too late that they wish they had had the shot, while others hold out even as they suffer in hospital amid a national surge of new Covid-19 infections, primarily caused by the Delta variant.

    At least 99% of those in the US who died of coronavirus in the last six months had not been vaccinated, Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said.
  • Well (22/07/2021, 23:38) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    More meat to be slaughtered. Ayo sick meh son.
  • Data and Facts (23/07/2021, 20:14) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply

    At least 99% of those in the US who died of coronavirus in the last six months had not been vaccinated, Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said.


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