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VI's active confirmed COVID-19 cases spike to 77 - Hon Malone

Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Maline (AL) moments ago announced that the territory has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 77 active confirmed cases currently. Photo: Internet Source
The Minister made the announcement at the start of today's December 14, 2021, virtual Budget Debates via a live stream on youtube and carried on local media. Photo: HoA/Youtube
The Minister made the announcement at the start of today's December 14, 2021, virtual Budget Debates via a live stream on youtube and carried on local media. Photo: HoA/Youtube
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Maline (AL) moments ago announced that the territory has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, with 77 active confirmed cases currently.

The Minister made the announcement at the start of today's December 14, 2021, virtual Budget Debates via a live stream on youtube and carried on local media. 

Calling it a 'significant increase' in cases, Hon Malone said as of December 13, 2021, of the 77 cases, 3 are on Anegada, 68 on Tortola, and 6 on Virgin Gorda. 

Role of COVID in latest death to be determined - Hon Malone 

He said the latest death while occurring in a person who was COVID-19 positive, determinations continue on the role the virus may have played in the death. 

"We are all well aware of the yuletide and the festive season and that in an effort to stimulate the economy, that the number of COVID-related restrictions have been relaxed and a number of tourism-related activities continue in the territory," he said. 

Hon Malone however said that it remains imperative that the VI find ways to live and function with COVID-19.

While encouraging persons to continue following the local public health guidelines, he also advocated the use of the COVID-19 vaccines as an added protection against the virus. 

56 Responses to “VI's active confirmed COVID-19 cases spike to 77 - Hon Malone ”

  • role (14/12/2021, 12:32) Like (41) Dislike (16) Reply
    Did you ever check the roles on the so called unvaccinated deaths earlier. Now it’s a fully vaccinated you dodging the Bullet. It’s the Omecron virus of the fully vaccinated. We pure bloods are straight. Listen to the news
    • @Role (14/12/2021, 12:59) Like (35) Dislike (10) Reply
      Big up to all the purebloods who kept their DNA intact ! Yahweh is gonna reward you like he did with Noah ! As it was in the beginning so shall it be in the end !
      • @Role (14/12/2021, 16:21) Like (20) Dislike (32) Reply
        This “pureblood who kept their DNA intact” is outright garbage talk. Just STOP IT!
        • @@Role (14/12/2021, 20:27) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
          You just jealous you ain’t a pure blood. You got bill gates genes now lmao
        • @@Role (14/12/2021, 20:33) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
          If you didn’t take the vaccine you wouldn’t have take that post so serious just goes to show you ain’t a pureblood like most of us. What a shame
    • @Role (14/12/2021, 13:42) Like (27) Dislike (11) Reply
      They don’t want to listen to the news once it’s bad news for the vaccinated. They rather tell us purebloods to get the experimental jab like that’ll make them sleep better at night when in fact the countries with high vaccination rate are cancelling everything because the vaccine didn’t work.
  • Jerry Teeler (14/12/2021, 12:37) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    Damn! And from only 4 and 1 death when I left there. Be safe all and yes you will have to live with it as those cruise ships are your lifeblood. Be well and stay positive and be your beautiful loving happy selves.
  • LilyAnn (14/12/2021, 12:38) Like (52) Dislike (19) Reply
    Pumping fear into people ..... struuuups ... STOP IT !!!! LET PEOPLE LIVE IN PEACE ...And stop resurrecting this covid crap !!!!!
    • @lilyAnn (14/12/2021, 13:00) Like (21) Dislike (8) Reply
      Tell me if they don’t what else would this government do to kill time ? Exactly so they’ll forever be talking about these false pcr test that we know aren’t accurate.
  • Minister of lies (14/12/2021, 12:39) Like (42) Dislike (9) Reply
    It's a shame as a health minister all you know about is that let down product of a vaccine. Its not proving to be effective still y'all sell outs hold on to it. You said the death was from covid now you singing a different tune. Don't believe their is a spike either to much lies.
  • Me (14/12/2021, 12:51) Like (8) Dislike (20) Reply
    LiyAnn you sound so stupid
  • Really (14/12/2021, 12:52) Like (3) Dislike (7) Reply
    Ayo losers still with this vex this and that get a life
  • WOW (14/12/2021, 12:58) Like (20) Dislike (5) Reply
    I guess these are the lobster fest results coming in now
  • oh boy (14/12/2021, 13:01) Like (9) Dislike (2) Reply
    here we go again
  • Unvaxxed or Vaxxed (14/12/2021, 13:01) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    Both sides believes their truths but in the end only one side will make it. Only time will tell, good luck.
    • NezRez (14/12/2021, 15:42) Like (6) Dislike (3) Reply
      @ unvaxxed or vaxxed, both sides will make it.
    • @Unvaxxed or Vaxxed (14/12/2021, 19:35) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      If you read the meaningful data and you listen to unaffiliated specialists not politicians/Big Pharma/bureaucrats the present time is already telling you that the one who fare the best are the unvaccinated healthy ppl. The unhealthy ppl whether vaccinated or not are vulnerable. On a short/medium term the vaccine offers some protection to the vulnerable ones.
      We need to take personal responsibility and make some impactful changes in our lifestyles. Lockdowns, restrictions are just kicking the can down the road. Vaccine mandates not only are unjust but make no sense with the limited and only temporary protection offered by the vaccines. Right now countries with vaccination rates much higher than BVI are experiencing huge waves and the the majority of the infected are vaccinated. Even the serious cases represent now the majority since they simply have vaccinated most of the adults. Check out Belgium for example. This mascarade has to stop!
  • Samson Solomon (14/12/2021, 13:02) Like (12) Dislike (18) Reply
    Never been tested, never wore a mask, never had vaccine 1, 2, 3, or 53.

    Pure blooded child of Zion with untainted sperm
    • lodger (14/12/2021, 16:18) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
      So - never been out of the house, never been to work, never had any visitors, and you are fine! What a life!
    • Medusa (15/12/2021, 08:12) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      That's quite not true - when you were a child they were mandatory: TB, smallpox, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles, mumps and now rubella. Without these childhood vaccines we would or could all be dead as they are killer diseases. Just like Covid - it kills. If you had read the CDC or WHO website the Covid vaccine is not even a vaccine it is a marker so that when you get Covid - and you will-your own immune system can recognise it and fight it so you have a chance of living. Perhaps you don't value your own life that much but if you have elderly relatives or children then try to value their lives.
    • Medusa (15/12/2021, 08:25) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
      Ignorance is a blessed thing. I say to the Government stop all the Covid restrictions and just let it come into the Islands then we will see who is a child of Zion.
  • no not me (14/12/2021, 13:02) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
    I am not going to the premier's ball....no way jose'
  • People believe this ? (14/12/2021, 13:04) Like (11) Dislike (6) Reply
    "There's a sucker born every minute." - W.C. Fields
  • Phony reality (14/12/2021, 13:05) Like (12) Dislike (8) Reply
    More people seem to be grasping that it is a phony virus, phony lock downs, phony PCR test, phony mandates, and phony injections.
  • Fool me once shame on me (14/12/2021, 13:08) Like (18) Dislike (3) Reply
    Believing a politician at this point is like lending a burglar the keys to your house while you're away for the weekend.
  • Purebloods (14/12/2021, 13:09) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    "You might not be interested in medical tyranny, but medical tyranny is interested in you"
  • Political Proverb (14/12/2021, 13:11) Like (14) Dislike (3) Reply
    “If you cannot convince people, confuse them:
    if you cannot confuse them, scare them.”
  • Don’t buy into the fear (14/12/2021, 13:14) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    Here is a pro tip for dealing with the main stream media and all of pop culture “assume it’s a lie and research everything”
    • Pro tip Q (14/12/2021, 21:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      This needs lots of qualification and particularly as it relates to the meaning of the word "research". I'm assuming you mean resources other than or as well as social media but I'm not sure since the level of crap you read spouted by people here as chapter and verse of the law, is frankly remarkable. Ah well.
  • 99% survival rate (14/12/2021, 13:18) Like (20) Dislike (3) Reply
    Two types of people:
    People that live life
    People waiting to be told to live life
  • The Watchy Watchy Committee to blame (14/12/2021, 14:15) Like (2) Dislike (14) Reply
    The LIT /Rum/ Watchy Watchy crew probably caused of this. We have a set of minded people and BVIE that just don’t care they just don’t give a damn; They don’t follow the rules no policies and regulations. Every single rule in policy during the tough lockdown the soft lockdown and the reopening I’ve been nothing but distraction and threats to our lives and livelihoods. Those individuals or every place where a pen knock gargling down jell-O shots and not social distancing or wearing masks.
    • @ The Watchy Watchy Committee to blame (14/12/2021, 14:51) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
      Kindly change your name to “brainwashed sheep”
  • BREAKING NEWS (14/12/2021, 15:26) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
    The New World Order is in full swing but the bvi is calling it the new normal to dont make it sound that bad.God will cancel it when he is ready but he needs pure blooded soldiers to stay on board. Look around the world and you will see real soldiers standing up against these tyranny and lies that will not prosper. The georgia guide stones instruct them to unite the world to speak one language.(Every country do the same thing at the same time. Lock down together, ramp up cases together, scare the same variant, boosters together, push wearing mask together etc.) Since evil is so well put together vax or unvax should stand together and shut down this evil agender ( world economic forum). Satan tricked Adam and Eve back then,God give us wisdom so dont let him trick you now. Where is the world getting there instructions from(The World Heath Organization) Who is the symbol on there medical staff rod(A serpant with two spikes) Is that a symbol of God or Satan (let that sink.)
  • @Breaking News (14/12/2021, 15:41) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
    Yessi big up to all the pure bloods ! We ain’t folding, no tainted DNA and we gonna have healthy babies for the foreseeable future!
  • Linda (14/12/2021, 15:52) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    I am so tired of all this. Everyone, just live your lives and stop the insanity!
  • Teach them a lesson (14/12/2021, 16:10) Like (5) Dislike (23) Reply
    Shut down the whole Island again and put a 12 hour curfew in place. Only allow the essential workers out.
  • Sam (14/12/2021, 16:47) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    knock knock
    its me covid; how you doing
  • chupes (14/12/2021, 16:51) Like (20) Dislike (4) Reply
    Yall people so danm gullible. The pfizer vax arrives tomorrow, and all of ah sudden there's a spike??!! Yall need to wake up to the bull siht. It's a scare tactic for yall to get boosted up. Wake the hell up. This government don't care about you!! It's all about money not your health!!
    • @chupes (14/12/2021, 18:55) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
      Leave em ! Don’t tell em ntn I want see if the so call conspiracies are true or not. I wanna see if anyone gonna start wuk up after the shot like it’s a juvert
  • To “pure bloods” (14/12/2021, 17:42) Like (11) Dislike (22) Reply
    Just KNOCK IT OFF with your nonsense!
    The ambulance activity has been too much today.
    Not enough people vaccinated, despite the tragic month of July here.
    Get vaccinated against Covid. Get your Booster as soon as you can.
    Wear your mask in crowded or indoor public places.
    Do what you can to prevent the spread of this virus, and to protect yourself and others!
    It’s a Civic Duty. Be responsible!
    • @To “pure bloods” (14/12/2021, 18:59) Like (15) Dislike (2) Reply
      One thing with us pure bloods, we don’t say meeh and eat grass. Don’t tell us what to do, we are guided by the most high. We’re not gonna disrespect the heavenly temple the Yahweh made for us. He didn’t give us the spirit of fear. That’s why we not running for this experimental gene therapy, we gonna be just fine so worry about yourself and your endless subscription of boosters
      • @@ To “pure bloods” (14/12/2021, 20:32) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
        You may not eat grass but I bet you smoke plenty of it. Hmmm, maybe that’s what you mean by being “guided by the most high”?
        In any case, no disrespect to the weed but you should know something. Many people who love and serve God beluevecthe vaccine is a gift to help us protect ourselves (world wide) from this new and devilish virus that keeps mutating (because so many people remain (whether by choice or circumstance) unvaccinated.
  • Dookie (14/12/2021, 20:59) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Without the PCR test it seems there would be no “pandemic.”

    What justifies lockdowns? What justifies “vaccines”? What justifies medical tyranny? Answer: CASE NUMBERS.

    CASE NUMBERS that are produced by a PCR Test not designed for diagnostic use and not capable of doing the job it’s being used for.

    If the media were to ever report the facts about this test, the lynchpin of the whole illusion would be removed and the house of cards would collapse. That’s precisely why they won’t report the facts, and precisely why we have to.
    • @Dookie (15/12/2021, 10:02) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Exactly it’s not much people that’s awake and connected the dots like some of us
  • jah (15/12/2021, 00:03) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Open up the country we got to survive too
  • @unvaxed people (15/12/2021, 01:19) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    I never hear so much bs since I born 70 years ago. You unvax people acting as if being unvaxed is your ticket to heaven.
    • @unvaxed people (15/12/2021, 10:04) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
      We are blessed people and we are the original humans now. Untainted DNA
    • @unvaxed people (15/12/2021, 10:08) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Did the lord flood the earth because of humans mixing dna and doing all things unholy ? So was it in the beginning so it shall be in the end. Good luck pray that you haven’t changed your DNA
  • DOWN ISLAND (15/12/2021, 01:38) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    My 4 fully vaccinated relatives passed weeks after each other with COVID in the hospital severely ill all 4.
    • captain flint (15/12/2021, 08:28) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Is this post real? - I think 4 Covid deaths of fully vaccinated would have made the news. Its very rare for fully vaccinated to die unless they are very elderly or have underlying conditions. Which hospital? Which country?
  • The Popular Covid Minister..Nonsense (15/12/2021, 04:47) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    He love to hold the Covid Trophy in the Air and show it off to the world, yep, great achievement. What and doing that benefit us...Other Leaders are hiding and running from that trophy because it's bad for business, we are showing it off. I am not interested in hearing about count Bla Bla and death. I support the Leaders who put the Onus on individuals to protect themselves and made it clear that careless, rectklss and irresponsible people will not cause their country to lock down again, there will be no more Lock down. Period!
  • VI's Active Confirm Vaccine Deaths (15/12/2021, 08:17) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    We balance the budget now its time to balance the covid vaccine deaths.From the begining of this new covid vaccine roll out, how many people that have taken the shot have died? For transparency please add this section to the covid report so the public can see. There have been a large increase in funeral announcements on zbvi. Other countries publish it so its bvi's turn. Lets see the two sides of the coin.
  • captain flint (15/12/2021, 08:19) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Taking the Covid vaccine is choice. The Government cannot force people to take it. Only you can choose. The unvaccinated choose not to take it and the fully vaccinated also have made their choice to take it so why can't the unvaccinated just accept that. The unvaccinated accept the risk that if they get Covid bad they may die. Its their choice.


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