5th person tests positive for COVID-19 in VI
- CARPHA also confirms woman who died on Saturday had COVID-19
A fifth person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands. Photo: VINO/File
According to Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable A. Fahie (R1), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has confirmed that the woman who died at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital on April 18, 2020, indeed had COVID-19. Photo: Facebook
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A 5th person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the Virgin Islands, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable A. Fahie (R1) has announced.
Further, the Premier disclosed that the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago has confirmed that the woman who died at Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital on April 18, 2020, indeed had COVID-19.
Speaking during a live COVID-19 update, still ongoing, today, Sunday, April 19, 2020, Premier Fahie said the 5th person who has tested positive for COVID-19 had been in contact with the deceased woman.
All other tests have returned negative; Premier Fahie said, adding that active contact tracing is ongoing to further contain the virus.
Additionally, Premier Fahie disclosed that a third person has now been declared by CARPHA as having recovered from COVID-19.
More details to follow.
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51 Responses to “5th person tests positive for COVID-19 in VI”
This is very serious.....it makes you wonder about the people who fled from her apartment SMH
Subjects are required for experiments,right?
there is a thing called public safety and any person that violates public safety should be prosecuted: pictures of fugitives should be posted so any member of the public can identify such persons thereafter pass information unto enforcement: Anyone of you could be standing right beside one of those persons who violated the territory's quarantine regulations and have no clue: the people need an update from the health department or police department
Please be sanitary to avoid cross-contamination to others especially travelling from house-to-house.
We are never going to be perfect at avoiding all germs, so just do the best you can to minimize transmission from bags to your home. Much love and prayer for you all in the BVI, stay safe and if it gets too difficult mentally dealing with the lockdown, call a friend or family member and talk thru it. My employer has a free employee assistance program where we can call 24 hours a day and find a therapist to talk with confidentially. Would be good if the BVI government
can find the resources and staff to make such help available for those who might need it during this trying time. Peace!
You messing with our peace. If you don’t like it leave it. And I ain’t fraud, so if you want to check me, check me. Tired of these complaints.
If this is usually the case, gov’t should have been able to advise us earlier.
I pray that this person will come out of this okay.
Your safety and security is deliberately being compromised.
When and if those endangering your lives are "found,", it will no longer matter.
Consider: The majority of the 40,000 plus lives lost in USA were peoples of color .Caribbean Americans were the majority of Blacks in NYC of thirteen thousand plus deaths...college educated , home and business owners.. Poverty was not a factor....Do the research. Some lives are not a priority not even in their own country.
The persons who fled the complex did Not reside in the same apartment with the positive victims. But live in the same complex. Why they fled? No one knows because they didnt came in contact with the deceased or person tested positive. They were probably paranoid and ran.
Reminder : Recommended distancingis 6ft.
Consider
The recommended distancing is 6ft even when wearing a mask.
The germ remains alive many hours, hence disinfectants,washing hands,showers,etc
Did. the tenants use the same door and knob entry/ exit, stair case, elevator.
Passed each other in the hallway etc.
More than likely,they did.
So yes,contact.was established..
please pleaee please....lets suffer for a few weeks longer and be prepared for a further lockdown next week...it is for all our collective good
individuals. So the sooner we can upgrade our testing facilities to be efficient and quick so as to include at least a large segment of our community, we are going to be stuck with the uncertainty and anxiety so often associated with this disease and possibly the disease itself .In large scale testing it would seem impractical .if not impossible, to send all tests abroad for evaluatiom Social distancing, even in its most extreme form -24 hour curfews - and wearing protective gear such as face masks, although effective,by themselves might not be the complete answer.
I think those people are very scared, hence the reason they didnt report it sooner because of prejudice, backlash, isolation, etc. What I am afraid about is the thought of what they may have touched whilst moving about, unbeknownst to others, who either shouldn't be outside or otherwise. I think the authorities and the like should check within abandoned structures like homes, boats...the opened and undisturbed land is so vast, that can be a problem.
And if they do, God forbid develop any respiratory symptoms or have them, it will surely slow he/she/them down. I hope we find them before they expire somewhere undetected for too much time. The problem also is tha we would want any animals to interfere with them or they have contact with them as animals are also susceptible to getting the virus. We do have a lot of wild dogs out there, and they are attacking ppl. But if it is that someone has taken them in, I bet they are fearful for their lives as well, but I hope they do the right thing and come forward.
Ppl this is much like harboring a fugitive. And in dire circumstances a House-to-House check would be necessary. It would require manpower yes, but if by the end of this quarantine they are not found, something terrible might be from this.
We all will be walking on eggshells cause surely we wouldnt want persons exposed walking within the midst of our population.
Armed with this data puts the government in a better position to manage the pandemic. The 24-hour lockdown should have been used to develop goals and objectives, strategies and tactics……..etc to chart the way forward in managing this pandemic. There are no reliable treatment protocols or cure or vaccine for the disease so the VI must manage this pandemic within these realities. The territory must emerge out of lockdown (cannot stay lockdown for an extended period), balancing economy vs public health and safety. Testing, testing, testing! The UK should help the VI, along with other OTs, with extensive testing. Fellow Virgin Islanders and residents, be safe and stay safe.
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The real challenge, however, is going to be how to keep if off the islands (also in USVI).