Non-essential duty travel restricted for VI public officials
"We had a vias-free initiative for national of the People's Republic of China, it has been suspended, it does not mean that folks of Chinese descent cannot come to the BVI," the territory's Health Minister, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) said on public radio ZBVI 780am on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.
He revealed that the measures come as the territory is looking to know the travel history of nationals from China coming into the country.
"The VISA has to be applied so that we can properly check your travel history in the last 14 days so that we have a good feel whether or not you travel to Italy, or you've travelled to China, South Korea or all of these other places," he said.
According to the Hon Malone, travel advisories were issued for China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Italy due to the rapid spread of the virus in those countries.
Cruise ship protocols revised
In addition, he said the cruise industry will also be placed into the spotlight, "We have revised our protocols for the cruise ships because a lot of folks are concerned about it, we are seeing that Italy, for instance, have gone through and they have made the entire Italy a particularly high-risk area, that would cause us to look at our cruise ship protocol," Hon Malone noted.
As part of additional measures, the Minister revealed that Cabinet has also restricted non-essential duty travel of all public officials inclusive of personnel at statutory bodies, "We will have to bring them to Cabinet so that we can then make a determination," he said.
He said additional protocols have been put into place by the Deputy Governor's office for civil servants, and these will be recommended for implementation in the private sector.
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25 Responses to “Non-essential duty travel restricted for VI public officials”
Each and everyone of us are human and must treat each other as such.
I hope this virus in not another rude awakening like Irma because we didn't learn anything judging from these comments.
we cant keep punishing one for all because i surly wont take punishment for any ignorant "tola" person.
I pray we can grow up before its to late.
James
who continually seek to divide us.
I, and other Virgin Islanders of my generation know how to read and understand information put out by the CDC and the WHO, including information that shows where the hotspots for this outbreak are; they certainly AREN'T in the Caribbean region. Hopefully, the lone puerile miscreant repeatedly posting these inane comments will self isolate so that their ignorance doesn't spread further.