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Changes made to home quarantine application process

- applicants no longer required to email checklist
Persons are no longer required to email the home quarantine application form. Photo: VINO
Chief Environmental Health Officer Mr E. Lionel Michael said the change to the application process will make it easier for residents and citizens to home quarantine. Photo: GIS
Chief Environmental Health Officer Mr E. Lionel Michael said the change to the application process will make it easier for residents and citizens to home quarantine. Photo: GIS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Change have been made to the home quarantine application process to make it easier for residents and citizens to home quarantine.

This is according to the Ministry for Health and Social Development, who said the changes to the home quarantine process will be effective today, June 24, 2021.

“Emailing the home quarantine checklist is no longer required,” Chief Environmental Health Officer Mr E. Lionel Michael said, adding that the change will make it easier for residents and citizens to home quarantine.

Checklist available via web-form

Mr Michael, according to a press release from Government Information Services (GIS) on June 23, 2021, the checklist is now available via a web-form which can be found at www.bvimonitor.info/homequarantine or on the BVI Gateway Portal’s home page (bvigateway.bviaa.com).

The public is also reminded that home quarantine approval is required for persons who are staying at private residential properties and on private vessels.

The following are the categories of persons who are required to apply:

  1. Persons who are unvaccinated
  2. Persons who are partially vaccinated
  3. Persons who are traveling with unvaccinated persons 18 years and older
  4. Persons who are traveling with partially vaccinated persons 18 years and older
  5. Unaccompanied minors 17 years and younger

Apply within 5 to 7 days

“Persons are encouraged to apply for home quarantine within five to seven days of travel to the British Virgin Islands can expect a response to their application within 24 hours,” Mr Michael added.

For additional information, persons can contact the Environmental Health Division at (284) 468-5110 or via email at homequarantine@gov.vg.

4 Responses to “Changes made to home quarantine application process”

  • questions (24/06/2021, 10:47) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
    These requirements get more and more interesting.

    "-Persons who are traveling with unvaccinated persons 18 years and older
    -Persons who are traveling with partially vaccinated persons 18 years and older"

    Here you are on an airline and airport with countless people and you encounter many more along the way. You are actually travelling alone and may have the chook. So how do you know if the others on the same plane and airport etc got the vaccine. Are you saying that this virus only spread between you and your family or travelling partners who are unvaccinated. This muck gets more logically deficent with each day.
  • 1st District (24/06/2021, 12:13) Like (5) Dislike (4) Reply
    That minister of health need to return to his homeland
  • hmmm (24/06/2021, 15:10) Like (7) Dislike (6) Reply
    the whole thing dumb. History will judge these people who forcing everyone to vaccinate very harsh.
  • Superspreaders (24/06/2021, 22:03) Like (5) Dislike (2) Reply
    One thing is for sure, the waxed are going to end up being supersprraders. Oops sorry, they're the anointed ones. Not testing them will put the blame on the unwaxed for importing the demon but not realizing the demon don't really sail over the waxed head. The clock is ticking and they are now getting knock off feom the wax but a previous condition get the death certificate and not the deadly wax. Dead without the wax it's c19. Every day something getting revealed but the media and governments all round the world ban from saying anything antiwax. What's the catch folks? I'll leave them who brain wash, they done sell out and convince themself that them is the anointed ones. For heavens sake why you got to beg big thinking people to take some thing that good for them? Why all the bribe? It got poverty, diabetes and cancer and all kind of stuff out there that killing people, why them ain't promoting health care for them. This thing stinker than a skunk. Again, the waxed done eat the cookie so ayo back off. It still have a few people left who could think for they self


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