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Agreement being ‘finalised’ for Cuban medical officials- Premier Fahie

- Cubans will be tested & quarantined for 14 days
Cuban doctors board a bus at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez Airport to go to Andorra. The agreement to get 30 Cuban medical officials to help the Virgin Islands fight COVID-19 is being finalised, says Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1). Photo: Juan Medina/Reuters
Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the Cuban medical officials will be tested before and when they arrive in the Virgin Islands (VI) and will also have to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine before they start working in the Territory. Photo: VINO/File
Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the Cuban medical officials will be tested before and when they arrive in the Virgin Islands (VI) and will also have to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine before they start working in the Territory. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two weeks after Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) announced that the Territory had requested for 30 medical officials from Cuba be sent to the Virgin Islands to help in its fight against COVID-19, the agreement is now being finalised.

“We are also finalising the agreement so that we can get the Cuban medical officials over. We were given that assurance today in Cabinet, Premier Fahie said on ZBVI 780 AM on April 9, 2020.”

Cuban medical officials will be tested & quarantined

Premier Fahie had previously disclosed that a team at the Ministry of Health and Social Development and the International Affairs Secretariat of the Premier’s Office had actively engaged with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States [OECS] and the Cuban Government to secure resources by requesting 30 medical personnel from Cuba.

The United Kingdom, through the Governor’s Office, has already given the green light for the Cubans to come to the VI.

Hon Fahie has also said the Cuban medical officials will be tested before and when they arrive in the VI and will have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine before they start working in the Territory.

As of 7:00am on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, Cuba had 726 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 31 deaths, according to statistics published by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“They will be quarantined for 14 days to make sure that they to go through all the measures that have been put in place,” the Premier stated.

Nothing to hide

He had also said that requesting the help of the Cubans is not because there are more than three COVID-19 cases in the Territory.

The Virgin Islands has only recorded 3 positive cases of COVID-19 and so far two of the three have since tested negative locally.

“We are not hiding anything. What we know, you the people will also know in a timely manner. They are there to help as we continue to be in a proactive mode. Not that something has gone wrong or we have a number of cases — as some persons are saying — we are trying to hide,” Premier Fahie had said on March 31, 2020.

20 Responses to “Agreement being ‘finalised’ for Cuban medical officials- Premier Fahie”

  • anegada (14/04/2020, 07:50) Like (15) Dislike (5) Reply
    I would really like to know... WHY the government aren't giving us an update ... on their next move...
    Saw last night the health minister was giving an update to a outside news media...
    I really think that you should let us the people of the Virgin Islands knows before..
    Still waiting ..
  • Commentator (14/04/2020, 08:10) Like (16) Dislike (5) Reply
    Why are they coming ? Who is taking care of the covid-19 patients in their own country
  • Hmm (14/04/2020, 08:23) Like (13) Dislike (5) Reply
    Keep them weh dem at
    • Exactly! (14/04/2020, 17:55) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      Cuba not getting their own situation under control and we here importing doctors from a heavily infested country? My grandmother used to say :"Common Sense isn't so common anymore" And they didn't have Wi-FI, Google, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram
  • WOWW (14/04/2020, 08:24) Like (49) Dislike (6) Reply
    30 doctors for 1 case is there something we’re not being told.
    • Read... (14/04/2020, 10:20) Like (5) Dislike (3) Reply
      It says "medical officials", not doctors.... So there are probably nurses and other personnel too
  • Lord (14/04/2020, 08:28) Like (3) Dislike (8) Reply
    I know someone who claim they have the virus she’s very weak came st Croix before the borders was close she have been isolated but haven’t contacted medical services.
    • @Lord (14/04/2020, 08:51) Like (19) Dislike (1) Reply
      If this is true you must contact authorities straight away !
      You could save her life and others she may have come into contact with.
    • LCS (15/04/2020, 07:31) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Tell this person to put water to boil, shut off the stove, bend over pot with a towel around her head and inhale the steam created, until it stops. This to repeat three time a day. Virus don't survive high temperatures. Staying isolated is a very good measure but not seeking medical attention could be deadly for her. Is also irresponsible.
  • Dont Understand (14/04/2020, 08:28) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why?
  • No, Thanks (14/04/2020, 08:42) Like (9) Dislike (6) Reply
    Tell them don't worry come again.
    Seems like those doctors need to stay home.
  • lord o. (14/04/2020, 09:12) Like (5) Dislike (6) Reply
    Im so tired of benn lazy....Just need to get out and get something done.....Hope this is not another reason to keep us lock down...
  • Why (14/04/2020, 09:38) Like (8) Dislike (6) Reply
    an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Thousands of people all over the world continue to die from this virus every day. Thousand of people all over the world continue to catch the virus each day. Why some of us think that our territory is immune from this virus, some seeking to go back to work, once back out and moving around your chances to get COVID 19 will increase. Do we have the manpower or expertise to deal with a major outbreak. Police were brought in so now doctors are coming. Anything for the benefit of BVI people is all a question. This virus have no known cure and the chance of an outbreak in BVI is real; so the political leadership should just sit back and wait or be proactive to deal with the matter should it happens
  • wow (14/04/2020, 09:56) Like (11) Dislike (3) Reply
    %5 trying to convince %94 while the %1 of world leaders kill the %5 this is a new world order
  • mercy (14/04/2020, 10:01) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    @ lord. You need to report her. You see why they cant reopen school as yet. People are so dishonest
  • Martial Law (14/04/2020, 10:27) Like (25) Dislike (7) Reply
    Idc what anyone says this virus is the biggest scam since 9/11 only difference is this one is global... You can’t even go down the road to get water, no freedom we now have to wait to get water that’s a natural resource... wish I was in the U.K where these guys are questioning everything and fighting back because they have a right to ! I love my island and I always use to say down here we don’t take no shit but damn y’all made me swallow my words, not because we know Andrew and gang doesn’t mean they can’t sell us out, it’s gonna get bad guys I know there are homes with little food, people with no credit on their phones to call out and say their hungry, defenseless people being tased some of y’all like that so instead of us coming together they got us divided, social distancing so we can’t come together and have a critical conversation this is our lives we’re talking about
  • True (14/04/2020, 11:03) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    they should send the Cubans to the DR they need it more than we do, no use protecting ourselves when others need more.
  • cuba (14/04/2020, 12:30) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    Cuba has one of the largest cade of healthcare professionals in the Caribbean and Latin America and presently have healthcare personnel in various countries helping to fight this pandemic. Lets welcome them and utilize them as best as we can instead of bickering among ourselves.
  • yesman (14/04/2020, 13:44) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Cuban health providers be tested at the origin , only negatives be brought here and quarantine here. no test , bring here , quarantine here and them poisitive, next what! Spread disease here.Pls don't rush
  • wondering (14/04/2020, 14:05) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    It is a good thing
    BUT
    How does the Uk feel about it?


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