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Restaurants now allowed to offer dine-in services

- as COVID-19 restriction eases in phased economic reboot
In more ease of COVID-19 restrictions as the government executes its local economic reboot, approved restaurants will now be able to host individuals for dine-in services. Photo: Facebook
However, even as restaurants will now be allowed to serve customers, hotels, villas or other accommodation facilities, public swimming pools, cinemas, gyms, bars, night clubs and other entertainment facilities will still remain closed. Photo: Tortola Sports Club
However, even as restaurants will now be allowed to serve customers, hotels, villas or other accommodation facilities, public swimming pools, cinemas, gyms, bars, night clubs and other entertainment facilities will still remain closed. Photo: Tortola Sports Club
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In more ease of COVID-19 restrictions, as the government executes its local economic reboot, approved restaurants will now be able to host individuals for dine-in services.

According to a May 23, 2020, Gazetted Imposition of a Curfew (No. 18) Order, 2020, "Cabinet decided that restaurants will be allowed to re-open for dining purposes in accordance with the social distancing guidelines, effective May 24, 2020."  

As such, restaurants can operate with person on-premises from 6:01 a.m. to 6:59 p.m. daily, provided that such businesses or establishments have been inspected, approved and certified by the Social Distancing Monitoring Task Force.

Several other businesses remain closed 

However, even as restaurants will now be allowed to serve customers; hotels, villas or other accommodation facilities, public swimming pools, cinemas, gyms, bars, night clubs and other entertainment facilities will still remain closed. 

For restaurant owners, they will have to ensure that staff and customers adhere to social distancing protocols and put in place relevant sanitisation measures.

They will also have to ensure that allowance is made for staff and employees to report to and leave work within the imposed curfew hours.

13 Responses to “Restaurants now allowed to offer dine-in services”

  • lol (25/05/2020, 19:01) Like (38) Dislike (7) Reply
    Economic reboot? Keep convincing yourselves that the BVI businesses can make any money with borders closed and half the population jobless, while government says nothing about any assistance programs to support said businesses.
  • See (25/05/2020, 19:02) Like (23) Dislike (8) Reply
    Guess someone better check Nanny Cay where anything goes ... bar drinks and especially pool use . Or are they the SPECIAL ONES ??
  • Copycat (25/05/2020, 20:39) Like (17) Dislike (0) Reply
    When America sneeze BVI cough.
  • Eagle Eye (25/05/2020, 21:25) Like (3) Dislike (16) Reply
    Open the d$$$$m bars hurricane season coming.
  • Cinemas? (25/05/2020, 21:30) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Seriously. Cinemas?
  • one eye (25/05/2020, 22:28) Like (7) Dislike (6) Reply
    What about the bars
  • tony montana (25/05/2020, 22:32) Like (16) Dislike (12) Reply
    Social distancing is b.s, the masks cant stop sneezes and coughs, the fact that we outside means we can get sick, so it makes no sense to kill our economy over something we can't stop, let people live normally again
  • VG (26/05/2020, 07:17) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ìpassing every.day finaly shabaz open .. i though crafalive done...what happen to rhe other shops. Isnt he apart of craftalive too. Whenare thet going to open....the other clothes stores are open also gift shops......i went across to the pier park see doc for apointmenr surprise to see rhe stores open and no ship coming......they relying on the same dollor.....look how small bussiness fo catch they in this place......them women need to have thwy store open wha oneside thing is this ...Andrew help them woman they have to eat ..... why give them a hrad time open up the economy the goverment cant help every body ....help them who want to help themself..... look how the other store open...if the people them want to open let them open man ......every body trying ti hustle a dollar .......a come town to get some sun hat for my worker not a store in craftalive open ...what shame......CLAUDE SKELTON CLINE YOU LIKE TALK EVERY THING THIS INVESTIGATION TIME.....PIER PARK AND CRAFT ALIVE IN THE SAME BOAT THESE ARE BUILDINGS BUILD BY GOVERMENT AND OWN BY INDERVISUAL PERSONS BOTH CRUISEPIER PARK.. THEY ARE SAILIND IN THE SAME MUDY WATER..WHAT GOOD FOR GOOSE IS GÒOD FOE THE GANDER LOOSE THE PEOPLE ....why peoplealway try to kick other to thecurve. The people who say they run the town need to take the yoke from arond peopls neck the. Pandemic bad enough.CLAUDE HELP THE PEOPLE THERE ARE THOSE WHO WANT OPEN AND AFFORD TO OPEN LET THEM OPEN IT THERE DESION TO MAKE ...MIN RYMER.THIS FALLS UNDER YOU THEM WOMAN AND FAMILY SOONDEAD FROM WANT THING CHANING SEE THE AMOUNTOF CRIMES IN VG..IT BECAUSE THINGS CHANHE
  • balance (26/05/2020, 07:34) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    What about gym one of the most important businesses in people daily life if a person dont feel confident in their size they wont be going 2 no restaurants no supermarkets no functions anythng
    • @balance (26/05/2020, 11:13) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      What about going to the gym daily then going to the supermarket to buy junk food, then go to a restaurant and eat the same? Most of us are missing what we never used. After all of this is over you will see the same people in the gyms, on the beaches, or on the track. Look at the people who are doing daily early exercise on our street. You will realize that they are the same people who have been doing those things for years. They are the ones who have been creating a balance for a long time.
  • Rubber Duck (26/05/2020, 07:49) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    That looks like a buffet. Not allowed.

    Restaurants are about food , service and ambiance.

    Not much service if you have to order on your phone and not much ambiance if you are spaced miles apart.

    I do not expect a rush to eat out.


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