Bars, nightclubs shut down as new 7-day curfew takes effect
A new night-time curfew has also been announced as Government takes steps to mitigate any further community spread of the virus.
COVID-19 community spread now a factor
Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL), while making the announcement tonight, said the new curfew came as a result of several members of the VI community and business establishments failing to adhere to basic public health guidelines and legal obligations.
According to him, those actions have, “placed themselves, families, neighbours, co-workers, friends, and all the rest of us at higher risk of exposure to this aggressive coronavirus.”
Further, the Government will be carrying out more contact tracing and testing in an effort to mitigate and contain the spread of the virus.
Community screening will take place in the communities of Anegada and East End/Long Look where the bulk of the cases have originated. Other areas include Virgin Gorda as well as in the Sea Cows Bay area in the coming days, Hon Malone said.
Curfew restrictions & mass testing
The new night-time curfew will run from 10:00 pm on August 21, 2020 to 5:00 am on August 22, 2020; then from 7:00 pm to 5:00 am from August 22, 2020, for the next seven (7) days.
Restrictions are also in effect for the movement of vessels within Territorial waters, except for fisherfolk, as approved and intra-island ferries (apart from those travelling to/from Anegada).
Effective today, the Government has also restricted the movement of all vessels and aircraft, except as approved, to and from Anegada effective until August 28, 2020. Anegada will also undergo island-wide COVID-19 testing until August 28, 2020.
Other categories of businesses ordered to close include Daycare Centres/Facilities such as gyms and sporting facilities/activities, including summer camps; and VI/USVI freight couriers and charter companies have been ordered closed, except for medical emergencies, as approved.
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50 Responses to “Bars, nightclubs shut down as new 7-day curfew takes effect”
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If someone smuggled into the Islands, and you and others were out at bars/restaurants or any other place without taking the necessary precautions such as wearing a mask, social distancing, sanitizing, then tested positive for COVID-19, would you still blame the one you caught if from and not check yourself for not taking precautions? That's like choosing to have unprotected sex, catching an STD, then blaming the other person.
Who is to say, the person who first tested positive didn't catch it from one of the other recent 9 who tested positive but it's just that HE TESTED AND FOUND OUT.
Ain’t no point in localised testing. Just test the damn population as a whole widely. Not beyond the wit of man to do 10,000+ tests. BVI has failed in this golden opportunity.
This guy didn't even know he had the virus he has high bloodpressure and was goingin for that....
He needs to be deported as soon as he is well, he knowinly brought the country to this by not turning in or away his friend.
If any of the other 15 tests come back positive today Anegada will be placed on 24/7 lockdown so people could party in Tortola WTF
When was this known? Why wasn't the law enforced? Where the police called? Do these places still have trade licenses or have they been revoked? Will they be allowed to continue business after the curfew is lifted?