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‘I come with open arms’ for the COVID-19 vaccine - Hon Malone

-Gov't looking to secure some 40,000 doses to cover entire VI
Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said he is ready with ‘open arms’ for his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered in the new week. Photo: Internet Source
Hon Carvin Malone was at the time speaking on the tarmac at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island where he also referenced the safety of the vaccine, especially for older adults. Photo: GIS/Facebook
Hon Carvin Malone was at the time speaking on the tarmac at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island where he also referenced the safety of the vaccine, especially for older adults. Photo: GIS/Facebook
Ating Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald E. Georges said the arrival of the vaccines is a game-changer for the territory. Photo: VINO/File
Ating Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald E. Georges said the arrival of the vaccines is a game-changer for the territory. Photo: VINO/File
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI – Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said he is ready with ‘open arms’ for his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered in the new week.

Speaking at Thursday’s February 4, 2021, arrival of 8000 doses of the Vaccine, Hon Malone said that a total of 40,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines is the goal for the territory as part of UK directives to vaccinate some 100% of the VI population.

“First it was 80% of the population, now they (UK) are looking for the entire population because we already have facilities, we already set-up with COVAX, and we are trying to make sure that this is all done,” he said.  

The Minister was at the time speaking on the tarmac at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island where he also referenced the safety of the vaccine, especially for older adults.

‘Gamechanger’ – Chief Medical Officer

Meanwhile, acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronald E. Georges said the arrival of the vaccines is a game-changer for the territory, “If we get as many persons in our population vaccinated as possible, it's going to change the way we handle or restrictions and all the other things we have to do with the COVID.”

“So for all purposes, we want to get as many persons in the population covered with the COVID vaccine. This is going to make sure that we have a large number of the population potentially immune,” he said.

According to Dr Georges, by having the population immune, economic benefits will come as the territory will be able to look at a full return to normalcy.

The Health Minister said the current batch of vaccines is being managed through a public/private partnership with RiteWay providing cold storage ahead of local distribution and vaccination.

39 Responses to “‘I come with open arms’ for the COVID-19 vaccine - Hon Malone”

  • Thats good,, its more than that (06/02/2021, 18:07) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    Get your department to share information to other branches in government and other health partners, they need to stop holding on to the information like it belongs to them or you have to beg them,, maybe keeping the info to themselve make them feel important,,, I know its a fight between the branches,, Health, Deputy Governor, Tourist board and Airport Authority,, To see who has the most clout, hence the information the public needs get oppressed or move very, very slow. The minister need to get his peopke working...
    • Preeeeach!!! (07/02/2021, 07:20) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      That's a fact. People need to grow up and act them age.
    • not so fast (07/02/2021, 10:25) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
      A small clinical trial in South Africa found that AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t appear to protect recipients against mild and moderate illness from a fast-spreading new strain of the virus first detected in the country, according to limited results released Sunday.

      The trial, which enrolled around 2,000 volunteers with a median age of 31, was too small and its participants too young to draw broad conclusions on the vaccine’s overall efficacy in protecting against the disease caused by the coronavirus, especially when it comes to hospitalizations or death. However, its findings contribute to concerns that a mutating virus is rendering existing Covid-19 vaccines less effective and that shots will need to be updated to protect against new virus strains.
  • one eye (06/02/2021, 18:17) Like (4) Dislike (29) Reply
    The uk is a joke we get little or nothing from them
    • joke (06/02/2021, 18:32) Like (27) Dislike (2) Reply
      The Joke is not the UK, it is the VIP
    • @one eye/PIRATE PETE (06/02/2021, 19:23) Like (12) Dislike (21) Reply
      I LEARN A LONG TIME AGO, THERE IS NO HELP FOR IGNORANT FOLKS LIKE YOU. MINISTER MALONE IS ON MY TIME OUT LIST, HOWEVER, I CAN COMMEND HIM FOR TAKING HIS FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE. I AM ALSO GOING TO TAKE MY FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE IS SCRAMBLING TO GET THAT VACCINE. YOU GUYS SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRATEFUL.
      • FyahRas (07/02/2021, 18:06) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
        Dig your hole for your own self. Who you think cares if you take vaccine shot? You can take whole Virgin islands own for my part. Watch from bout yah
      • bystander (07/02/2021, 18:28) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
        I am sure he will be one to take the empty syringe/injection on display. I want to see the cap off and him taking the vaccine live!!!!!Most politicians will do a hoax.
  • shantel (06/02/2021, 18:48) Like (14) Dislike (22) Reply
    Always got one of them extra eagre to take the white mans antidote
    • @Shantel (06/02/2021, 20:10) Like (27) Dislike (9) Reply
      If you think these man really going take this vaccine lol is a game to convince people to come forward and take this thing willingly bunch of wolves in sheep’s clothing
      • @@Shantel (07/02/2021, 02:36) Like (18) Dislike (0) Reply
        Yup the truth.
        They should let someone from the public randomly pick one out of box for each of them.
  • Ok now (06/02/2021, 19:20) Like (28) Dislike (17) Reply
    This is exactly what the UK aim is , to get rid of us here in the BVI.
  • Be Vigilant. (06/02/2021, 22:25) Like (37) Dislike (7) Reply

    The Coronavirus pandemic is a hoax. Yes the virus is real but it was intentionally released for several globalist agendas:

    1. Depopulation - Just like many sub-Saharan African countries subject to intense vaccination programs, birth rates will fall and cases of cervical cancer will rise. These vaccines are designed to produce T-cells that will attack the placenta upon conception, which is why the vaccines aren't recommended for pregnant women. Male fertility rates are plummeting too, sperm counts have dropped by more than 50% in 40 years (Reuters).

    2. Eugenics - Control over the genetic makeup of a population has long been the goal of globalist institutions. Julius Huxley (brother of Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World) was a well known eugenicist and the first director of UNESCO. Black people have melanin, which makes genetic engineering more complicated, hence why the MRNA in the Covid vaccines is taken from aborted white male babies.

    3. Economic restructuring - Globalist organisations such as Davos Group, The economist, World Economic Forum, etc. are touting "The Great Reset" as the solution to the economic woes that big government through central banks have caused. Since the gold standard was removed by Nixon in 1971, western economies print money from thin air willy nilly. According to Pantera Capital CEO the US Federal Reserve printed more money in June 2020 than in TWO CENTURIES since the country's founding in 1776. And what will happen when China releases its Trillions in US credit into the global economy? All fiat currencies will soon be worthless (research Cryptocurrencies!) Besides all of that, due to the lockdowns, small business have suffered, while big businesses thrive. When the small man is broke and desperate he will do anything for some bread. Governments will coax citizens into complying will the Covid measures through stimulus packages and perhaps even in the future universal income. Our human rights will be stripped (as they are being now, one must wear a mask to buy food), and without a serious Agriculture program, non compliance to the whims of Bill Gates and his cronies will be met with a halting of soft commodity exports to these islands, which no VI government would allow.

    Some still see agriculture as a slave ting, when in reality we are lower than serfs, slaves or peasants. We can't even grow our own food.
  • To you idiots (06/02/2021, 22:52) Like (8) Dislike (14) Reply
    NO ONE IS TYING A NOOSE AROUND YOUR NECK AND FORCING YOU TO TAKE THE VACCINE.
    • Between the lines (07/02/2021, 10:21) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
      @to you idiots, Is that so...so why they trying to stock up for the whole population. Not rocket science!
  • @bevigilant (07/02/2021, 02:58) Like (5) Dislike (13) Reply
    What a raving lunatic
    • @@bevigilant (07/02/2021, 07:06) Like (23) Dislike (3) Reply
      Nah you just a blinded sheep... couldn’t see sh*t even if it was on toilet paper ! Keep preaching Be vigilant your talking pure facts love it !
  • q (07/02/2021, 04:53) Like (6) Dislike (9) Reply
    IF U ALL DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE VAXCINE IT IS OKAY.
    THE FASTER WE WILL GET IT
    NO LONG LINE. !!!!!!!!!!!!!.
  • Mr Malone (07/02/2021, 04:54) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    Them done sell already....there helpless to . Cant even protect us .none of them ...where agriculture being promoted in a crisis like this hoax corona agenda.. @be vigilante..u so rigth
  • The Spirit Lives (07/02/2021, 05:54) Like (18) Dislike (5) Reply
    This situation is very much deeper than we are being made to believe. First of all Covid 19 is not here by accident. I do believe it is a part of the world domination agenda and has been engineered for a specific purpose. The world is in a most crucial situation with the masses of the people being totally deceived by the forces of evil. What we are facing is a spiritual battle and are fighting with carnal weapons that cannot prevail. While it may seem that the vaccine is the answer to the pandemic could it be that it is the weapon that will bring about our defeat. In this spiritual battle it has become necessary for the enemy to change the spirit if the people. Can this be accomplished by changing the DNA of the people and can the DNA of the masses be changed by administering certain non human elements into our system for example the chimpanzee adenovirus that is one of the core elements of this vaccine that is about to be administered here and in other places. There are many different types of vaccines. Could they have been engineered to have specific effects on various races of people thereby changing their spirituality by altering their DNA structure and rendering them helpless. Could a people's connection to the powers of the creator be severed by this method resulting in the ultimate defeat of that people. These are the type of questions that must be answered before we can run with open arms to what is being touted as the answer to the pandemic. Remember things are not always as they seem and we may well be caught up in a game of problem, reaction, solution.
    • Rubber Duck (07/02/2021, 09:42) Like (1) Dislike (15) Reply
      Clown.
      • @rubber duck (07/02/2021, 13:04) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
        You seem to always float around these blogs with intentions to quack and insult anyone with a solid point of view. I’d like to see the look on your fake rubbery face when your bird shit hits the fan. I also have a HARD slap reserved for a lot of you folk who intend to victimize and insult people who don’t intend to take your vaccines. The war has commenced.
    • OMG (07/02/2021, 20:11) Like (11) Dislike (2) Reply
      I am also concerned about the contents of the vaccine and what is to be injected into people's blood. Chimpanzee? or some other material? Won't some characteristics of chimpanzees be altering our human characteristics? Something about this vaccine does not sound right.
  • CHAK. (07/02/2021, 09:01) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    Not mandatory right now... But wait a bit and you will see.
    • @chak (07/02/2021, 10:41) Like (1) Dislike (8) Reply
      it should become mandatory for anyone entering the BVI applying for a work permit just like the other medical items required to get a work permit. Why should the BVI allow people who are too ignorant and scared into the country when they can spread the virus.

      It will never become mandatory for BVIslanders but for everyone else who wishes to stay in the territory is should become mandatory in a year, and anyone new applying for a work permit, residence should need to be vaccinated.
  • wd (07/02/2021, 09:15) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
    If you need to have two vaccines how is 40,000 going to cover all of the BVI?
  • Seventy four (07/02/2021, 09:41) Like (3) Dislike (7) Reply
    How soon will I be able to get it? Where do I have to inquire when it is my turn?
  • The Spirit Lives (07/02/2021, 10:09) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well said my brother ! Respect
  • @ rubber duck (07/02/2021, 12:30) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
    Can recognize the fact that you totally and completely bought in to the narrative of the system. My question is are you stupid or evil.
  • A (10/02/2021, 13:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    immune from something you may never get lol, keep that poison to your self


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