VI's active COVID-19 cases increase to 109; 8 hospitalized
Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI) have increased to 109 with 8 current hospitalizations as of December 20, 2021, according to the latest stats released by the Ministry of Health. Photo: Internet Source
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI) have increased to 109 with 8 current hospitalizations as of December 20, 2021, according to the latest stats released by the Ministry of Health.
45 of the cases are local, 30 of the cases are close contacts of cases, 20 were recorded through travel screening, 6 via entry screening day 7, and 8 recorded during entry screening day 0.
17K fully vaccinated
96 of the cases are currently on Tortola with 13 on Virgin Gorda according to the stats.
As it related to vaccination, 17,005 persons are fully vaccinated while 1,427 persons have been partially vaccinated.
The stats also indicated that all cases and close contacts of cases are in quarantine.
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40 Responses to “VI's active COVID-19 cases increase to 109; 8 hospitalized”
Not a unvaccinated on board.
The cruise ship visited St Thomas St Martin
Yup 48 tested positive upon arrival in Miami.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2021/12/19/cruise-ship-covid-cases-royal-caribbean/8960209002/
But it’s not a duck. It’s not “the flu”.
It’s not unusual for more than one virus to be circulating at a time. The flu is the influenza virus. Covid 19 is the coronavirus. They all mutate and spread among populations.
Vaccines help break the chain of infection. If enough people take them. Or, if you prefer, you can just go right on Quacking...until you get Covid.
CDC admits PCR test cannot differentiate between influenza and covid. Pcr tests no longer valid after December 31.
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html
In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.
Yet they are still a mass gathering of crowds all in the name of holidays, no regard for people health
Who have eyes to see will see.
The reality is that the best way to move the pandemic to an endemic stage is to focus on early treatments to decrease the hospitalization rate and again start preaching healthy lifestyles. That does not fit their agenda so here comes the booster campaign.
look at the our public highways in 2021 with all the chitchat about money
politicians only bickering over money and political power with little our no real true in the residence of the territory
nothing political just upgrade public services healthcare and public roadways